Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 36 Issue 7
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An International JournalTable of contents
Buying abroad
ON the face of it, the decision to order McDonnell Phantoms to replace the Sea Vixen fighters currently in service with the Royal Navy might appear to be a logical and indeed…
The Prediction of Aerodynamic Loads
G.W. WebberA Discussion concerning the Use of Wind Tunnel Results and Flight Test Measurements in the Prediction of Aerodynamic Loads for Stressing Purposes in the Aerodynamics Department of…
Dye Penetrant Techniques for Flaw Detection: A Discussion of their Nature and Limitations
G.A. GrizzellFLAW detection processes utilizing dye penetrants are now extensively used throughout the aircraft industry. They are a logical development of the lard oil and chalk method…
The Development and Testing of Elastomeric Materials for Fluid Sealing Applications
C.M. BlowA Discussion Involving the Significance of Laboratory Test Methods and a Description of the Properties of Some of the Latest Polymers Including Rubbers Suitable for Use with…
Vibrators—Longest Stroke and Highest Thrust
Brief Descriptions of the New Dowty Rotol 7 ft. Stroke Vibrator for the Institute of Aviation Medicine and the New Dowty Rotol 100,000 lb. Thrust Vibrator for Westland Aircraft…
Development of Strong Aluminium Alloys
W.M. DoyleA Description of the Facilities Available in the Research Division of High Duty Alloys Ltd. and an Account of the Work Carried Out in Developing the Hiduminium‐RR.58 Alloy which…
Gas Turbine Aero Engine Rotor Balance and Vibration
K.S. HodgkinsonA Description of the Early Problems Encountered by Rolls‐Royce Ltd., which Led to the Appointment of a Specialist ‘Rotor Balance’ Engineer, and a Review of the Company's Current…
Ear‐to‐ground
DECCA‐GENERAL PRECISION EQUIPMENT TIE‐UP. A new Company, General Precision Decca Systems Incorporated, has been formed jointly by The Decca Navigator Co. Ltd. and General…
Personalities in the news
A number of new appointments have been announced within the After‐Sales Service Department of Hawker Siddeley's Avro Whitworth Division. These appointments are designed to…
Correspondence
Dear Sir, I must congratulate you on the January 1964 issue of AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING on inertial guidance. The article on the British Scene is the first comprehensive report I have…
Auxiliary Equipment
Details of Some Components Used for Subsidiary Services in Aircraft, Missiles and Space Vehicles. Electrolytic marking is rapidly becoming established as an inexpensive and…
New Materials
Brief Particulars of Recently Introduced Materials likely to have Aircraft, Missile or Space Vehicle Applications. It is often desirable to paint engine components to protect them…
Research and Testing
Equipment, Programmes, Techniques and Projects. A Rolls‐Royce Dart propjet was recently removed from a Vickcrs Viscount airliner of British European Airways after flying for more…
Tools for the Industry
A Selection of Equipment of Use in the Production and Maintenance of Aircraft, Missiles, Space Vehicles and their Components. Two assemblies, each approximately 3 ft. in diameter…
Aviation Electronics
Details of Electrical and Electronic Apparatus with Applications in the Maintenance and Operation of Aircraft, Missiles and Space Vehicles. Brief details of a new incrtial…
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
An aircraft having wings with sharply swept‐leading‐edges has a pair of members providing auxiliary lift surfaces, which members arc movable between a retracted position within…
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- Prof Phil Webb