Rotorcraft cost too much

Journal of the American Helicopter Society

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-13

  Harris, Franklin D ^a,c   Scully, Michael P ^b  

^a F D Harris and Associates   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Textron   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ESTIMATION; INDUSTRY; PRODUCT DESIGN; PURCHASING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PRICE ESTIMATION; PURCHASE PRICE; ROTORCRAFT INDUSTRY;

HELICOPTER ROTORS;

EID: 0031702595     PISSN: 00028711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4050/jahs.43.3     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Davies, R.E.G., Airlines of the United States Since 1914, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC, 1972.
2. Johnson, C. W., "Cost Drivers-An Operator's Perspective," NASA/Industry/Operator Rotorcraft Economics Workshop, Sponsored by the NASA Short Haul Civil Tiltrotor Program, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, May 7-8, 1996.
3. Whittenbury, C., "Heavy Lift Costs and Technology," NASA/Industry/Operator Rotorcraft Economics Workshop, Sponsored by the NASA Short Haul Civil Tiltrotor Program, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, May 7-8, 1996.
4. Augustine, N. R., Augustine's Laws, Revised & Enlarged, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, New York, New York, 1983.
5. U. S. Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1996 (116th edition.) Washington, DC, 1996
6. U. S. Department of Defense Comptroller, National Defense Budget Estimates for 1996. Washington, DC, 1996
7. NASA/Industry/Operator Rotorcraft Economics Workshop, Sponsored by the NASA Short Haul Civil Tiltrotor Program, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, May 7-8, 1996.
8. Harris, F. D. and Scully, M. P., "Helicopters Cost Too Much" and "Supplemental Appendix Helicopters Cost Too Much," American Helicopter Society 53 rd Annual Forum, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Apr 29 thru May 1, 1997.
9. Harris, F. D. and Scully, M. P., "Rotorcraft Costs and Prices," American Helicopter Society Vertical Lift Aircraft Design Conference, San Francisco, California, Jan 18-20, 1995.
10. Fradenburgh, E., "The First 50 Years Were Fine ... But What Should We Do for an Encore?" The 1994 Alexander A. Nikolsky Lecture, Journal of the American Helicopter Society, Vol 40 Number 1, Jan 1995.
11. Economics Branch, Office of Plans, Federal Aviation Agency, "The Helicopter and Other V/STOL Aircraft in Commercial Transport Service (Growth to Date and Forecasted Growth to 1965 and 1970)," Nov 1960 [Note: This was the first report about an FAA program called PROJECT HUMMINGBIRD that supported aviation community interest in Steep Gradient Aircraft. A second report entitled "A Technical Summary and Compilation of Characteristics and Specifications on Steep-Gradient Aircraft" followed in Apr 1961.]