Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 52 Issue 5

The Energy Problem—Its Effect on Aircraft Design: Part 3 Advances in Aircraft Design

WALTER TYE

There are several improvements in prospect in the design of aircraft and engines which offer benefits to the amount of fuel used. Most are based on a solid background of research…

“Engineering Our Future”

K.J. ANDERSON, CEng, FSLAET FRAeS

The title of the Finniston Report acknowledges the national importance of engineering, it is therefore incumbent upon those engineering Institutions who have contributed to the…

ICAO Develops New Pavement Strength Reporting System

C. DEVASENAPATHY

A single system to replace the four existing methods has been proposed for world‐wide use; if adopted by the Council, all users will benefit—airport and aircraft operators and…

Advanced Digital Avionics of the DC‐9 Super 80

J.H. ARMSTRONG, J.D. McDONNELL

The DC‐9 Super 80 will be delivered with advanced avionics in early 1980. This paper discusses from the aircraft manufacturer's point of view the avionics system architecture, its…

Brochuremanship

DAVID VIDEAN

Before an aircraft is allowed into the air to earn its keep, such organisations as the FAA, ARB, IATA, BOT, CAA, ATC and ATLB (to name but a few) have to be consulted. Yet in…

Unrelenting Vigilance: (from InfoSpar, Toronto)

The Canadian Armed Forces are of considerable importance to the aerospace industry (as well as other industry areas) in Canada due to the large quantity of equipment and services…

Cooling Electronic Equipment

As aircraft become more dependent on a great variety of electronic equipment, now many times greater than the cabin load, is a growing problem. NGL has investigated a variety of…

News and Views

During 1979, 19 western built jet airliners were destroyed or damaged beyond economical repair. The total value of these aircraft amount to approximately $210 million which…