Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 36 Issue 12
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An International JournalTable of contents
Aircraft transparencies
ONE hundred and seventy‐five delegates from Italy, France, West Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, the United States and the United Kingdom met in London on November 3 and 4, to…
Transparencies for Supersonic and Hypersonic Flight
G.W. UnderwoodSUMMARY The main overall problems associated with transparencies for manned supersonic and hypersonic aircraft are considered. Civil and military concepts are compared in relation…
Reliability and Performance of Aircraft Transparencies in Civil Airline Service
E.G. BarberBroad statistics or the incidence and cost of windscreen panel failures are given. The implications of these statistics are discussed with particular regard to the inability to…
Reliability and Performance of Aircraft Transparencies in Military Service
W.E. PryorOne of the main factors contributing to the effectiveness of the Royal Air Force is the quality of its equipment. To be most efficient the equipment should have the highest…
Test Methods to Establish Strength and Reliability
P.W. TaylorThree main subjects are presented in this paper: (i) A description of tests made for the purpose of determining design data; (ii) a discussion of the problems arising in the…
Factors Affecting Stress Formation in Glass During the Toughening Process
J.R. BeattieThe mechanism of stress formation in glass under‐going conditions of rapid cooling, and the factors affecting the properties of the toughened glass produced are discussed. The…
Present and Future Developments in the Use of Organic Materials for Aircraft Transparencies
R.D. CrickThe use of organic materials in the construction of aircraft transparencies is introduced by discussing their properties in relation to the requirements of strength and vision of…
The Development of Glass Transparencies for Modern Aircraft
A.J. HollandThe construction of windscreen panels for modern aircraft is described and the role of each component in meeting the requirements for pressure strength, bird resistance and…
Design Considerations for Recent American High‐Performance Manned Flight Vehicle Transparencies
A.F. ShoemakerThe factors which should be considered when contemplating windshield design are outlined, and various levels of high performance vehicles are defined. The relationship between…
The Resistance of Transparencies to Bird Impact at High Speeds
I.I. McNaughtanThe methods of bird impact testing or aircraft transparencies are discussed and a review is made of tests on aircraft transparencies and transparency materials. The review…
Ear‐to‐ground
It was reported in last month's AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING (Orders and Contracts) that orders for conversion kits worth nearly £3 million to Rolls‐Royce Ltd. had been placed by…
Orders and contracts
Teddington Aircraft Controls Ltd. has announced the retirement of Mr C. S. Gardner, Chairman of the Board. Mr Gardner joined the British Thermostat Co., the parent company of…
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- Prof Phil Webb