Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 37 Issue 7
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Double‐deck for long‐haul
FOLLOWING the release, earlier this year, of information concerning the long‐fuselage versions of the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC‐8 capable of accommodating 250 passengers—the…
Numerically‐Controlled Shot Peening Machine: A Description of the Vacu‐Blast Shot Peening Machine with General Electric Five‐Axis Contour Type Numerical Control which is Currently Operated by the Fort Worth Division of General Dynamics
A FIVE‐AXIS contouring‐type numerically‐controlled shot peening machine has solved the problem of strengthening certain critical structural components of the General Dynamics…
Precision Processing by Poeton: A Brief Introduction to Some of the Processes and Facilities Operated by the Poeton Plating Group
THE Poeton Plating Group was founded in 1898 by Mr A. T. Poeton, grandfather of the present Chairman and Managing Director—Mr W. G. Poeton. The founder had emigrated to the United…
Tape Controlled Draughting Machine
A Description of the Numerically‐Controlled Draughting Machine Designed and Developed by Cramic Engineering Co. Ltd. which has been ordered by Sud‐Aviation for Concorde…
Grinding the Refractory Metals: An Investigation of the Grinding Characteristics of Columbium, Molybdenum, Tantalum, Tungsten and their Alloys Utilizing a Norton Hydraulic Surface Grinder
T.Z. RichardsA BRIGHT future has been predicted for the refractory metals for aerospace applications. Typical uses include; solid propellent rocket motor nozzles, re‐entry surfaces for gliders…
Low Cost Tooling with the Jewelform Press: A Description of the Press that makes its own Tools
This article describes the Jewelform process which consists basically of a double‐acting hydraulic press in which is mounted a flask containing Jewelite alloy (a eutectic alloy of…
Flame Plating for High Wear Resistance: A Description of the Union Carbide Flame Plating Process, the Type of Coatings available and their Application in the Aircraft Industry
THE second flame plating plant to be established in the United Kingdom was brought into service earlier this year at Glossop in Derbyshire. Forming part of the Engineering…
Paris in retrospect
THERE can be no doubt that despite the comparatively small number of their aircraft on show, the brevity of the technical information relating to these aircraft and the…
CONCORDE — interim report
BETWEEN May 18 and 26, airline experts from the United States, Australia, India, the Middle East, France and Great Britain gathered at Bristol and later at Toulouse in France to…
Ear‐to‐ground
Eighty passengers flying into London (Heathrow) Airport on June 10 in a Hawker Siddeley Trident of British European Airways became the first passengers in the world to experience…
Researeh and Testing
Equipment, Programmes, Techniques and Projects. Non‐destructive testing of B.E.A. aircraft at London Airport is being aided by two 35‐ft. Simon hydraulic platforms, mounted on…
New Materials
Brief Particulars of Recently Introduced Materials likely to have Aircraft, Missile or Space Vehicle Applications. A new time‐saving impregnation process for sealing all…
Tools for the Industry
A Selection of Equipment of Use in the Production and Maintenance of Aircraft, Missiles, Space Vehicles and their Components. A range of ‘throw away’ carbide tip turning tools on…
Aviation Electronics
Details of Electrical and Electronic Apparatus with Applications in the Maintenance and Operation of Aircraft, Missiles and Space Vehicles. The possibility of collisions between…
Auxiliary Equipment
Details of Some Components Used for Subsidiary Services in Aircraft, Missiles and Space Vehicles. Holophane Ltd. are now making a new obstruction light suitable for giving a…
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- Prof Phil Webb