STUDY OF AIRCRAFT IN SHORT HAUL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

The intend of this study is to evaluate short-haul transport aircraft, of a more advanced technology than has been assumed in other studies, in operation in several assumed transportation systems in the 1985 period. These systems are limited to intercity operation; intracity use of any of these designs is not considered in this study. Thus this study is not concerned with markets where city-pair trip distance is less than 30 miles. The study is one in which various advanced conceptual aircraft, ranging from vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) through short takeoff and landing (STOL) to conventional takeoff and landing (CTOL) types, are assessed for their relative suitability to perform short-haul transport missions.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Boeing Company
• Corporate Authors:

  Ames Research Center

  National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  Moffett Field, CA  United States  94035
• Publication Date: 1968-1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demand; Economic forecasting; Short haul; STOL aircraft
• Old TRIS Terms: Short takeoff aircraft
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Economics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00073132
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: FLIGHT TRANSPORTATION LABORATORY, MIT DEPT. OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
• Report/Paper Numbers: NASA CR-986
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 5 1974 12:00AM