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Report: Preventing Fuel Vapor Ignition Beneath Titanium Aircraft Skins
Fuel vapor ignition has been a cause of airplane explosions and subsequent crashes, even into the 2000s. Though not always caused by a lightning strike (any spark gap could be the cause), protecting fuel tanks from vapor ignition has always been a ...
Feasibility of Inflight Measurement of Lightning Strike Parameters
Inflight measurement of lightning strikes - how did this technology develop and how has it evolved? This NASA report from 1978 explores: Why there was a need for better data The parameters lightning strikes to be measured Types of sensing devices ...
ICAO Circular - Aircraft Accident Digest
In this volume of the ICAO Circular Aircraft Accident Digest, the crash of TWA flight 891 was detailed. 68 people lost their lives in the accident. "TWA's scheduled flight No. 891/26 took off from Malpensa Airport, Milan, at 1620 hours GMT for Orly ...
The Crash and Investigation of Iranian Air Force Flight ULF48 [Boeing 747]
This document is the investigative report of Iranian Air Force flight ULF48, which crashed in 1976 near Madrid. An overview, taken from the document itself, is below: "On May 9, 1976, an Imperial Iranian Air Force Boeing 747-131 crashed as it ...
F-15 Eagle Talk Vol. II - Aviation Technical Magazine
This fascinating magazine details flight controls and user operations for the F-15 eagle. Topics include: Flying the airplane - pilot controls Aircraft performance Propulsion system Egress Aircraft controls Performance systems ...and much more. ...