Progress report on the NASA V-G/VGH general aviation program

An analysis is presented of 79 000 hours of data obtained from NASA V -G and VGH
flight recorders installed on 134 general aviation aircraft engaged in eight types of operations. Information is presented on typical mission characteristics, on airspeed practices,
on gust accelerations and derived gust velocities encountered, on maneuver -acceleration
experience, and on the initial positive landing-impact accelerations. Comparisons are
also made of the actual gust and maneuver loads experienced with the design gust and
maneuver loads.