Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 35 Issue 3
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An International JournalTable of contents
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THIS year's Statement on Defence, despite the momentous and far‐reaching effects of the recent Nassau agreement, must surely be the most laconic yet published. Any attempt to…
Aviation Fuel Problems: A Review of the Major Problems Arising from the Use of Aviation Fuels at High Altitudes and High Aircraft Speeds and Some Practicable Solutions
E.M. GoodgerFlight, even under the most routine conditions, sets high standards of quality for all materials employed. Specifications for aviation fuels have never been obtainable without…
Power Plant System for V/S.T.O.L Aircraft: The Rolls‐Royce Philosophy as It Applies to Special Lightweight Lift Engines and Deflected Thrust Propulsion Engines and Their Suitability for a Variety of Roles
A.A. Lombard, A.J. HeyworthTHE Society of Automotive Engineers' paper, upon which this article is based, followed very closely along the lines of an article entitled ‘Composite Power Plant System for…
Rotor Dynamics and Helicopter Stability: Development of a Unified Mathematical Theory of the Steady and Disturbed Motion of a Helicopter with Particular Emphasis on the Dynamical Aspects of the Problem
H.L. PriceThe purpose of the present work is to develop a unified mathematical theory of the steady and disturbed motion of a helicopter with particular emphasis on the dynamical aspects of…
Skyvan Light Freighter: Brief Details of the All‐purpose Aircraft Produced by Short Brothers and Harland, which made its Maiden Flight on January 17
THE Short Skyvan light freighter aircraft made a successful first flight from Sydenham airfield, Belfast, on January 17, 1963. Flown by Denis Tayler, Chief Test Pilot of Short…
Current Developments in All Weather Landing: A Review of the Problems to be Solved and the Programmes being Pursued in Europe and the United States
G.W. WebberTHE task of reviewing the American all weather landing scene is considerably more difficult than the corresponding task of reviewing the European scene. The most obvious reason…
Test Bed for Vectored Thrust Power Plants: Details of the New Facility Which Was Recently Commissioned at Bristol Siddeley's Patchway Works
A NEW test bed, specifically designed to test vectored thrust engines of the Pegasus type, has recently been commissioned at Bristol Siddeley's Patchway works.
University of Glasgow: The Sixth in a Series of Articles Describing the Facilities, Academic Curricula and Research Activities in the Aeronautical Engineering Departments of the British Universities
A.W. BabisterHISTORY ALTHOUGH the present Department of Aeronautics and Fluid Mechanics was created only in 1950, the teaching of Aeronautics in the University goes back to the year 1920, and…
Hydraulic Circuit Test Rig: Details of the Test Facility Installed at Dunlop's Aviation Division, Coventry, to Prove the Hydraulic Braking Circuit for a High Performance Aircraft Utilizing I.C.I. Silcodyne H Fluid Over a Wide Operating Temperature Range
A NEW high and low temperature aircraft hydraulic rig is now in operation at the Dunlop Rubber Company's Aviation Division at Foleshill, Coventry. The purpose of the new rig is to…
Trade Announcements
Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd. has announced that it has reached agreement with the Northrop Corporation of Beverly Hills, California, for collaboration in the V/S.T.O.L. strike…
The Library Shelf
First, the statistics. This issue of Jane's—corrected to September 1, 1962—contains a total of 504 pages apart from the two page preface by the Editor and 24 pages of indexes at…
Auxiliary Equipment
Details of Some Components Used for Subsidiary Services in Aircraft, Missiles and Space Vehicles. A problem with sealed airborne electronic and radar containers is that they…
Aviation Electronics
Details of Electrical and Electronic Apparatus with Applications in the Maintenance and Operation of Aircraft, Missiles and Space Vehicles. At a recent demonstration at Hatfield…
Research and Testing
Equipment, Programmes, Techniques and Projects. New additions and many detailed improvements have recently been made to the extensive range of light probes and inspection mirrors…
New Materials
Brief Particulars of Recently Introduced Materials likely to have Aircraft, Missile or Space Vehicle Applications. Two new materials, designed to protect space vehicles during the…
Tools for the Industry
A Selection of Equipment of Use in the Production and Maintenance of Aircraft, Missiles, Space Vehicles and their Components. To complement their Omnispeed model in National…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Council, Technical Reports and Translations of the United States…
British Patent Abridgments
These details of British Patent Specifications are taken by permission from ‘Abridgments of Specifications—Patents for Inventions’. Copies of the full specifications are…
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- Prof Phil Webb