Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!att!pacbell!ames!sun-barr!newstop!sun!coherent!next!amarcum From: amarcum@next.com (Alan M. Marcum) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Shuttle landing trainer (was Re: Space Program-related acronyms) Message-ID: <7@next.com> Date: 8 Aug 89 23:45:54 GMT References: <135@sdcc10.ucsd.EDU> <298@opus.NMSU.EDU> Reply-To: amarcum@nescorna.UUCP (Alan M. Marcum) Organization: NeXT, Inc. Lines: 14 lesc@dante.UUCP (Leif Kirschenbaum) in <298@opus.NMSU.EDU>: > Astronauts also do landing training in aircraft > at the shuttle strip. The aircraft are modified to perform like a shuttle. > (I suppose they throw a wrench in the engine and fill the unoccupied > seats with concrete ;-) ) If I recall, they use a highly modified Gulfstream jet. To fly the shuttle approach profile, they run a bunch of reverse thrust with gear down and, if I think, spoilers hanging out also. They've also modified the flight control systems and the cockpit instruments to approximate (fairly closely) those of the shuttle. -- Alan M. Marcum NeXT Technical Support Alan_Marcum@NeXT.COM (415)354-1666