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Source Notes Chapter 8:
A National Facility

  1. John White, Operations Manager, ATOPS program, interview with author, Hampton, Virginia, 5 April 1993.
  2. Richard L. Kreitinger and David B. Middleton, "Aircraft Surface Coatings for Drag Reduction/Erosion Protection," SAE Paper 811070 (presented at the Aerospace Congress & Exposition, Anaheim, California, 5-8 October 1981), 1.
  3. William D. Beasley and Robert J. McGhee, "An Exploratory Investigation of the Effects of a Thin Plastic Film Cover on the Profile Drag of an Aircraft Wing Panel," NASA TM-74073, October 1977.
  4. Continental Airlines also tested a third coating, called Astrocoat, on its 727, but the Astrocoat performance was below that of the Chemglaze and the CAAPCO substances, and it was not included in the subsequent Delta tests or the NASA flight evaluations.
  5. Richard L. Kreitinger and David B. Middleton, "Aircraft Surface Coatings for Drag Reduction/Erosion Protection," SAE Paper 811070, (presented at the Aerospace Congress & Exposition, Anaheim, California, 5-8 October 1981); David B. Middleton, phone interviews with author, 23 August 1993 and 26 August 1993.
  6. A. Bertelrud, R.D. Watson and C.B. McGinley, "Flow Measurements on the Fuselage of a Boeing 737 Airplane," AIAA Paper 89-0209, (presented at the 27th Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Reno, Nevada, 9-12 January 1989).
  7. Ralph D. Watson, phone interview with author, 27 August 1993.
  8. Long P. Yip, interview with author, Hampton, Virginia, 7 May 1993; Edward H. Phillips, "NASA/Langley Using Varied Approach to Develop Subsonic High-Lift Devices," Aviation Week & Space Technology, 10 February 1992, 49.
  9. Long P. Yip, et al., "Subsonic High-Lift Flight Research on the NASA Transport Systems Research Vehicle (TSRV)," AIAA Paper 92-4103, (presented at the AIAA 6th Biennial Flight Test Conference, Hilton Head, South Carolina, 24-26 August 1992); Long P. Yip, et al., "In-Flight Pressure Distributions and Skin-Friction Measurements on a Subsonic Transport High-Lift Wing Section," AGARD Conference Proceeding CP-415, Paper 21 (presented at the Symposium on High-Lift System Aerodynamics, Banff, Alberta, Canada, 5-8 October 1992); Yip, interview, 7 May 1993.
  10. From National Transportation Safety Board accident records.
  11. Bill wording as quoted in Thomas J. Yager, William A. Vogler and Paul Baldasare, "Evaluation of Two Transport Aircraft and Several Ground Test Vehicle Friction Measurements Obtained for Various Runway Surface Types and Conditions," NASA TP-2917, February 1990, 1.
  12. Thomas J. Yager, phone interview with author, 23 August 1993.
  13. Yager, Vogler and Baldasare, "Friction Measurements," 3-11, 16-22; Yager, interview, 23 August 1993.
  14. Lee H. Person, interview with author, Hampton, Virginia, 14 May 1993.
  15. Yager, interview, 23 August 1993.
  16. Yager, Vogler, and Baldasare, "Friction Measurements," 20-22; Yager, interview, 23 August 1993.
  17. Kenneth R. Yenni and William E. Howell, "Flight Tests of a Helmet-Mounted Display Synthetic Visibility System," NASA Document, apparently unpublished (from ATOPS office files); Mark S. Rolwes, McDonnell Douglas Corporation, phone interview with author, 22 August 1993; Mark S. Rolwes, "An Alternative Approach to Providing External Vision to Pilots of Future Air Vehicles," IEEE Paper, CH2929-8/90/0000-0540, 1990, 540-544.
  18. Rolwes, interview, 22 August 1993; Yenni and Howell, "Helmet-Mounted Display," 2-3; Person, interview, 14 May 1993; TSRV 737 flight log records (from ATOPS office files).
  19. Rolwes, interview, 22 August 1993.
  20. James Kelly, interview with author, Hampton, Virginia, 5 May 1993; James Hall, interview with author, Hampton, Virginia, 7 April 1993; Person, interview, 14 May 1993; "Examples of Advanced Technologies that have been Transferred to Industry Applications after Initial Flight Test on Langley ATOPS B-737 Aircraft," ATOPS office summary document; TSRV 737 flight log records (from ATOPS office files).
  21. Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged, 2nd ed., (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1983), 215.
  22. Charles E. Knox, interview with author, Hampton, Virginia, 13 May 1993; Person, interview, 14 May 1993; TSRV 737 flight logs (from ATOPS office files).

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