Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 38 Issue 11
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The value industry
SIR GEORGE EDWARDS, managing director of the British Aircraft Corporation, made a plea for recognition of the value of the aerospace industry in a recent address to the Manchester…
Anglo‐French Collaboration—The Present and Some Thoughts for the Future
George R. EdwardsTHE two airframe companies between them employ nearly 60,000 people and the two engine companies over 40,000 people. In terms of facilities, capacity and experience these groups…
Advancement in Aeronautics
A.D. BaxterTHE history of the Society is a fascinating subject and one worthy of considerable study. On January 12, 1866, six men met at the London home of the eighth Duke of Argyll to…
Some Aspects of Aeronautical Research in the United Kingdom
A.R. CollarTHE paper selects for brief discussion a very few of the successful aeronautical researches conducted in the United Kingdom in recent years. The selection includes illustrations…
Power Units for Very High Speed Winged Vehicles
R.R. JamisonTHE term ‘Winged Vehicles’ is used here to describe various forms of aircraft, either manned or unmanned which fly through the atmosphere and have wings to provide lift. The lift…
Structural Prospects for Hypersonic Air Vehicles
R.R. HeldenfelsTHE purpose of this paper is to review the major structural design problems common to all hypersonic air vehicles and describe some of the current research results to indicate the…
The Economics of Aircraft Noise Suppression
F.B. GreatrexDISCUSSIONS on aircraft noise problems unfortunately result too often in inconclusive statements of good intentions on the one hand from those who are connected with making the…
A Low Weather Minima Flight Control System: A description of the Series 6 systems developed by Smiths Industries for Category 2 operations
A.A. Gardner, C.M.D. RobertsIN recent years the regularity of scheduled services has become an increasingly important factor in the economics of the air transport industry. Service regularity is dependent to…
The Medical Aspects of Skill
A.J. BarwoodAVIATION medicine is that branch of occupational medicine concerned with all the many tasks associated with the operation of aircraft. Inevitably the pilot of an aircraft is the…
The Influence of Sheet Thickness on Crack Propagation: An investigation into the effect of sheet thickness on the propagation of fatigue cracks in 2024‐T3 alclad sheet material
D. Broek, J. SchijveTHE influence of the sheet thickness on fatigue‐crack propagation was studied on specimens of 2024‐T3 alclad sheet of five thicknesses, viz. 0.6, 1, 2, 3 and 4 mm. It turned out…
Material Failures and their Relation to Component Design: A discussion of types of failure experienced in some main engine components and the design problems involved
L. IslipTHIS Note discusses the types of failure to be expected of some main engine components and the problems of avoiding such failure in new designs. Examples are given of the…
Ear‐to‐ground
A team from Lockheed led by Carl Kotchian, executive vice‐president, were in London towards the end of October to confer with B.O.A.C. on their SST proposal. International and…
Personalities in the news
The Minister of Aviation in agreement with the Minister of Defence for the Royal Air Force, has appointed Air Vice‐Marshal E. James, C.B.E., D.F.C., A.F.C., as a Deputy Controller…
Research and Testing
Equipment, Programmes, Techniques and Projects. A test chamber for applied aeromedical research, claimed to have a wider range of simulating facilities than previous units, was…
Tools for the Industry
A Selection of Equipment of Use in the Production and Maintenance of Aircraft, Missiles, Space Vehicles and their Components. Servomex Controls Ltd. of Crowborough, Sussex, have…
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