Place of commercial air cargo in transportation system depends on its advantages over existing means of transport, its economics to shipper or consumer, its reliability and regularity; first two factors are dictated by cargo aircraft design and operational procedures; outline of 7 basic cargo aircraft specifications; mechanized loading system for efficient and low cost cargo handling; to compete with similar truck costs, cargo aircraft should have 75 ton capacity, simplicity of design, and other requirements.
Air cargo is here to stay, if --
SAE -- Paper
SAE Meeting ; 1961 Freight
1961
7 pages
Conference paper
English
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