Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 44 Issue 12
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An International JournalTable of contents
Horizon
“We see an increased demand in all aspects of air traffic‐ short haul, medium haul and even to long‐range Mach 4 supersonic transports”, declared Mr. Grayden Paul, deputy director…
MRCA — one year to go before prototype flight
SECURITY is so much more complex when it concerns a number of countries that even to date, information released about the Multi Role Combat Aircraft is severely limited. The main…
Lubrication for bearings
ONE REQUIREMENT of the new generation of application satellites is the employment of mechanisms to a far greater extent than has been customary so far in scientific satellites.
Safety hardware discussed at the BALPA conference
OF THE SEVERAL PAPERS read at the symposium of the British Airline Pilots Association on safety, three speakers predominantly concerned themselves with safety through hardware…
Safety hardware discussed at the Washington NTSB forum
MOST of the papers read to the Approach and Landing Accident Prevention forum held at Washington by the National Transportation Safety Board were concerned primarily with the…
Turbine blade radiation pyrometer system
K.R. CURWENEVER SINCE the invention of the gas turbine engine accurate measurement and indication of the working temperature of the turbine has been a prime requirement, in order to limit…
Prevention of pollution in hydraulic circuits
J. MADAMOURRESEARCH INTO POLLUTANTS in aircraft hydraulic circuits started about 20 years ago, in connection with failure of remote control missiles due to servo‐command obstructions. Later…
The increasing scope of hygrometry
T.D. PARKERIN COMMON with most instrumentation, hygrometry is expanding at an ever‐increasing rate. Some of the more versatile types are used in such widely diversified applications as…
Airport Installations
The range of Tri‐wall pak air cargo containers fall into three primary configurations. They can be contoured/back loading containers assembled by an arrangement of fasteners and…
Equipment and materials
Three liquids provide a locking system for studs, nuts and screws and are non‐corrosive and resistant to oil, fuel, water and most solvents. They are produced in different colours…
Books and literature
This omnibus celebrates the 65th birthday of Professor Dr. Ir Aric van der Neut (and incidentally the premature birth of the Delft University Press from whom a significant…
Personalities in the news
SIR KENNETH KEITH, chairman of the merchant bankers Hill, Samuel & Co Ltd, has been appointed chairman of Rolls Royce (1971) Ltd and K. G. WILKINSON, previously chief executive…
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- Prof Phil Webb