Candidate applications of very large airplanes include: strategic airlifter, tanker, missile launcher, tactical battle platform, maritime air cruiser, and C3 platform. This report summarizes AD-A040 532 which explored the military utility of very large airplanes (over 1 million pounds gross weight) and examined several alternative fuels that could be used by such airplanes.
An Evaluation of Very Large Airplanes and Alternative Fuels: Executive Summary
1976
40 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Air Transportation , Fuels , Jet engine fuels , Synthetic fuels , Jet transport planes , Aircraft nuclear propulsion , Air Force planning , Energy conservation , Military aircraft , Cargo aircraft , Weight , Missions , Payload , Airlift operations , Stationkeeping , Liquid hydrogen , Methane , Liquefied gases , Ethanols , Ammonia , Advanced systems , Life cycle costs , Refueling in flight , Fuel consumption , Cost effectiveness , Aviation fuels , Oil shales , Coal , C-5 aircraft , C-5B aircraft , Methanol