amarcum@next.com (Alan M. Marcum) (08/09/89)
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