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Old 12-04-2012, 10:50 PM
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real world data on an aircraft's characteristics can be gathered
Absolutely, but that data has to be gathered by a trained test pilot under measureable and defineable conditions.

The idea of flight testing is eliminate the subjective and stick to the objective.

That is why the NACA developed defined and measureable flying qualities standard during the war in conjunction with the test pilots.
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