GUIDANCE AND CONTROL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR LOW-ALTITUDE AND TERMINAL-AREA FLIGHT, 1977.

This conference proceedings contains 24 papers on the modes of guidance and control of aircraft subject to special environmental conditions near the ground. Of these papers 21 are indexed separately. Topics discussed include open-loop compensation of wind-shear effects in low level flight, a flight control system for achieving ride smoothing under low-altitude high-speed flight conditions, human engineering evaluation of a cockpit display/input device, a radar navigation system for low-altitude and terminal-area flight, a ground avoidance monitor for fighter aircraft, system integration and safety monitoring in low-altitude flight control systems, testing and evaluation of the B-1 terrain-following system, steep gradient approach research for R/STOL operations, electronic display devices for approach to landing digital flight control design for VTOL approach and landing, automatic control of a transport aircraft on complex Microwave Landing System paths, the reduction of multipath effects in MLS design, the growth potential of the Distance Measuring System, the position errors of an advanced 4-D area navigation system, and the use of direct lift control for flight path maintenance and gust alleviation.