Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 44 Issue 4

Strapline:

An International Journal
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Table of contents

Assessing Collision Avoidance Systems

THREE PROJECTED Collision Avoidance Systems have been described in the January, February and March issues. They are, respectively, the EROS II L‐band time‐frequency‐based system…

New on the stands: Indicated introduction since the Paris air show

On the stand, scale models of the STOL aircraft project can be seen among those of Concorde, the A300B, and Caravelle 12. On the static display the Puma, Lama, Alouette/ and…

High light transmission and electrically conducting film for windscreens

R.D. KING

FOR MANY YEARS now it has been standard practise to heat aircraft windscreens with electroconducting films for de‐icing and demisting. Previously the transparent…

HR 200 — low cost series production

LIGHT AIRCRAFT design usually involves a few individuals rather than a work force. The training and acrobatic two seater metal aircraft produced by Avions Pierre Robin, which is…

The effect of lightning on materials

J.D. IBBOTT BSc CEng MIEE

AFTER BRIEFLY considering the surface areas of aircraft for which lightning strikes are a major factor in the selection of constructional materials, a review is made of published…

The key to helicopter night formation

DURING THE MIDDLE EAST WAR of 1967, the imagination of an Israeli helicopter maintenance expert was captured by the problem of helicopter formation flight at night.

Airport Installation: On exhibition at the Hanover air show

The Eltro transmissometers for visibility measurement comparison work on the principle of a special photometric double beam. The light beam emitted from the light source is…

Decision diagram approach to “on condition” philosophies

F.S. NOWLAN

Very often it is not possible to recognise deterioration of failure resistance in complex devices while they are installed on the aircraft and out on the airline. In such cases…

Increasing efficiency

Manufacturing a wide range of advanced light‐alloy forgings and pressings from wing spars of 10ft to model connecting rods lin. long, and all to stringent AID inspection…

Equipment and materials

Modular ac to dc Sorensen power supply units have built‐in over voltage protection. They offer voltage regulation to within 0·05 per cent in six voltage levels to 100W and operate…

Books and literature

Like Topsy, the Mechanics of Machines keeps on growing and whereas it had been planned to follow ‘Vibrations’ with a single volume on ‘Dynamics’, this book now covers only general…

Ear‐to‐ground

In the two years since the last show, the organisers have put in hand considerable improvements in the Torino Caselle airport to improve facilities that should become apparent at…

Cover of Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

ISSN:

0002-2667

Online date, start – end:

1929

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Phil Webb