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NASA testing of digital fly-by-wire proved system is safe, lighter, more pilot responsive and efficient. Black and white image showing the digital fly-by-wire with a red gift tag that says, To: Aviation. From: NASA.

NASA Contribution: Digital Fly-by-Wire

During the 1960s and 1970s, NASA helped develop and flight test the digital “fly-by-wire” system, which replaced heavier and less reliable hydraulics systems with a digital computer and electric wires to send signals from the pilot to the control surfaces of an aircraft.

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