Studies/Research:
(Including Aircraft Tanker/Airlift Suitability)
Aircraft and Spacecraft
Development and Design Sites:
http://techreports.larc.nasa.gov/cgi
http://olmp.wu-wien.ac.at/usr/h93/h9325
http://aoe.vt.edu/mason/ACinfoTOC.html
http://www.letsfindout.com/subjects/aviation/rfiencon.html
American Aviation Historical Society
Aviation Week's AviationNow.com
Aviation Wings and Badges of World War 2
Career Enlisted Aviator Metrics
Chandelle, a Journal of Aviation History
Federation of American Scientists
Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft
IATA - International Air Transport Association
Jodie's DC-10 Page - Accidents & Links
NAS Modernization, Blueprint for
NAS, Blueprint for Modernization
Onion America's Finest News Source™
MACH NUMBER and AIRSPEED vs ALTITUDE
Works
KC-135
Airframe and Cockpit Upgrade
Unpublished
Paper
Fedors,
Dave C., Lt Col
Jan 01
Air
Force Flight Test Center (USAF)
Future
Global Range Transport Aircraft
By
Hepperle, Martin and Heinze, Wolfgang
For
NATO Research and Technoogy Organization
BP 25,
F-92201 Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex, France
http://www.tu-bs.de/institute/ifl/pdf/DLR_IFL_GlobalTransportAircraftPaper.pdf
Air
Cargo Capacities – World Class Shipping
World
Class Shipping
http://www.worldclassshipping.com/aircraft.html
Aircraft
Capacities
Aid
Workers Network
13 Jul
02
(adapted
from OFDA Field Operations Guide)
https://www.aidworkers.net/logistics/transport/aricraft.html
Air
Cargo Operations Cost Database, NASA/CR-1998-207655 (contract NAS2-14361)
By
Johnson, Jesse and Gaier, Eric M.
April
1998
National
Aeronautics and Space Administration
Langely
Research Center VA
http://techreports.larc.nasa.gov/ltrs/pdf/1998/cr/nasa-98-cr207655.pef
Aircraft
Base-Line Operating Costs (per Block Hour)
ICAO
ALLPRIG Council, Fourth Meeting of the ALLPIRG/Advisory Group Montreal, 6-8
February 2001
ALLPIRG/4-WP/28
(Appendix)
http://www.icao.int/icao/en/ro/Allpirg/allpirg4/wp28app.pdf
Aircraft
Operating Costs
Economic
Values for Evaluation of FAA Investment & Regulatory (VERSION 1998)
Aviation
Policy and Plans Office
http://ww.apo.faa.gov/econom98/742sect4.pdf
Report
to the Congressional Defense Committees on KC-767A Air Refueling Aircraft
Multi-Year Lease Pilot Program
USAF
http://www.af.mil/news/tanker_lease/767_Report_to_Congress_FINAL_10_Jul_03.pdf
Marshall
Aerospace to convert RAF Tankers for TTSC
Defence
Systems Daily
Jul 03
Harpel,
Douglas
http://defence-data.com/features/featindx.htm
The
Vital Link - The Tanker’s Role in Winning America’s Wars
Cohen,
David M., Major
Air
University/Air University Press
Mar 01
Fairchild
Papers
https://research.au.af.mil/papers/special_collection/fairchild/cohen.pdf
A
Strategic Tanker/Transport Force for the ADF
Aerospace
Centre Working Papers/AEROSPACE CENTRE PAPER NUMBER 82
Kopp,
Carlo
http://www.defence.gov.au/aerospacecentre/publish/paper82.htm
ATP-56A
http://www.raf.mod.uk/downloads/aar.html
Tanker
version of 767 ready for refit program
by
Gregory Polek
http://www.ainonline.com/Publications/paris/paris_03/pd2tankerspg73.html
Boeing, Italian MoD Sign Contract for 767 Tanker Transports
http://www.boeing.com/news/releases/2002/q4/nr_021211m.html
Smart
Tanker
David
Jensen
2003
Avionics
Magazine, Aviation Today
http://www.aviationtoday.com/reports/avionics/previous/0103/0103tanker.htm
KDC-10
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/kdc-10.htm
Aircraft in Storage
2002
Narrow body:
http://www.speednews.com/lists/nbstorage.html
Wide body:
http://www.speednews.com/lists/wbstorage.html
Aerial Refueling
Douglas Ritter
1993
Code
One Magazine
(Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company)
http://www.codeonemagazine.com/archives/1993/articles/jan_93/jana_93.html
Next-Generation Air Mobility Concepts Focus on Efficiency
Sandra Irwin
2001
National Defense Magazine
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/article.cfm?Id=423
Aerial Refueling of Commercial Aircraft
Kenneth Visser
2001
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
http://www.clarkson.edu/~visser/research/AIAA_2001_1001.pdf
A Comparison of Military and Commercial Aircraft Development
Michael S. Mutty
Department of the Navy
www.ndu.edu/library/ic6/93F03B.pdf
Improved Methods for Estimating Development Costs
Gerald J. Belcher
Research Fellow
www.ra.pae.osd.mil/adodcas/slides/belcher.pdf
KC-X
Advanced Mobility Aircraft
Global
Security
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/kc-x.htm
KC-767
Common Widebody Tanker & Transport
Global
Security
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/kc-767.htm
Air
Refueling: The Cornerstone of
Global Reach-Global Power
Air
University/Air War College
Dougherty,
Stanley J., Lt Col
1996
http://www.au.af.mil/au/database/projects/ay1996/awc/dougherty_sj.pdf
50
Years Without Air Refueling Doctrine
Airlift/Tanker
Quarterly
Airlift
Tanker Association
Iannuzzi,
Philip A. Maj
http://www.atalink.org/atq/volume5.2c.html
The
Squeeze on Air Mobility
Air
Force Magazine
Jul 03
Tirpak,
John A.
http://www.afa.org/magazine/July2003/0703mobility.pdf
Air
Refueling Tanker Requirements And Status Of Tanker Fleet
Statement
By Major General Essex Before The Projection Forces Subcommittee, United States
House Of Representatives
June
24, 2003
http://www.house.gov/hasc/openingstatementsandpressreleases/108thcongress/03-06-24essex.html
The
Airlift Shortfall Deepens
Air
Force Magazine
Apr 01
Tirpak,
John A.
http://www.afa.org/magazine/april2001/0401airlift.pdf
Civilian
Contract Air Refueling: Innovative
or Insane?
Camerer,
Mark D., Maj
Air
University/Air Command and Staff College
https://research.maxwell.af.mil/papers/student/ay2001/acsc/01-035.pdf
Expanding
the Tanker Fleet – Part 2: Aircraft
Types for Fleet Expansion
Kopp,
Carlo
May 01
Aerospace
Publications, Australian Aviation
http://f-111.net/carloKopp/aar-expand-2.html
Statement
of Chairman Roscoe Bartlett
Full
Committee Mark up of H.R. 1588, National Defense Authorization Act for FY 04
http://www.house.gov/hasc/pressreleases/2003/03-05-13bartlett.htm
MCCAIN
FLOOR STATEMENT ON DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL
Friday,
May 23, 2003
http://mccain.senate.gov/index.cfm?fuseaction=Newscenter.Viewpork&Content_id=1070
KC-767
Tanker Transport Aircraft, USA
http://www.airforce-technology.com/project_printable.asp?ProjectID=2543
Tanker
Programs
KC-767A
The
Boeing Company
Rejko,
Jerry
http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/aerospace/tankers/767tanker_back.html
Dutch
Tanker Crew Completes OEF Deployment
Rea,
Johnny, 1Lt
Jun 02
http://ww.af.mil/news/jun2002/n2002n20020627_1033.shtml
Air
Mobility Issues
Air
Force Journal of Logistics
Volume
XXVI, No. 1, Spring 2002
http://www.aflma.hq.af.mil/lgj/Vol_26_No_1_Final.pdf
Leaders
Announce New Core Competencies
Elliot,
Scott, MSgt
Air
Force Print News (USAF)
Jan 03
https://www.af.mil/stories/story_print.asp?storyID=11603721
[NSIAD-00-135]
Military Readiness: Air Transport Capability Falls Short of Requirements
General
Accounting Office
June
2000
[NSIAD-96-160]
U.S. Combat Air Power: Aging Refueling Aircraft Are Costly to Maintain and
Operate
General
Accounting Office
Aug
96
Information
on Air Force Aerial Refueling Tankers
General
Accounting Office
Jun 03
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-938T
Boeing
767: Technical Specs
The
Boeing Company
2003
http://www.boeing.com/commercial/767family/technical.html
Airbus
A310
Airbus
Industrie/EADS
Apr 03
http://www.airbus.com/media/a300_a310.asp
Airbus
A330-200 MRTT
Airbus
Industrie/EADS
http://www.airbus.com/media/aribus_military.asp
A
Sample From Aviation News – Boeing’s 767 Tanker
Carrara,
Dino
Aviation
News Magazine
http://www.airpictorial.com/pages/boeings767tanker.html
McDonnell Douglas Press Releases
McCracken,
Larry
http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/financial/mdc
USAF
Outlines Proposed Boeing KC-767A Tanker Leasing Plan
Defence
Systems Daily
Jul 03
Harpel,
Douglas
http://defence-data.com/features/featindx.htm
KDC-10
Information
Sentry
Aviation News
Jun
1998
http://sentry.hangar1.net/trip8.html
Congressional
Budget Office Letter to John McCain on Modernizing USAF Tanker Fleet
Crippen,
Dan L.
May
2002
http://www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=3414&sequence=0