The avoidance of sonic booms places a constraint on aircraft design and can lead to unusual new configurations. From a comparison among several candidate designs, it is shown that an oblique-wing aircraft offers many advantages when structure, stability, flight efficiency, and airport noise are considered jointly.


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    Title :

    Aircraft design for flight below the sonic boom speed limit


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    Publication date :

    1974-05-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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