Fuel consumption of commercial aircraft is considered. Fuel saving and retention components for new production and retrofit of JT9D, JT8D, and CF6 engines are reviewed. The manner in which the performance improvement concepts were selected for development and a summary of the current status of each of the 16 selected concepts are discussed.
Engine component improvement program: Performance improvement
Aerospace Sci. Meeting ; 1980 ; Pasadena, CA, United States
1979-01-01
Conference paper
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English