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Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

16th Apr 2024, 04:20

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747SP numbers vs operators

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Posted By megan

That was the first purposful application of the...

That was the first purposful application of the concept.

Even the swept wing contributes to area rule, but as we all know the swept wing was introduced for all together other reasons. Another...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

15th Apr 2024, 04:35

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747SP numbers vs operators

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Posted By megan

Area Ruling is a means by which wave drag is...

Area Ruling is a means by which wave drag is reduced. Wave drag is a component of the aerodynamic drag on the aircraft wings and fuselage moving at transonic and supersonic speeds, due to the...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

13th Apr 2024, 04:18

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747SP numbers vs operators

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Posted By megan

The first aircraft to use area ruling was the...

The first aircraft to use area ruling was the Ju-287 bomber in 1944. When the area rule was re-discovered by Whitcomb, it was made available to the U.S. aircraft industry on a secret basis for...

Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia

12th Apr 2024, 02:36

Replies: 45

747SP numbers vs operators

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Posted By megan

What routes did Qantas envisage using the SP on...

What routes did Qantas envisage using the SP on rog? Did fly on their SP Sydney to Los Angeles, also flew on the Pan Am SP in the early days Los Angeles to Sydney, had to make an unexpected stop in...

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