Aircraft Fire Protection Technology Applications
720345
2/1/1972
- Content
- A different approach to aircraft passenger survival has been undertaken by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and AVCO Corporation-that of shielding the passenger compartment by surrounding it with a fire resistant foam shell capable of protecting the occupants long enough for the fire to burn out, or for fire-fighting equipment to reach the aircraft and extinguish the fire.Application of the newly evolved intumescent material as a passive thermal control system to provide fire protection for remote or inaccessible dry bay regions and equipment bays is also discussed.
- Citation
- Alexander, J., Newland, J., Patterson, D., and Tempesta, F., "Aircraft Fire Protection Technology Applications," National Business Aircraft Meeting and Engineering Display, Wichita, Kansas, United States, March 15, 1972, https://doi.org/10.4271/720345.