Flight Transportation Laboratory: Recent submissions

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    • Maintenance cost studies of rotary wing commercial transport aircraft 

      Ausrotas, Raymond A.; Hsin, Chen-Chung.; Taneja, Nawal K. (Cambridge, MA : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Flight Transportation Laboratory, 1974, 1974)
      Introduction: The vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft market has had substantial growth in the period of the last ten years when one considers the overall number of aircraft in use. The military fleet has continued ...

    • The cost of noise reduction for departure and arrival operations of commercial tilt rotor aircraft 

      Faulkner, Henry B.; Swan, William M. (Cambridge, Mass. : Flight Transportation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [1976], 1976)
      The relationship between direct operating cost (DOC) and noise annoyance due to a departure and an arrival operation was developed for commercial tilt rotor aircraft. This was accomplished by generating a series of tilt ...

    • Ground controlled precision landing delivery in the presence of radar disturbances 

      Durocher, Cort Louis (Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1977], 1977)
      Introduction: The purpose of Air Traffic Control is to ensure separation of aircraft in the most efficient manner possible. The need for efficiency is becoming more important as air traffic continues to increase at a high ...