Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 47 Issue 6

Horizon

TSR2 ends up on ‘crutches’ to reach destination UBM hover‐systems of Southampton, a member of the UBM group of Companies, has provided hover platforms to move a TSR‐2 aircraft…

The Queen's University of Belfast

D, McCloy

AT the present time The Queen's University of Belfast has nine faculties and 670 full‐time teachers. The total student population of 6385 includes 4898 full‐time undergradduates…

Autopilot for British Airways

T.E. Ford

THE Super One‐Eleven aircraft of the European Division of British Airways, currently have the ability to operate in Cat 2 conditions (RVR down to 400 metres and decision heights…

The Use of Computers in Flight Testing

D. Batten, BEng

Flight testing of modern high performance aircraft has generated an increasingly complex data handling workload and this contributes significantly to the duration and cost of…

RB.211 Engine Development

EXCELLENT progress is being made with the development of the 50 000 lb thrust Rolls‐Royce RB.211–524 engine. This engine gives 19 per cent more take‐off thrust than RB.211s which…

The Development of Non‐destructive Testing for Aircraft

G. Clifton

Non‐destructive testing (NDT) makes use of the controlled application of physical phenomena to materials so that interpretation of signals derived from the materials indicates…

Equipment & materials

The Chubb ‘Pathfinder’ airfield crash truck, winner of last year's Design Council Award, which has just won a large order from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey…

News and views

Goodyear Propose Space‐age Airship When Goodyear launched their latest airship ‘Europa’ at Cardington in 1972 it sparked off considerable interest in the possibilities of…