STOL Progenitors: The Technology Path to a Large STOL Transport and the C-17AAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Incorporated, 2002 - C-17 (Jet transport) - 239 pages |
Contents
Whats Possible? | 13 |
Proposed AMST Designs | 50 |
Design and Construction | 63 |
Copyright | |
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