DocumentCode :
1369539
Title :
`Gold-plated¿ design: Redundancy and extremely high safety factors allow aircraft to withstand forces far exceeding those encountered during routine flights
Author :
Voelcker, John
Volume :
23
Issue :
11
fYear :
1986
Firstpage :
65
Lastpage :
66
Abstract :
Unlike the Concorde, the Boeing 727 was not designed to travel at the speed of sound or faster. But in the air over Saginaw, Mich., in April 1979, that is exactly what one did. A Boeing 727, spiraling in an uncontrollable dive from 39 000 feet, reached a calculated Mach number of 0.96 ¿ enough to put parts of the craft into transsonic territory, based on the varying airspeeds around the fuselage.
Keywords :
Acceleration; Aerospace electronics; Engines; Fitting; Maintenance engineering; Needles; Safety;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9235
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.1986.6371144
Filename :
6371144
Link To Document :
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