Originally Posted by
opherben
Hi,
this is one of a set of handbooks introducing flight testing principles, theory and practice. I used the whole series for my USNTPS studies. It is thorough, and although including "preliminary" in its title page, is an updated version of a manual in use for decades. It should normally be downloadable as PDF from the TPS Alumni site, currently unavailable.
U.S. NAVAL TEST PILOT SCHOOL
FLIGHT TEST MANUAL
USNTPS-FTM-NO. 108
(PRELIMINARY)
FIXED WING PERFORMANCE
Written By:
GERALD L. GALLAGHER, LARRY B. HIGGINS,
LEROY A. KHINOO, and PETER W. PIERCE
Provided By:
Veda Incorporated
Contract N00421-90-C-0022
30 September 1992
Ah..........Gerry Gallagher......the spin doctor. Anybody lucky enough to have flown with him in the T2 at TPS has come to a first hand association with the vaunted 3 axis coupled departure spin entry.
Flying like that is about as much fun as a pilot can have outside of possibly sex with a grizzly bear after drinking 23 straight afterburners made with Jeremiah Weed!
:-))))))))
Dudley Henriques