Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 48 Issue 1

Strapline:

An International Journal
Subjects:

Table of contents

Progress of the famous D.H.88 Comet G‐ACSS

PROGRESS on restoration of the of the famous de Havilland Comet G‐ACSS, winner of the Mac Robertson Air Race from England to Australia in 1934, is being speeded by further offers…

Engine Update

THE five‐hundredth production RB 211–22 has recently been delivered to power a Lockheed TriStar wide‐bodied airliner. The RB 211 entered service in April 1972 and now powers the…

Specialised Services for the Aircraft Industry

Beverley S. Rainbow

TEESDALE Tools Limited, a precision machine shop with a total work force of 65 employees, is situated on the eastern outskirts of Bristol within a few miles of both the M4/5…

‘The French Connection’

With Concorde going into service this month, this article looks back at the manner in which Sud Aviation utilised British NC machine tools for the initial production of Concorde

The Changing Balance of Design Requirements

T.E. Ford, CEng, AFRAeS

The two goals of maximum reliability and minimum maintenance costs occupy the energies of today's designers to an ever increasing extent. This was made clear in the contributions…

News and views

Inspection Instruments (NDT) Ltd and Ultrasonoscope Co (London) Ltd announced recently the conclusion of a long‐term distributorship agreement between the two companies whereby…

In technical perspective

Sprayed metal coatings are used to add a good quality surface to an inexpensive or easily obtainable base material. They are also used to rebuild a worn surface. Either way, flame…

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ISSN:

0002-2667

Online date, start – end:

1929

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Phil Webb