Lufthansa German Airlines Experience with Cabin and Cockpit Windows of Boeing 707, 727, 737, 747, Douglas DC10 and Airbus A300,

Abstract

This paper highlights the experience as related to the various types of windows installed on all types of aircraft operated within Lufthansa, which are 15 B747, 14 DC10, 11 A300, 7 B707, 34 B727, 42 B737. After great improvements during 1970 to 1977 a remarkable deterioration in performance of cabin and cockpit windows is realized. The most important problems encountered are: Crazing, inplane cracking, deformation on acrylic windows, vinyl cracks, arcing, heating system failures, chips, cracks and distorted vision on multilayer windows, mainly glass windows.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADP003226

Entities

People

  • K. W. Ewald

Organizations

  • Lufthansa

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Materials
  • Transport Aircraft

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Polymer Science and Engineering.