25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-6.2.1 INVITED:

FLIGHT PLAN AND FLIGHT TEST RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTAL SST VEHICLE NEXST-1

T. Fujiwara, K. Hirako, T. Ohnuki
JAXA, Japan

Keywords: SST, supersonic transport, experimental airplane, flight test, automatic control

This paper outlines the flight test and some results obtained from the 2005 supersonic flight test, conducted by JAXA in the Woomera Test Range, of a non-powered airplane attached to a rocket booster.

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