• DocumentCode
    854515
  • Title

    Airborne Doppler Radar Navigation of Jet Transport Aircraft

  • Author

    White, Richard N.

  • Author_Institution
    Electronics Development, Trans World Airlines, Inc., Kansas City, Mo.
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1962
  • fDate
    3/1/1962 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    11
  • Lastpage
    20
  • Abstract
    Trans World Airlines will pioneer use of Doppler radar as a primary means of transport aircraft navigation over the North Atlantic. This paper summarizes flight test results using dual Doppler radar sensors and dual Doppler navigation computers on Boeing 707 long range aircraft. Test flights have been flown over TWA´s North Atlantic routes for almost two years to ¿prove-in¿ the Doppler system.
  • Keywords
    Aerospace electronics; Aerospace testing; Aircraft navigation; Cities and towns; Doppler radar; Radar antennas; Radar tracking; Senior members; Silicon compounds; System testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Navigational Electronics, IRE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-1647
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TANE3.1962.4201834
  • Filename
    4201834
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=854515