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(TRACT) Transport Rotorcraft Aircraft Testbed: Helicopter airframe drop test at NASA Langley's Landing and Impact Research Facility (LandIR)
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helicopter
crash test
landir
lrc
sandra gibbs
langley research center
tract
transport
rotorcraft
aircraft
transport rotorcraft aircraft
high resolution
nasa
Date
28/08/2013
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NASA
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