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Structural Fatigue and Other Airworthiness Aspects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

J. K. Williams
J. K. Williams*
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Air Registration Board
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In this paper the emphasis is on safety problems connected with the use of light fixed-wing aircraft for agricultural purposes. Most of the aircraft concerned are between 2000 and 6000 lb all-up weight and are single piston-engined types. About 97 per cent of all hours flown in agricultural aviation all over the world are by such small fixed-wing aircraft, the remainder by larger aircraft such as the DC-3 and helicopters.

The mass of statistics available on this type of flying is therefore confined to the small fixed-wing aircraft and since this type is obviously the most important with respect to this activity, then it is appropriate to concentrate on this type.

Type
Requirements for Agricultural Aircraft – Pilot's Viewpoint and Engineering Aspects
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 67 , Issue 636 , December 1963 , pp. 776 - 782
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1963

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