Boeing 2707 - Boeing 2707 The \Boeing 2707 was intended to be the first American supersonic airliner. It would have been built at the Boeing plant in Renton, Washington, but increasing outcry over the environmental effects of the aircraft, notably sonic boom, led to its cancellation in 1971 before the two prototypes had been completed. Boeing had been working on a number of small-scale studies on SST (SuperSonicTransport) designs since 1952, but set up a permanent research committee in 1958 which slowly grew to a $1 million effort by 1960. They proposed a number of alternative designs, all under the name Model 733. Most of their designs were built on the basis of a large delta wing, but in 1959 another design was offered as an offshoot of Boeing's.
Sonic boom - booms more than smaller ones, which leads to a less powerful boom. Several smaller shock waves form at other points on the aircraft, primarily any convex points or curves. After travelling some distance these smaller shocks blend together with the main shocks to create a much more defined N-wave shape, which maximizes both the magnetude and the "rise time" of the shock, which makes it seem louder. On most designs the characteristic distance is about 40,000ft, meaning that below this altitude the sonic boom will be "softer". However the drag at this altitude or below makes supersonic travel particularily ineffecient, which poses a serious problem. In the late 1950s when SST designs were being actively pursued it was thought that although the boom would be very large, they could avoid problems.
Supersonic transport - appeared to be practical; these designs would be flying at least three times as fast as existing subsonic transports, and would be able to replace three planes in service, and thereby lower costs in terms of manpower and maintenance. Serious work on SST designs started in the mid-1950's, when the first generation of supersonic fighter aircraft were entering widespread service. In Europe, government-subsidized SST programs quickly settled on the delta wing in most studies, including the Sud Aviation Super-Caravelle and Bristol 223, although Armstrong-Witworth proposed a more radical design, the Mach 1.2 M-Wing. By the early 1960s, the designs had progressed to the point where the go-ahead for production was given, but costs were so high that Bristol and Sud eventually merged their efforts in 1962 to produce the Concorde. This.
Sud Aviation Super-Caravelle - designs which envisioned larger trans-atlantic aircraft and led to the likes of the Boeing 2707, the Super-Caravelle was a much smaller, shorter range design intended to replace their earlier and very successful Caravelle. Design work started in 1960 and was announced in 1961 at the Paris Air Show, but was later merged with similar work at the British Aircraft Corporation (originally the Bristol 223) to create the Concorde project in November 1962. After starting the Concorde, the Super Caravelle name was instead used on a lengthed version of the original Caravelle design, the SE-210B. The Super-Caravelle looks very much like a smaller, two-engine version of the Concorde. It used the Concorde's unique ogive wing planform, and was otherwise similar in shape and layout with the exception of the nose area which.
Swing-wing - while testing with this X-5 was that as the wing was pivotted rearward, the center of lift also moved to the rear, pushing the nose down. Some sort of system needs to be added to overcome this effect. The swing-wing is only truly useful for those aircraft that fly at a wide range of speeds, and for this reason it has been used primarily in various military aircraft. The first production aircraft to use the system was the General Dynamics F-111, introduced in the late 1960s. This was followed by the F-14 Tomcat and MiG-23 in the 1970s. A swing-wing was also used by Boeing's entry in the FAA's study for a supersonic transport, the 2707. However during the design stage it became clear that the mechanism was so large that.
Wing - roll. As the aircraft rolls, one wing generates more lift, rolling the aircraft back into position. Swept wings are good for fast aircraft. They present the wing at an angle to the airflow, so that the wing "sees" a slower airflow. Elliptical wings are theoretically optimum for efficiency at subsonic speeds. Delta wings have reasonable performance at subsonic and supersonic speeds. Waveriders are efficient supersonic wings. Rogallo wings are two hollow half-cones of fabric, one of the simplest wings to construct. Swing-wings (or variable geometry wings) are able to move in flight to give the benefits of dihedral and delta wing. Although they were originally proposed for the unbuilt Boeing 2707, they are currently only found on some military fighter aircraft such as the Panavia Tornado and General Dynamics F-111. The.
List of major flops - as "On the Town," "Candide," and, most notably "West Side Story" to his credit. Closed after only seven performances. There was no cast recording made. An attempt was made to revive it in London in 1997. A reviewer commented "As exhumations go, this one had its bright moments." Flops in film A movie is most likely a flop if it doesn't perform as expected. A major movie flop might barely (or not even) make back the money it took to finance it. In extreme cases it might put the studio out of business. A separate discussion of movie flops provides examples and rationales. Commercial Flops Aviation Flops These are aircraft which were technically sound, but failed in the marketplace. For aircraft which failed to work at all see 'Flops in science.
List of aircraft - Military Aircraft 2.5 Bombers , Strike and Reconnaissance 2.6 Patrol, tanker and utility aircraft 2.7 Army cooperation 2.8 Fighter aircraft 2.9 Military Trainers 2.10 Military Helicopters 3 Research Aircraft, Prototypes and Specials 4 See Also Civilian Aircraft Airliners Civil Airliners - Jets Airbus Industrie Airbus A300 Airbus A310 Airbus A318 Airbus A319 Airbus A320 Airbus A321 Airbus A330 Airbus A340 Airbus A380 Antonov Antonov An-24 Antonov An-124 Antonov An-225 BAC 1-11 (One-Eleven) BAC/Aerospatiale Concorde BAe 146 Boeing Boeing 707 Boeing 717 Boeing 727 Boeing 737 Boeing 747 Boeing 757 Boeing 767 Boeing 777 Boeing 2707 Consolidated-Vultee (Convair) Convair 880 Convair 990 de Havilland Comet, first commercial jetliner Douglas Aircraft Company Douglas DC-8 Douglas DC-9 Fokker F28 Fellowship Hawker-Siddeley Trident Ilyushin Ilyushin Il-62 Ilyushin Il-76 Ilyushin Il-86 Ilyushin Il-96 Kawasaki Ki-56 Lockheed.
List of aircraft by date and usage category - One-Eleven BAC/AerospatialeConcorde Boeing 707 Boeing 727 Boeing 737 Boeing 747 Boeing 2707 Bristol Britannia de Havilland DH-106 Comet de Havilland DH-121 Trident de Havilland Dove de Havilland Heron Douglas DC-6 Douglas DC-8 Douglas DC-9 Douglas DC-10 Handley-Page HPR-7 Herald Kawasaki Ki-56 Lockheed L-1049 Constellation Lockheed L-1011 TriStar Saunders-Roe Princess Tupolev Tu-104 Tupolev Tu-144 Tupolev Tu-154 Vickers VC-10 Vickers Vanguard Vickers Viscount Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR-42 Aerospatiale/Aeritalia ATR-72 Airbus Industrie Airbus A300 Airbus A310 Airbus A318 Airbus A319 Airbus A320 Airbus A321 Airbus A330 Airbus A340 Airbus A380 BAe 146 Boeing 757 Boeing 767 Boeing 777 de Havilland (Canada) DASH-8 McDonnell-DouglasMD-11 Civil - general aviation de Havilland Tiger Moth Cessna 152 Cessna 172 Piper Cherokee Piper PA-32 Cherokee Six Piper PA-28 Warrior Piper PA-38 Tomahawk Jabiru 200 Jabiru 400 Civil - Helicopters Research, Prototypes.
Lockheed L-2000 - build the United States' first supersonic transport. The L-2000 lost the contest to the Boeing 2707, but in the end neither was built due to increasing public anger over sonic booms. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy committed the government to subsidizing the development of a commercial airliner to compete with the Concorde. The director of the Federal Aviation Administration, Najeeb Halaby, decided that the Concorde was too far ahead in development to bother building a direct competitor, and instead selected a much more advanced standard as their baseline. The SST was intended to carry 250 passengers (a large number at the time), fly at Mach 2.7-3.0, and have a range of 4,000 miles. The program was launched on June 5, 1963, and the FAA estimated that by 1990 there would.
Kansai International Airport - and the project became the most expensive civil works project in modern history after 20 years of planning, 3 years of construction and several billion dollars of investment. In 1991, the terminal construction commenced. To compensate for the sinking of the island, adjustable columns were designed to support the terminal building. These could be extended by inserting thick metal plates at their base. The airport opened in 1994. In 1995, Kansai Airport was struck by the Kobe earthquake, which was centered just 20 km away and killed 5,000 people on the mainland. The airport, however, emerged unscathed, mostly due to the use of sliding joints in its construction. Even the glass in the windows stayed intact. Later, in 1998, the airport survived a typhoon with wind speeds of up to 200.
Vertical take-off and landing - were huge, and while it turned out to be fairly easy to move the plane, moving the support equipment and fuel was not so easy. By the mid-1960s interest in VTOL had faded, perhaps due much to the widespread introduction of ICBMs as the main nuclear delivery system. Currently there are believed to be two types of practical VTOL aircraft in operation: Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey "tilt-rotor" and the British Aerospace Hawker Harrier "Jump jet" An early VTOL prototype was the so-called "flying bedstead". The Harrier is often flown in STOVL mode which enables it to carry a higher fuel or weapon load over a given distance. It was developed from the Hawker P.1127 and Kestrel. The United States Marine Corps uses a license-built derivative of the Harrier. NASA has flown.
Kamen - : Kaman's first helicopter July, 1949 : K-225 An improved version, the U.S. Navy buys two and Coast Guard one for $25,000 each. Later, they will receive the H-22 designation. December 1951 : A modified K-225 equipped with a Boeing 502 engine becomes the world's first gas turbine powered helicopter , ushering in the turbine age for helicopters. This aircraft is now at the Smithsonian 1953 : Kaman produced the first electrically powered drone April 1953 : HOK (OH-43) 1954 : K-16 A V/STOL designed around a rotoprop March 1954 : A modified Kaman HTK-1 becomes the world's first twin-turbine powered helicopter September, 1956 : HH-43 Huskie A variant of the OH-43, equipped with a Lycoming T-53 turbine engine HH-43B Rotor diameter: 14.33 m each Length: 7.62 m Height: 4.74 m.
KC-135 Stratotanker - KC-135 Stratotanker The Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker's is an aerial refueling tanker aircraft, first manufactured in 1956 and expected to remain in service for about two decades beyond the present. United States Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker and F-22 Raptor. Boeing's 367-80 was the basic design for the commercial Boeing 707 passenger aircraft as well as the KC-135A Stratotanker. In 1954 the USAF ordered the first 29 of its future fleet of 732. The first aircraft flew in August 1956 and the initial production Stratotanker was delivered to Castle Air Force Base, California, in June 1957. The last KC-135 was delivered to the Air Force in 1965. Of the original KC-135A's, more than 410 have been modified with new CFM-56 engines produced by CFM-International. The re-engined tanker, designated either the KC-135R.
Kenner, Louisiana - the western edge of the Greater New Orleans Metropolitain area, and is the location of the city's main airport, Louis Armstrong International Airport. On July 9, 1982 a Boeing 727 carrying Pan Am flight 759 crashed in Kenner killing all 146 on board and eight on the ground. Geography Kenner is located at 30°0'35" North, 90°15'2" West (30.009610, -90.250585)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 39.4 km² (15.2 mi²). 39.2 km² (15.1 mi²) of it is land and 0.3 km² (0.1 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.66% water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there are 70,517 people, 25,652 households, and 18,469 families residing in the city. The population density is 1,798.3/km² (4,659.0/mi²). There are 27,378 housing units.
Kenya Airways - IFC, was appointed to provide assistance in the privatization process. In 1995, Kenya Airways went through some important financial processes, including the restructuring of its debts and a master corporation agreement with KLM. In 1996, shares were floated to the public, and the airline started trading on the Nairobi Stock Exchange. In more recent years, Kenya Airways suffered an accident, when a plane of theirs leaving Côte d'Ivoire on its way to Nairobi crashed after takeoff, killing all but 10 passengers. The airline offers flights on Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 aircraft..
Kenyan hotel bombing - to be the targets of the attack. At the same time two anti-aircraft missiles were fired at an Arkia Boeing 757 airliner, which only narrowly missed. The two attacks are suspected to be connected, and it is suspected that al-Qaeda may be involved in the attacks. 12 people were detained in connection with the hotel bombing, including six Pakistanis and four Somalis, as well as an American and her Spanish husband, both of whom were later released. Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for this attack on the Jehad.net website, which since had been taken down. Links and references Kenyan May Have Talked to Bombers, Washington Post, December 2, 2002 After Blast, Kenya Reviews Qaeda's Trail in East Africa, The New York Times, December 1, 2002 ATTACKS IN MOMBASA: Kenyans Hunting for Clues;.
Kegworth air disaster - on January 8, 1989, when British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737-400, G-OBME owned by British Midland crashed onto the embankment of the M1 motorway, short of the runway of East Midlands airport, Leicestershire, close to the village of Kegworth. 47 of the 118 passengers lost their lives (39 at the scene, 8 later). All eight of the flight crew survived the accident. Of the 79 survivors, 5 had minor injuries and 74 were seriously injured. Surprisingly, no one on the motorway was hurt (and no vehicles damaged). The aircraft was on a scheduled flight from Heathrow airport to Belfast in Northern Ireland, the attempted unscheduled landing at East Midlands being due to an in-flight emergency which had occurred. After take-off from Heathrow, the aircraft was climbing through 28,000 feet when.
Khalid of Saudi Arabia - the succession. A relatively easygoing but pious man, like many members of the House of Saud he died of a heart attack. He had purchased a Boeing 747 with an operating room should he be stricken while on his travels. He was succeeded by Fahd. During his reign, his notable achievements were that he instituted the second "Five-Year Plan" in Saudi history, which aimed to build up Saudi infastructure and healthcare. He also called numerous summits and inaugerated the Gulf Co-operation Council in 1981. Preceded by: King Faisal Kings of Saudi Arabia & Heads of the House of Saud Succeeded by: King Fahd.
Kilimanjaro International Airport - its small size, the airport has the capability of receiving all types of airplanes, up to the Boeing 747s. The airport is not a hub to any airline, but because of it being located in Tanzania, it sees a fair amount of flights from Air Tanzania. Among airlines serving this airport are: Air Tanzania Ethiopian Airlines Excel Airways Kenya Airways KLM Precision Air Regional.
