THE FIRST JUMBO FREIGHTER ON THE AIRPORT

THE ONBOARD FREIGHT FACILITIES OF THE BOEING 747F CARGO CARRIER, THAT LUFTHANSA USES ON THE FRANKFURT- NEW YORK RUN SINCE APRIL 1972, ARE DESCRIBED, ALONG WITH THE FREIGHT-HANDLING GROUND FACILITIES USED. AIR TRANSPORTATION OF COMMERCIAL CARGOES INVOLVES DEMANDS UPON AIRCRAFT DESIGN THAT CANNOT BE MET AT ALL BY DERIVATIVES FROM MILITARY AIRFREIGHT CARRIERS AND ONLY IMPERFECTLY BY DESIGN DERIVATIVES FROM COMMERCIAL PASSENGER AIRCRAFT. THE 747F IS SHOWN TO EXEMPLIFY HOW MUCH CLOSER AN OPTIMUM CARGO CARRIER DESIGN CAN BE APPROXIMATED WHEN IT IS DERIVED FROM A BIGGER PARENT COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT DESIGN. SPECIAL ATTENTION IS GIVEN TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE CONTAINERIZED CARGO HANDLING AND OF THE LOADING FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT. /IAA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • PP 23, 25-8, 30-4
• Corporate Authors:

  Airport Forum

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• Authors:
  • Doetsch, J
• Publication Date: 1972-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air transportation; Containerization; Design; Freight transportation; Optimization; Wide body aircraft
• Old TRIS Terms: Jumbo jets; Optimum design
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Design; Freight Transportation; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224226
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: International Aerospace Abstracts
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 5 1973 12:00AM