Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 50 Issue 3

Editorial

From several quarters comes the word that there is a decided shortage of engineers and that the possibilities for aeronautical engineers is better this year than for some time.

Hovercraft Review

Neil MacDonald

16th APRIL 1958 is one of the most important dates in the history of hovercraft for it was on that day that Sir Christopher Cockerell (he was knighted in 1969) first visited the…

Propping across the Channel: A British Aerospace News item

If you cross the Channel on one of two new Seaspeed hovercraft, spare a thought for the giant propellers over your head which are speeding you over the waves to your Continental…

Diagnostic Charts for Aerospace Productivity Improvement

R.A. Harvey BSc, CEng, FRAeS, FSS MIMechE

The definition and measurement of Productivity are controversial subjects so an outline of some of the problems that arise and the definitions that are generally considered to be…

Cooling Turbine Technology

G.R. Giles

Aircraft air‐conditioning has developed over a period of about thirty years. In that time the general appearance of the hardware has changed surprisingly little. The components…

Engineering Drawing Practice: A Standard for Schools

Although there has always existed a students' edition of BS 308, the publication this month of PD 7308 Engineering drawing practice for schools and colleges is a new departure for…

Dan‐Air Engineering Ltd.: A Report on a visit to Lasham

The name Dan‐Air is better known to most people as an airline which has carried millions of people to pleasant package holidays and to a very few who were on board when the Somali…

Candid Cameras

J. Roach

Although most people are now familiar with TV receivers through everyday contact, the TV camera is very much less understood. This article describes a joint venture project…

Air Safety

The 1977 safety records for US air carriers and air taxis have been released by the National Transport‐ation Safety Board (USA).

News and views

Aerospatiale has just been granted from the Brazilian Council for Industrial Development an agreement for the manufacture of its helicopters in Brazil.

Avionics

HORNET'S EYES — Radar microwave units for the US Navy's F‐18 strike fighter undergo testing by engineers at Hughes Aircraft Company in California, where the radar system is being…