FUSELAGE - WINDSHIELD - EXPOSURE TEST,

Abstract

With the installation of pigmented edge B-58 pilot enclosure windshields, the windshield replacement rate due to interlayer degradation decreased considerably. The use of pigmented edge glass was effective on A/C 57 and on. Airplanes No. 31 and 33, however, were retrofitted with new glass in order to conduct an inservice test. Data obtained so far show that the glass replacement rate is higher on A/C 57 and on than on A/C 31 and 33. This indicated that the first pigmented windshields received may have been better than the windshields later developed for production use. This test was conducted to establish a quality comparison between windshields now received and previously tested pigmented windshields. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 15, 1964
Accession Number
AD0430322

Entities

People

  • M. J. Carroll

Organizations

  • General Dynamics

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Airplanes
  • Degradation
  • Fuselages
  • Production
  • Vehicles
  • Windshields

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Surface Coatings Technology.