1. Variable Geometry Mirages Dassault concerning a carrierborne variable geometry aircraft, designated Mirage GV (géometrie variable) then simply http://www.aeronautx.net/Historix/content/hist_1002.htm

The Variable Geometry Mirages Mirage G The first proposals from Dassault concerning a carrier-borne variable geometry aircraft, designated Mirage GV (géometrie variable) then simply Mirage G were made in May 1964, with research work being carried out by a team at Dassault's St. Cloud factory. The design was finalized in 1965 and on 13 October that year, Dassault was awarded a contract to build a single Mirage G prototype. The very first construction drawings began in November 1965, and from January 1966, production work proceeded concurrently with tests on full-scale and reduced scale sub-assemblies. An engineering mockup was inspected in November 1966. The aircraft was completed in spring 1967 and was taken to the Melun-Villaroche airfield for vibration testing. The Mirage G was revealed to the press at Melun-Villaroche on 3 June 1967. It was powered by a single Pratt and Whitney/SNECMA TF 106E engine producing 9,300 kg of thrust. It carried no armament. On 18 October 1967, Dassault Test Pilot Jean Coureau made the first hop, with wings maintained in the extended position. The aircraft was then dismantled and trucked to the flight test center at Istres, where it made its first official test flight on 18 November 1967, again with Coureau at the controls. The flight lasted 50 min, and was made with a fixed wingsweep of 25° to an altitude of 10,000 m. The aircraft approach speed was 232 kmph and landing speed was 205 kmph. The prototype demonstrated its swing wing ability in the first week of flying. On 24 November 1967, during the 4th flight and with Coureau at the controls, wing sweep was changed to 55°. During Fight 7, on 25 November, the aircraft flew to Mach 1.5, with a maximum sweep of 70°. That same day Coureau was named Dassault Chief Test Pilot.

2. The Cache Military Aircraft At Its Best It is a twinseat, twin-engined, variable geometry aircraft and is supersonic at all altitudes. http://aircache.hypermart.net/page32.html

Tornado GR1 Powerplant: Two afterburning Turbo Union RB199-103 turbofans of 15,800lb st. sweep Length: 54ft 9.5in (16.70m) Max Speed: 1,452mph (2,336km/h) at 36,000ft (11,000m) Accommodation: Pilot and navigator in tandem seating Armament: Two IWKA-Mauser 27mm cannon and up to 18,000lb of ordnance. Recognition: Short fat fuselage with a very large swept fin and rudder. Shoulder-mounted variable geometry wings of delta shape when fully swept. Bubble two-seat tandem cockpit and a short nose cone. All moving tailplane on the sides of the twin tailpipes. Pictures: Tornado GR1 in flight from right below Tornado Going Vertical In flight Wings upswept Tornado in flight wings swept, weapons showing.

3. Aircraft Design Information Sources: Advanced Design/Unusual Concepts: General Advanced Design Studies and Unusual Concepts General, Informative Reviews from the Virginia Tech Aircraft Design Information Sources pages Landgraf and R.N. Herring, "Aerodynamic Design Considerations of Variable geometry aircraft " SAE Paper 670880, Oct. 1967. http://www.aoe.vt.edu/Mason/ACiADgenl.html

Advanced Design Studies and Unusual Concepts General, Informative Reviews from the Virginia Tech Aircraft Design Information Sources pages S.K. Landgraf and R.N. Herring, "Aerodynamic Design Considerations of Variable Geometry Aircraft," SAE Paper 670880, Oct. 1967. Roy H. Lange and E.S. Bradley, "Parametric Study of Advanced Long Range Military/Commercial Cargo Transports," AIAA Paper 77-1221, 1977 E.A. Barber, L.W. Noggle, and I.H. Rettie, "Preliminary Design and Analysis of Advanced Military Transports," AIAA Paper 77-1224, 1977. Charles E. Jobe, Robert M. Kulfan and John D. Vachal, "Wing Planforms for Large Military Transports," AIAA 78-1470, 1978. W.E. Eckels, "Civil Transport Aircraft Design Methodology," AIAA Paper 83-2463, Oct. 1983. A nice description of the design process. We have no good category to fit this paper. It has a quantitative comparison of twin vs. single aisle aircraft. Kohei Tanaka, "Design Study of Short Range Transport Aircraft," ICAS 84-2.6-1, 1984. Roy H. Lange, "Design Integration of Laminar Flow Control for Transport Aircraft," Journal of Aircraft , Vol. 21, No. 8, August 1984, pp. 612-617. A good starting place for understanding the integration issues associated with laminar flow technology.

4. FSPLANET.COM drag. Britain and France joined forces on a variable geometry aircraftproject, called the AFVG. (Anglo French Variable Geometry). http://www.fsplanet.com/reviews72.htm

FSPLANET.COM. The best files for FS98/FS2000/FS2002. Updated daily!!! Visited by over 24,000 Flight Sim lovers each day! Top Quality FS site since 1997... UPLOAD FILES FIRST CLASS MEMBERSHIP SEARCH FILES Yesterday Page ... GLIDE-SLOPE #1 worldwide Flight Sim Database up to 23,000 files!!! since 1997 Join our mailing list! Over 1,300 readers!!! var pageName = ""; var code = " "; Reviews Page FS2002 PANAVIA Tornado A ITALIAN Tornado from DESERT STORM colours.Full moving parts, moving wings and jetsmoke.FSDS model by Giovanni Clemente . Repaint by MASSIMO GRASSI. HISTORY During the late 1960's a number of countries were looking at replacing their existing aircraft fleets. Many of these countries started to look at variable geometry as a means of making an aircraft perform well throughout a wider flight envelope. Variable geometry allows the pilot and/or fly by wire system to adapt the aircraft wing shape to the optimal settings dependant on its height, speed and load. The Tornado takes this one step further and incorporates swivelling weapons pylons that always ensure the stores are parallel to the airframe and therefore the airflow, thus minimising drag.

5. Aircraft Recognition Glossary FLIR, forward looking infrared. fuselage, body of an aircraft. GCS, groundcontrol station. glove, located at the pivots on variablegeometry aircraft. http://www.aircav.com/recog/glossary.html

GLOSSARY AAI AAI Corporation AAM air-to-air missile AEW airborne early warning AGM air-to-ground missile aileron aircraft roll control ALCM air-launched cruise missile altitude height above sea level ART-V aircraft recognition training-visual 35-millimeter slide kit ASM air-to-surface missile aspect aircraft appearance with respect to a ground observer assault gunship rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft, armed and equipped to carry combat troops into battle and operating from land or sea ASW antisubmarine warfare ATF advanced tactical fighter ATGM antitank guided missile ATOLL AA-2-2 air-to-air missile, CIS (former USSR) attitude inclination of aircraft in relation to the ground (heading, pitch, and roll) Avenger 30-millimeter cannon on A-10A Thunderbolt II. FAAD weapon system AWACS Airborne Warning and Control System BAe British Aerospace (aircraft manufacturer) butterfly tail rounded tail fin and flats of a particular aircraft type (O-1 Bird Dog) cabin housing on an aircraft for troops or cargo CAI computer aided instruction canards winglets, controllable or fixed, located forward of the center of gravity

6. Supreme Ruler 2010 By BattleGoat Studios F14D Tomcat - A potent design seen on most western region aircraft carriers.It's the only variable-geometry aircraft in naval service. http://www.supremeruler2010.com/srmil_equipment_ijet.htm

Latest News Bits Latest Screenshots Developer Diaries SR2010 Overview ... Military Notebook Be sure to check out the latest updates in our News Section! New Screenshots En Français Stay up to date on Supreme Ruler 2010 with our Newsletter Enter Email Address How to Unsubscribe We have provided this briefing on Military Equipment currently available and in development worldwide. FIGHTER - INTERCEPTORS With constant fear of attack from above, all nations have invested heavily in these fighters. As always, a good defense is a strong offense. The modern day dog fight is enhanced by newer electronics and better training. B-2 Lavi - A newer design of the Israeli air force, designed to be a multi-role fighter. Originally cancelled but revived after recent political climate. Crew: 1 Weight: 17 tonnes. Role: Interceptor Max Speed: 1482 km/h ; Radius: 2130 km

7. Tornado, Panavia It is a compact twinengined variable-geometry aircraft. The Tornado was alsothe first production military aircraft with flight-by-wire controls. http://home.iae.nl/users/wbergmns/info/tornado.htm

Tornado, Panavia Photo by Evert J. van Koningsveld. Multi-role aircraft developed and built in cooperation with Germany and Italy. It is a compact twin-engined variable-geometry aircraft. The Tornado was also the first production military aircraft with flight-by-wire controls. There are strike-attack (IDS), air defence (ADV) and electronic warfare (ECR) versions. The ADV has an elongated nose. The original contractors bought 933 aircraft, but production is still underway for Saudi-Arabia. The IDS version is considered a very effective attack aircraft, but the ADV has been critized because it is a long-range interceptor with little capacity for dogfights. British IDS Tornadoes will be upgraded to GR.4 configuration. The loss of six Tornadoes during the 1992 Gulf War resulted in a storm of criticisim, most of it unjustified. Type: Tornado F Mk.3 Function: fighter Year: 1986 Crew: 2 Engines: 2 * 8530kg Turbo-union RB199-34R Mk.104 Wing Span: 13.91m /8.60m Length: 18.08 m Height: 5.95 m Wing Area: 30.00 m2/

8. BOEING 2707-200 SST The mockup of the variable-geometry aircraft was 306 feet long (91.8 m.). It showedboth Pratt Whitney JTF17A and General Electric GE4/J5 engine pods, with http://users.chariot.net.au/~theburfs/URsst.html

9. Panavia Tornado (1980 To Date) In 1963 BAC undertook a private venture study of a military variable geometry aircraftand when the TSR.2 was abandoned the Government decided to pursue two http://www.vflintham.demon.co.uk/aircraft/tornado/tornado.htm

Panavia Tornado (1980 to date) Tornado GR Mk 1 ZA593/H of 9 Sqn refuelling from Vulcan K Mk 2 XH560 of 50 Sqn 1994 (BAe photo) GR Mark 1 The first version was built for all three participating countries. All armament, apart from the two 27mm Mauser cannon, was carried externally and stores included typically eight 1,000lb bombs under fuselage, two 330 gal tanks on inner and pylons and generally a BOZ-107 chaff/flare dispenser and Sky Shadow jamming pod on outer pylons. There is provision for in-flight refuelling on the starboard side of the forward fuselage but the probe needs to be fitted semi-recessed as needed. The first production aircraft was ZA319 which flew on 10 July 1979 and service entry was with the unique Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment (TTTE) at Cottesmore in July 1980. The first operational unit to form on the Tornado was 9 Sqn early in 1982. Service Tactical strike Training TTTE; TWU (45) Trials DRA; SAOEU; TOEU GR Mk 1 ZD810/AA of 9 Sqn in Gulf war camouflage seen at Alconbury in 1991 (Author) GR Mark 1(T) The 'two-stick' aircraft was similar to the GR Mk 1 but with dual controls for training. The variant was fully operational and served with all GR Mk 1 units.

10. Aviation History The Panavia is a variablegeometry aircraft that is designed to fight well at highspeeds when contending with other fighters, and at low speeds when its wings http://www.esparacing.com/Aviation history/jet age/cold war fighters.htm

introduction commercial aviation the Cold War ... MAIN MENU Cold War fighters Both sides that participated in the Cold War also produced an amazing array of jet-powered fighter aircraft. The earliest jet fighters were adaptations of World War II aircraft: the Lockheed P- Shooting Star was the first jet used by the U.S. Air Force; the McDonnell FH-1 Phantom was the U.S. Navy’s first jet fighter; and the North American FJ- 1 Fury was the first fighter to see combat during the Korean War. The Fury inspired the F-86 Sabre, the favorite of USAF pilots confronting MiG-15s in the air over Korea. American pilots discovered the disadvantages of fighter air combat conducted far from home base (something the British had demonstrated during the Battle of Britain) when most engagements with the MiGs took place in an area near the North Korean border known as MiG Alley.

11. Boeing Bird Of Prey a writer for Popular Science. Based on a mysterious Bird of Prey patch, Douglasconcluded that Bird of Prey was a variablegeometry aircraft with forward http://www.geocities.com/xplanes2000/birdofprey.html

Boeing's Bird of Prey Boeing chose the St. Louis Phantom Works plant as its venue to announce the unveiling of "Bird of Prey," an experimental aircraft tested between 1992 and 1999. The original announcement on October 18, 2002 did not reveal too much detail on the once-classified aircraft. It appears to be a manned aircraft, with a similar planform to the company's X-45 unmanned combat aerial vehicle. The main difference is the plane's gull wings, with downward-canted tips for yaw stability. A low-visibility air inlet is located just aft of the cockpit to provide air to the turbofan engine. The $67 million stealth aircraft was limited to subsonic speeds, obviously due to its tailless configuration. The airplane broke new ground in composite construction and computer aided design & manufacturing. The airplane's gray upper surface and white belly indicate that it was designed for daytime stealth. "Yehudi" lights may be located on the underside of the plane to provide a measure of optical stealth. The aircraft made 38 flights between 1996 and 1999. It was declassified because its technology is in common use today. Bird of Prey's lines can easily be seen in the

12. Military/Veteran Glossary, Terms And Abbreviations TO AVERAGE THE EFFECTS OF ORIENTATION, MINOR SHIELDING AND UNCERTAINTY OF TARGETRESPONSE TO THE EFFECTS CONSIDERED VARIABLE geometry aircraft AIRCRAFT WITH http://members.aol.com/usmilbrats/glossary/v.htm

Email The American War Library Home G.I. Photo Museum Locator/Registry Forms ... Business Card This page is continuously updated Permission granted to link to this page... http://members.aol.com/usmilbrats/glossary.htm Return to the Main Glossary VA DEPT OF VETERAN'S AFFAIRS [GU] VADM VICE ADMIRAL (3 STARS) [GU] VADML VICE ADML [VN] VAF V'NAMESE AIR FORCE [VN] VALIDATION PHASE BASIS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT TO PROCEED INTO FULL-SCALE DEVELOPMENT VALUABLE CARGO CARGO WHICH MAY BE OF VALUE DURING A LATER STAGE OF THE WAR. SEE ALSO CARGO VALUE ENGINEERING VANDEGRIFT US ARMY (LATER USMC) ARTY BASE NEAR KHE SAHN ('68) [VN] VARIABILITY THE MANNER IN WHICH THE PROBABILITY OF DAMAGE TO A SPECIFIC TARGET DECREASES WITH THE DISTANCE FROM GROUND ZERO; OR, IN DAMAGE ASSESSMENT, A MATHEMATICAL FACTOR INTRODUCED TO AVERAGE THE EFFECTS OF ORIENTATION, MINOR SHIELDING AND UNCERTAINTY OF TARGET RESPONSE TO THE EFFECTS CONSIDERED VARIABLE GEOMETRY AIRCRAFT AIRCRAFT WITH VARIABLE PROFILE GEOMETRY, SUCH AS VARIABLE SWEEP WINGS EG, F-111 VARIABLE SAFETY LEVEL SEE SAFETY LEVEL OF SUPPLY VARIANT 1. 1 OF 2 OR MORE CIPHER OR CODE SYMBOLS WHICH HAVE THE SAME PLAIN TEXT EQUIVALENT. 2. 1 OF SEVERAL PLAIN TEXT MEANINGS THAT ARE REPRESENTED BY A SINGLE CODE GROUP ALSO CALLED ALTERNATIVE

13. Biblioteka Lotnicza - Air Library Samoloty o zmiennej geometrii skrzyde³ (Variable geometry aircraft), 304. Patriotkontra SCUD (Patriot vs. SCUD), 308. Forthcoming issues Title, Ordering No. http://www.altair.com.pl/bibl_lot/index_e.htm

Biblioteka Lotnicza Air Library Series of books published by ALTAIR Air Agency Ltd , for aviation enthusiasts and modelers, containing many drawings ang colour profiles. 76 pages, including many in colour. Z Dziejow Lotnictwa (Aviation History) In the serie Z Dziejow Lotnictwa - books about unknown events in aviation history. Publication List: Cover Title Ordering No. Asy polskiego lotnictwa (Polish Fighter Aces) Œwiatowy Zjazd Lotników Polskich (Worldwide Meeting of Polish Aviators) Forthcoming issues: Title Ordering No. Nieznane karty Bitwy o Angliê (Unknown Pages of Battle of Britain) Sekrety Konstrukcji Lotniczych (Aircraft Secrets) Sekrety Konstrukcji Lotniczych is a series of widely illustrated books revealing modern aircraft developing secrets, technological innovations, their influence on progress of engineering. Many previously undescribed facts and unpublished photographs, scale drawings, colour profiles. Publication List: Cover Title Ordering No. MiG-25 - Stalowa Blyskawica (MiG-25 - Lightning of Steel) SR-71 - najszybszy samolot swiata (The World's Fastest Plane) Tu-22 i Tu-22M - naddŸwiêkowe bombowce Rosji (Tu-22 Blinder and Tu-22M Backfire - Russian Supersonic Bombers) Samoloty o zmiennej geometrii skrzyde³ (Variable Geometry Aircraft) Patriot kontra SCUD (Patriot vs. SCUD)

14. Aircraft Design body.ac. gear.ac. and are stored in the directory. ..\aircraft\geometry\ aircraftName \. The directory. ..\aircraft\geometry\ aircraft Name \. http://www.flight-dynamic-simulator.de/Documentation/AircraftDesign.html

Aircraft Design Physical Parameters If you click on " Edit " in the main window of FDS , you click on " Aircraft " and the following window opens: The list shows you the existing aircraft’s for FDS . With a double mouse click you select an aircraft and with one mouse click on " Open" a window opens, which gives you the opportunity to edit in 12 groups the parameters, which are defining the aircraft characteristics. After editing any group and any parameter you can " Save " this changed configuration of the aircraft or you can create with " Save As .. " a new aircraft. group " Aileron " Parameter Explanation (if necessary) Half Wing Area with Aileron(m**2) Profile Zero-Drag-Coefficient Drag coefficient at Lift = Ratio Aileron_Depth to Wing_Depth Flap Angle Maximum (grad) Extension Ratio(-) Aileron width to depth group " Elevator " (all groups description will follow ) Model Geometry The aircraft models are prescribed with two parts body.ac gear.ac and are stored in the directory The file format is *.ac, which represents models, which are created with AC3D modeller from Andy Colebourne. http://www.comp.lancs.ac.uk/computing/users/andy/ac3d.html

15. The Efficient Parametrization Of Aircraft Geometry The Efficient Parametrization of aircraft geometry. NASA Langely ResearchCenter has funded research to investigate the way in which http://www.amsta.leeds.ac.uk/Applied/CAGD.dir/section3_4.html

Next: Computer-Aided Rapid Prototyping Up: Computer Aided Geometric and Functional Design Previous: Automatic Design for Function The Efficient Parametrization of Aircraft Geometry NASA Langely Research Center has funded research to investigate the way in which the PDE method can be used to efficiently parametrize aircraft geometry. The types of objects considered have included the a supersonic transport and nacelle/pylon configurations. Software has been developed that allows the interactive manipulation of such geometries by a user sitting at a suitable workstation. amt5man@amsta.leeds.ac.uk Page Created: Mon Dec 12 1994 Last Updated: 19th March 1996.

16. Volpe Center: Acoustics Diagram Of Aircraft Tracking Geometry About Our Work Career Opportunities Business With Us Information Resources Outreach.Diagram of aircraft Tracking geometry. Back to Technical Information. http://www.volpe.dot.gov/acoustics/paperp.html

Home Advanced Search Directory Site Map ... Outreach Diagram of Aircraft Tracking Geometry Back to Technical Information Return to Top U.S. Department of Transportation Research and Special Programs Administration

17. Geometry Definitions the left. Top View. The top view shows a simple wing geometry, likethat found on a light general aviation aircraft. The front of http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/geom.html

This slide gives technical definitions of a wing's geometry, which is one of the chief factors affecting airplane lift and drag. The terminology is used throughout the airplane industry and is also found in the FoilSim program developed here at NASA Glenn. Actual aircraft wings are complex three-dimensional objects, but we will start with some simple definitions. The figure shows the wing viewed from three directions; the upper left shows the view from the top looking down on the wing, the lower left shows the view from the front looking at the wing leading edge, and the right shows a side view from the left looking in towards the centerline. The side view shows an airfoil shape with the leading edge to the left. Top View The top view shows a simple wing geometry, like that found on a light general aviation aircraft. The front of the wing (at the bottom) is called the leading edge ; the back of the wing (at the top) is called the trailing edge . The distance from the leading to trailing edges is called the chord , denoted by the symbol c . The ends of the wing are called the wing tips , and the distance from one wing tip to the other is called the span , given the symbol s . The shape of the wing, when viewed from above looking down onto the wing, is called a

18. Beginner's Guide To Aerodynamics Problem Sets Wind Tunnel Aerodynamics. 29, Algebra I, geometry, Physics,912, aircraft Trim. 30, Physics, Algebra I + II, 9-12, http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/BGA/BGAindex.html

Choose Title Subject Area Grade Level Created by STUDENT TEACHER Lift Theories Physics, Physical Science Monroe Kennedy Jr., Ph.D. Shaker Heights High School Shaker Heights, Ohio STUDENT TEACHER Trimmed Aircraft Physics, Algebra II STUDENT TEACHER Aircraft Motion - Level 1 Physics, Algebra I STUDENT TEACHER Aircraft Motion - Level 2 Physics, Algebra II STUDENT TEACHER Determining Center of Gravity - Level 1 Physics, Algebra II STUDENT TEACHER Determining Center of Gravity - Level 2 Calculus STUDENT TEACHER Wing Area - Level 1 Geometry STUDENT TEACHER Wing Area - Level 2 Algebra II, Trigonometry STUDENT TEACHER Center of Gravity Physics, PreCalculus Melissa Hughes Cardinal High School Middlefield, Ohio

19. International Aircraft 4.2 aircraft geometry Selection of the geometry of an aircraft is a primary determinant of aircraft performance. http://www.pmulcahy.com/international_aircraft.html

Alpha Jet This is an aircraft that is a trainer during peacetime and a light strike aircraft during wartime. It is used by Belgium, Egypt, France, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Nigeria, Qatar, Togo, Portugal, Germany, and Cameroon. The aircraft's two-seat version is used as a trainer or FAC aircraft, but during wartime strike missions, the back seat is removed and replaced by an electronics suite that gives it a radar warning receiver and ECM. Of its five hardpoints, only the wings' 4 hardpoints may be used for drop tanks. The fuselage station is normally used by a gun pod, as the aircraft has no internal guns, but it may be used for other stores. Price Fuel Type Load Veh Wt Crew Mnt Night Vision Radiological $508,000 (S/R) AvG 2.5 tons 5.5 tons FLIR Enclosed Tr Mov Com Mov Mnvr/Acc Agl/Turn Fuel Cap Fuel Cons Type Ceiling Armor NA 240 6/3 60/30 Attack Aircraft Combat Equipment Minimum Landing/Takeoff Zone RF Armament Ammo (One-Seat Version) Radar Warning Receiver, ECM 550/495m Hardened Runway 5 Hardpoints None Alpha Jet Lancier This is the improved version of the Alpha Jet featured above. It has upgraded electronics and strike capability. It is used only by France and Germany, normally as a FAC aircraft, but sometimes as a strike aircraft or close support platform. It has the ability to use smart weapons.

20. 1 Aircraft Design An ongoing project for the design of a high wing transport aircraft 1 attemptsthe integration of aircraft geometry design tools, CFD grid generation, CAD http://www.pagendarm.de/trapp/library/hgpVis96/vis96-2.html

1 Aircraft design An on-going project for the design of a high wing transport aircraft attempts the integration of aircraft geometry design tools, CFD grid generation, CAD model design, windtunnel model machining, CFD analysis, windtunnel testing and data analysis and visualization. One of the goals of the project is a higher degree of similarity between CFD and flow experiments creating all necessary geometry data from a common design thus trying to minimize the loss of details and the sources of error in various conversion processes. Comparative visualization is one of the key techniques for this integration process. The aircraft design process starts off by the design of the aerodynamic shape of the aircraft body and wing as well as other components of the aircraft. For the aerodynamic design special geometry generation techniques are in use . Today these algorithms exist in various design tools allowing to tailor the geometry towards the particular requirements of CFD analysis codes ( Fig. 1

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