Editing Apollo Guidance Computer (section)

==Applications outside Apollo==
[[File:Fly by wire.jpg|thumb|Fly By Wire testbed aircraft. The AGC DSKY is visible in the avionics bay]]
The AGC formed the basis of an experimental [[fly-by-wire|fly-by-wire (FBW)]] system installed into an [[F-8 Crusader]] to demonstrate the practicality of computer driven FBW. The AGC used in the first phase of the program was replaced with another machine in the second phase, and research done on the program led to the development of fly-by-wire systems for the [[Space Shuttle]]. The AGC also led, albeit indirectly, to the development of fly-by-wire systems for the generation of fighters that were being developed at the time.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.klabs.org/history/history_docs/reports/dfbw_tomayko.pdf|title=NASA SP-2000-4224 — Computers Take Flight: A History of NASA's Pioneering Digital Fly-By-Wire Project|publisher=NASA|year=2000|place=Washington, D.C.|work=The NASA History Series|first=James E.|last=Tomayko|access-date=2009-09-01}}</ref>