TEST AND EVALUATION OF A REAL-TIME SIMULATED TRANSCONTINENTAL SUPERSONIC BOOMLESS FLIGHT SYSTEM. VOLUME I. MAIN TEXT AND APPENDIX A

In the investigation reported, numerical methods simulated supersonic flight carried out in real-time and concurrently at present time. A computer program identifies, acquires, analyzes and predicts the information needed in order to plan, fly and verify boomless flight. It optimizes the cut-off Mach time-gain in trade-off along with other pertinent necessary considerations now being regularly carried out in the advanced air operations of today. For communication information in current real-time for boomless transcontinental flights, the investigation utilized nationwide networks: ARINC, UNINET. The program foresees the future conditions affecting the cut-off Mach flight performance in sufficient time for carrying out reliable preflight planning and for monitoring the in-flight modifications just ahead of the aircraft, utilizing the appropriate prediction of atmospheric conditions (boom-ahead computer).

• Corporate Authors:

  Kaman Aircraft Corporation

  Old Windsor Road
  Bloomfield, CT  United States  06002

  Federal Aviation Administration

  Systems R&D Service, 800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Bundgaard, R C
• Publication Date: 1975-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 235 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Communication systems; Computer graphics; Computer programs; Meteorological phenomena; Sonic boom; Supersonic aircraft; Supersonic speed; Weather forecasting
• Old TRIS Terms: Meteorological data; Supersonic flight
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00092387
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt., FAA-RD-75-131-1
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FA74WA-3363
• Files: NTIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Nov 5 1976 12:00AM