Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 41 Issue 11

Load Controlled High Strain Fatigue Tests: A description of the development of a suitable test apparatus for load controlled fatigue tests and the results of some early research work

T.E.H. Lemon, R.A.F. Beasant

THE question could well be asked as to why load controlled high strain fatigue tests should be performed, particularly when so much of the current research employs strain control…

The Development of Hiduminium‐RR.58 Aluminium Alloy: The background to the choice of the main structural material for Concorde

W.M. Doyle

SEVERAL years before the British and French Governments decided, separately, to initiate feasibility studies into the building of a supersonic transport passenger‐carrying…

Automatic Testing of Avionic Units: An account of the broad principles governing automatic testing systems given in a paper first presented at the recent aviation electronics symposium sponsored by Mintech and the Electronic Engineering Association

A.H. Parker

THE great expansion in the use of complex electronic equipment over the past few years has imposed an ever increasing problem of testing and maintaining such equipments on both…

Some Thoughts on Engine Development: An examination of possible future trends in powerplant technology

John Wotton

ANY aircraft development or innovation is news. Where it is specifically or related to powerplant it invariably becomes big news, with the potential of overseas users and national…

The Eleventh Anglo‐American Aeronautical Conference: Engineering Advances and Related Economic Aspects of the Lockheed L‐1011

William M. Hannan

LOWER operating costs of the L‐1011 and the increased revenues generated by the aircraft's greater attention to cabin comfort and passenger appeal combine to permit airlines to…

Ear‐to‐ground

The first recipient of the newly instituted James Martin Flight Safety Award is Lt. Cdr. A. L. Tarver, R.N., a test pilot at the Boscombe Down Research Establishment.

Aviation Electronics

Details of Electrical and Electronic Apparatus with Applications in the Maintenance and Operation of Aircraft, Missiles and Space Vehicles. The Tesla RP‐3F precision approach…

Research and Testing

Equipment, Programmes, Techniques and Projects. Metal or ceramic specimens can be tensile tested at temperatures up to 1,000 deg. C. in an air or inert gas atmosphere with the aid…

Research Reports and Memoranda

Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Council and Publications of other similar Research Bodies as issued.