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A new landing brake system for the airplanes of the Enterprise air carrier

Washington, USA - The new device was designed in order to warrant higher safety during landing for the aircraft of the naval unit

US Enterprise (CVN-65) air carrier will be endowed soon with a new landing brake system for the airplanes. Such system, being currently in use only on another major unit in the US Navy, the George Washington (CVN-73), is mainly based on stopping wires whose brake force is properly measured with reference to new calculation procedures, according as the aircraft's weight during landing on the desk of...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 108221
Rome, Italy, 11/22/2004 17:45
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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