Vice President/General Manager Engineering Military Aircraft and Missile Systems Group(retired) The Boeing Company Al Haggerty was vice president and general manager of Engineering for Boeing Military
Today's topics Specific fuel consumption and breguet range equation Transonic aerodynamic considerations Aircraft Performance Aircraft turning Energy analysis Operating envelope Deep dive of other performance topics for jet transport
Geometry jargon Standard atmosphere Airflow variables Forces acting on aircraft Aerodynamic coefficients Lift curve Drag polar Reference: Anderson, John D. Jr. Introduction to Flight
Systems Engineering and Lean Thinking Systems Engineering grew out of the space industry in response to the need to deliver technically complex systems that worked flawlessly upon first use SE has emphasized technical performance and risk management of complex systems
Briefing Summary US Navy Acquisition Process Overview F/A-18 Aircraft Overview Flight Control Law Software Upgrade Program Requirements Constraints and Challenges Results
SHUTTLE HISTORY 1952 FULLY REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE CONCEPT DISCUSSED 1962 FULLY REUSABLE VEHICLE SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED AIR FORCE STUDIED PROJECT DYNASOAR. WHICH WAS CANCELLED IN1969 1969 NASA ADOPTED THE IDEA OF A FULLY REUSABLE SPACE SHIP
Ron Suiter, BSEE Lehigh, MBA USC Ron began his career as an aircraft system designer in Douglas Aircraft Company's Hydro-Mechanical system design group. He became Unit Chief of the braking system design
