Aircraft Systems Classifications

1Introduction

Design and Development of Aircraft Systems 3rd edition by Allan Seabridge and Ian Moir covers this material in a single chapter as a series of brief tables. This handbook is intended to provide more detailed information and some historical information about the development of each system and also to indicate how the systems will develop in the future. The reason for this is to give information to people working on heritage or older aircraft still in use, to span current types in operation and to provide assistance to those looking at future projects. The intention is to provide a full set of information for all aircraft systems in one single volume which complements other books in this field and is suitable for suitable for practitioners, students, graduates, and apprentices in aerospace.

People in the aircraft industry will expect to work on aircraft on all types and ages in their career. As a result they will be exposed to different technologies, different design methods, and different certification procedures. Typical aircraft will include

• Aircraft on display in museums
• Flying aircraft in heritage fleets
• Aircraft in private ownership
• Aircraft in routine operation by state owned airlines
• Aircraft in operation with commercial business organisations
• Aircraft in military air force operations
• Aircraft close to end of life
• Newly developed aircraft about to enter into service

The life span of aircraft in these classifications ranges from over a hundred years to ...