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... Glossary The following technical terms are not defined in the report and may be unfamiliar to some readers. Aircraft bandwidth (ωbw)
From page 200...
... Buffet. Buffet refers to the unsteady aircraft motion caused by flow conditions over parts of the aircraft, typically during transonic flight or low-speed conditions preceding a stall.
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... Fly-by-light.A control system that uses optoelectronic systems to transmit control information by light through fiber-optic cables. Fly-by-wire.A control system that uses conventional electronic systems to transmit control information via electrical cables.
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... the target and the chase aircraft. Pipper errors are typically described in terms of angular displacement such as "mils" (milliradians)

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