CONTRACTORS URGE FURTHER RESEARCH TO VALIDATE HSCT TECHNOLOGIES

Building a Mach 2-3 supersonic transport is within the grasp of U.S. manufacturers, but continued research is required to integrate untried technologies for a successful production aircraft. This conclusion was drawn last week by NASA and manufacturers in a report on the third and final phase of NASA's High-Speed Civil Transport (HSCT) studies at Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The primary issues are keeping aircraft weight down while maintaining range, and the basic environmental issues of community noise, sonic boom and engine emissions that would affect atmospheric chemistry.

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• Authors:
  • OTT, J
• Publication Date: 1988-10-17

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 40
• Serial:
  • Aviation Week & Space Technology
  • Volume: 129
  • Issue Number: 16
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0005-2175

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aircraft; Environmental impacts; Exhaust gases; Feasibility analysis; Noise; Research; Sonic boom; Supersonic transport planes; Vehicle range; Weight
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Environment; Highways; Research; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00476918
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 31 1988 12:00AM