PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRESENCE OF WATER, SLUSH, SNOW AND ICE ON RUNWAYS

• Main Author: Herb,H. R.
• Other Authors: ADVISORY GROUP FOR AEROSPACE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PARIS (FRANCE)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1965
• Subjects: Aircraft; Terminal Flight Facilities; Snow; Ice and Permafrost; (*RUNWAYS; *ICE); (*AERODYNAMICS; SYMPOSIA); HYDRODYNAMICS; JET AIRCRAFT; VELOCITY; CONTAMINATION; AIR TRAFFIC; FLIGHT SPEEDS; SAFETY; V/STOL AIRCRAFT; Stol; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0652162; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0652162

It has always been difficult to estimate exactly the influence of the runway condition on the take-off and landing distance of airplanes. This problem has been aggravated by the jets entering the air traffic, for fast jets have high wing loadings and, therefore, high take-off and landing speeds. At...