DOI: 10.1115/1.4058999 ISSN: 0097-6822

Relation Between Commercial Airplane Design and Commercial Uses of Airplanes

T. P. Wright

Abstract

The paper presents some of the problems of the airplane designers, together with an indication of a trend in airplane design which it is felt possibly may take place. The following topics are discussed: fundamental requirements, design elements, commercial uses of airplanes, and airplane designs.

Under the last item, an attempt is made to analyze the points discussed in the preceding ones, with a view to suggesting certain design arrangements which seem most logically to fulfil the requirements which the airplane so designed must meet.

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