Civil Aircraft

The perfect guide for spotters and enthusiasts interested in airliners, feederliners, executive jets, light aircraft and other commercial aeroplanes. Contains 3-view silhouettes, colour photographs, dimensions, technical specifications and a potted history of those aircraft most likely to be seen in the skies and at airports. Other helpful details are included to make aircraft identification more certain.

'Civil Aircraft' is a comprehensive guide to the world's passenger and utility aircraft, from the beginning of heavier-than-air-flight with the Wright Flyer to today's multipurpose helicopters, business jets and wide-body airliners.

Covering all of the most famous types in service with airlines around the world, this book provides a broad overview of today's civil aviation world. From small business jets to charter and scheduled workhorses this book profiles each type in detail.

An illustrated guide to civil aircraft that have been flown in every country of the world. It includes 100-plus individual planes used by commercial airlines from the giant Guppy cargo plane to the single-seat racing plane, from the glamorous business jets to the classic Boeing 747. Organized in alphabetical order by manufacturer, entries include a short history of the company, an account of each model's design, development and distribution, as well as color and b&w photographs and artwork profiles.

Although the overall appearance of modern airliners has not changed a lot since the introduction of jetliners in the 1950s, their safety, efficiency and environmental friendliness have improved considerably. Main contributors to this have been gas turbine engine technology, advanced materials, computational aerodynamics, advanced structural analysis and on-board systems. Since aircraft design became a highly multidisciplinary activity, the development of multidisciplinary optimization (MDO) has become a popular new discipline. Despite this, the application of MDO during the conceptual design phase is not yet widespread. Advanced Aircraft Design: Conceptual Design, Analysis and Optimization of Subsonic Civil Airplanes presents a quasi-analytical optimization approach based on a concise set of sizing equations. Objectives are aerodynamic efficiency, mission fuel, empty weight and maximum takeoff weight. Independent design variables studied include design cruise altitude, wing area and span and thrust or power loading. Principal features of integrated concepts such as the blended wing and body and highly non-planar wings are also covered. The quasi-analytical approach enables designers to compare the results of high-fidelity MDO optimization with lower-fidelity methods which need far less computational effort. Another advantage to this approach is that it can provide answers to “what if” questions rapidly and with little computational cost. Key features: Presents a new fundamental vision on conceptual airplane design optimization Provides an overview of advanced technologies for propulsion and reducing aerodynamic drag Offers insight into the derivation of design sensitivity information Emphasizes design based on first principles Considers pros and cons of innovative configurations Reconsiders optimum cruise performance at transonic Mach numbers Advanced Aircraft Design: Conceptual Design, Analysis and Optimization of Subsonic Civil Airplanes advances understanding of the initial optimization of civil airplanes and is a must-have reference for aerospace engineering students, applied researchers, aircraft design engineers and analysts.

Contains 300 of the most influential aircraft in civilian service over the past 80 years. These range from the earliest pioneers to the massive passenger jets of the modern age.

Illustrated with outstanding color profile artworks, The Essential Identification Guide: Civil Aircraft is the definitive study of non military aircraft from the early experiments to barnstorming daredevils to today's latest commercial airliners. Arranged chronologically, the book describes in depth the various types from propeller aircraft to airships, from jets to helicopters to supersonic flight. All the key aircraft types are featured, from Boeing 747s to 787 Dreamliners, from seaplanes to Lear Jets, from Concorde to the Airbus A380, from biplanes and triplanes to heavy transport aircraft. With detailed background histories and specification boxes accompanying the full-color artworks, The Essential Identification Guide: Civil Aircraft is an excellent reference guide for modelers and aviation enthusiasts.

Complete listings and specifications for every civil aircraft type -- 400 in all -- currently in service around the globe.