Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 54 Issue 11

Powerplants — 1

TERRY FORD, AMRAeS

Technological advances in the Rolls‐Royce RB 211 family of turbofan engines have broadened the scope of applications and, at the same time, embodied improvements such as lower…

The A310: — Even better than expected

Since the A310, the A300's smaller partner and the first addition to Airbus Industrie's expanding aircraft family, flew for the first time on April 3, its performances have…

Sales and Contracts Achieved at Farnborough Air Show

Dowty announced an order with a potential value, including spares, in excess of £7 million, for the flap system for the CASA‐Nurtanio CN235. The CN235 is a passenger/transport…

Torque Multipliers Get DC10 Service out of Tight Spot

Using torque multipliers rather than conventional tools is saving British Caledonian Airways several man‐days each time a DC10 airliner comes in for a major service.

Beech Announces Wing Structure Guarantee Programme for King Air Aircraft

Beech Aircraft Corporation announced today it is implementing a wing‐structure service‐life programme that will provide Beechcraft King Air owners guaranteed useful wing life.

Wimet Carbides in the Front Line of Defence

One of the most powerful weapons in the NATO armoury, the Anglo‐German‐Italian Tornado multi‐role combat aircraft, relies for certain critical functions on cemented carbide balls…

Ferranti Laser Gyro Flies

Flight trials began this month on the Ferranti FIN3000 “Laser Gyro” Strapdown Inertial Navigation System (INS). Initial trials of the prototype system, designed and developed by…

News and Views

Montreal, October 1982 — Two recent potentially disastrous occurrences on international air routes near the site of volcanic eruptions have shown the need for new procedures to…