Supersonic Transport Development Program. Boeing Model 2707. Phase Iii Contract. Exhibit A. Statement of Work


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Contents: Introduction; Program Requirements; SST Program Milestones; Contract Performance Criteria; System Integration - General; Product Assurance - General; Airframe Structures - General; Airframe Subsystem - General; Propulsion System - General; System Tests - General; Product Support - General; and Product Management - General.







Supersonic Transport Development Program. Phase Iii Proposal. Boeing Model 2707. Ground Support Equipment Requirements Specification


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This specification establishes the requirements for performance, design, test, and qualification of the Ground Support Equipment (GSE) required for the B-2707. Included are the general design requirements applicable to all GSE designed for the B-2702, a consolidated list of the GSE arranged by system requirements, and individual specification data for each item of equipment. This combined specification provides requirements planning information and technical data on all of the GSE presently identified. A prime consideration in GSE planning and definition has been to use existing inventory, existing standard, or modified standard GSE whenever possible. The extensive use of equipment in these categories for B-2707 support is indicated on the consolidated list. GSE identification is an output of the system engineering analysis process, which is continuously applied to define and verify the B-2707 support requirements. The specification will be refined and updated throughout the prototype development program to provide a current definition of the GSE requirements for effective and efficient air carrier ground operations.




Supersonic Transport Development Program. Phase Iii Proposal. Boeing Model 2707. Volume I-2. Warranty Program


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This document describes the Boeing Model 2707 Warranty Program that will be offered to airline customers for the United States Supersonic Transport (SST). During Phase II-C, Boeing solicited the airlines for their warranty recommendations. Airline suggesstions, coupled with Boeing's subsonic warranty experience and comprehensive analysis of supersonic warranty needs and the presently planned development program for the SST, provided the basis for the B-2707 Warranty Program set forth. This program will minimize financial risks associated with introducing the supersonic transport and will provide a further incentive for the manufacturer to design, develop, and build an airplane that is safe, reliable, and economically attractive.




Innovation in Flight


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Quieting the Boom


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The Power for Flight


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The NACA and aircraft propulsion, 1915-1958 -- NASA gets to work, 1958-1975 -- The shift toward commercial aviation, 1966-1975 -- The quest for propulsive efficiency, 1976-1989 -- Propulsion control enters the computer era, 1976-1998 -- Transiting to a new century, 1990-2008 -- Toward the future




Parachute Recovery Systems


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The purpose of this manual is to provide recovery system engineers in government and industry with tools to evaluate, analyze, select, and design parachute recovery systems. These systems range from simple, one-parachute assemblies to multiple-parachute systems, and may include equipment for impact attenuation, flotation, location, retrieval, and disposition. All system aspects are discussed, including the need for parachute recovery, the selection of the most suitable recovery system concept, concept analysis, parachute performance, force and stress analysis, material selection, parachute assembly and component design, and manufacturing. Experienced recovery system engineers will find this publication useful as a technical reference book; recent college graduates will find it useful as a textbook for learning about parachutes and parachute recovery systems; and technicians with extensive practical experience will find it useful as an engineering textbook that includes a chapter on parachute- related aerodynamics. In this manual, emphasis is placed on aiding government employees in evaluating and supervising the design and application of parachute systems. The parachute recovery system uses aerodynamic drag to decelerate people and equipment moving in air from a higher velocity to a lower velocity and to a safe landing. This lower velocity is known as rate of descent, landing velocity, or impact velocity, and is determined by the following requirements: (1) landing personnel uninjured and ready for action, (2) landing equipment and air vehicles undamaged and ready for use or refurbishment, and (3) impacting ordnance at a preselected angle and velocity.




High-Speed Dreams


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In High-Speed Dreams, Erik M. Conway constructs an insightful history that focuses primarily on the political and commercial factors responsible for the rise and fall of American supersonic transport research programs. Conway charts commercial supersonic research efforts through the changing relationships between international and domestic politicians, military/NASA contractors, private investors, and environmentalists. He documents post-World War II efforts at the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics and the Defense Department to generate supersonic flight technologies, the attempts to commercialize these technologies by Britain and the United States during the 1950s and 1960s, environmental campaigns against SST technology in the 1970s, and subsequent attempts to revitalize supersonic technology at the end of the century. High-Speed Dreams is a sophisticated study of politics, economics, nationalism, and the global pursuit of progress. Historians, along with participants in current aerospace research programs, will gain valuable perspective on the interaction of politics and technology.




Fundamentals of Aircraft and Rocket Propulsion


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This book provides a comprehensive basics-to-advanced course in an aero-thermal science vital to the design of engines for either type of craft. The text classifies engines powering aircraft and single/multi-stage rockets, and derives performance parameters for both from basic aerodynamics and thermodynamics laws. Each type of engine is analyzed for optimum performance goals, and mission-appropriate engines selection is explained. Fundamentals of Aircraft and Rocket Propulsion provides information about and analyses of: thermodynamic cycles of shaft engines (piston, turboprop, turboshaft and propfan); jet engines (pulsejet, pulse detonation engine, ramjet, scramjet, turbojet and turbofan); chemical and non-chemical rocket engines; conceptual design of modular rocket engines (combustor, nozzle and turbopumps); and conceptual design of different modules of aero-engines in their design and off-design state. Aimed at graduate and final-year undergraduate students, this textbook provides a thorough grounding in the history and classification of both aircraft and rocket engines, important design features of all the engines detailed, and particular consideration of special aircraft such as unmanned aerial and short/vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. End-of-chapter exercises make this a valuable student resource, and the provision of a downloadable solutions manual will be of further benefit for course instructors.