Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 57 Issue 6
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An International JournalTable of contents
ECM in Aero Engine Component Machining
CJ LangdonDIFFICULT to machine, high temperature materials have been introduced at an ever increasing rate into aircraft propulsion systems over the last twenty five years. Over the same…
Dan Air at Manchester
Terry Ford C.Eng., MRAeSTHE Engineering Division of Dan Air Services was formed in 1954 when the parent company, Davies and Newman Holdings, decided that the successful operation of its (then) newly…
Jet Fuel Additive Programme Continues With Further Evaluation and Crash Test Data
THE aircraft fuel modifier developed by ICI Paints Division could be a technically viable approach to reducing loss of life through fire in impact survivable air crashes, a…
KTM Complete First of New Generation Aerospace Profilers
THE first of a new generation of aerospace profilers is currently undergoing final acceptance trials at the Brighton factory of KTM. This machine represents a complete break from…
Low Cost Flying
A new all British light aircraft has recently been launched by ARV Aviation Ltd. The company is founded and led by Richard Noble, OBE, whose Thrust 2 jet car project took the…
Advanced Production Technology in Aircraft Manufacture
AIRLINERS of the future will sell on the world market only if production cost remains competitive while covering the installation of advanced technology. Production cost is…
‘Samson Pod’ Gives Hercules New Electronics Capability
LOCKHEED‐GEORGIA COMPANY engineers have completed initial flight evaluation of a wing‐mounted avionics package that is expected to give the worldwide C‐130 Hercules transport…
Sophisticated New Tacan
OH‐FOSTER AIRDATA SYSTEMS INC has announced the development of a new 252‐channel Tacan Transceiver, the DME670. Using the latest in state‐of‐the art microprocessor technology, the…
Avionics Fault Tree Analyser
MCDONNELL Douglas Corporation and British Aerospace of Australia have teamed up to build a suitcase sized computer designed to help test aviation electronic (avionics) components…
Safety Topics
MaydayRECOMMENDATIONS to be implemented as soon as possible are contained in the report of the British Airways Helicopters S 61N accident in 1983. The aircraft was on a scheduled…
Equipment, Materials and Services
The extensive range of waveguides manufactured by Continental Microwave & Tool Co., Inc., Bradford Massachusetts, U.S.A. is now available in the U.K. and other European countries…
News and Views
Ferranti Defence Systems Ltd has been instructed to proceed with the production of an inertial navigation system (INS) for the Royal Air Force GR5 Harrier aircraft.
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- Prof Phil Webb