Quantifying the fuel consumption penalties for an operational contrail avoidance system

SAE Technical Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Schwartz, Emily ^a   Baughcum, Steven L ^b   Daggett, David L ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; ALTITUDE CONTROL; ANEROID ALTIMETERS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; ICE; VEHICLE PERFORMANCE;

AERODYNAMIC TECHNOLOGY; AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERS; AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE; AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS; COMMERCIAL AIRLINER; CONTRAIL FORMATION; FLIGHT PLANNING; OFF-DESIGN PERFORMANCE;

FUELS;

EID: 85072460065     PISSN: 01487191     EISSN: 26883627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4271/2009-01-3151     Document Type: Conference Paper

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