Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 58 Issue 7
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An International JournalTable of contents
Landing Gear
INCORPORATING many kinds of engineering in its design and construction, modern landing gear has advanced to the stage in which almost any aircraft can be supplied with a…
Aircraft Wheel Design and Proving
S.M. SmithAircraft manufacturers now demand wheels which are not only light but also have a long life capability. A typical civil aircraft project such as the Boeing 757, requires a fully…
Fairey Hydraulics Crashworthy Landing Gear for the Westland W30–300 Helicopter
A feature of the recently introduced landing gear for the 300 series of the Westland W30 helicopter is the introduction of built‐in ‘crashworthiness’ to absorb the severe…
High Strength Materials for Aircraft Landing Gear
K.F. Best, B. Sc(Eng)This article is written from the viewpoint of a structures engineer who has to make the best use of the materials available, rather than that of the metallurgist who aids their…
Rotary Engines Take to the Air
THE rotary engine, first introduced in automobiles, may be the engine of choice for business and commuter aircraft in the early 1990s.
Safety Topics
MaydayA US Army copilot has told of a near disaster in which he was involved. For this particular operation, some courier material had to be delivered to an airfield 50 miles away as…
Equipment, Materials and Services
A new portable eddy current instrument now being marketed by Magnaflux Ltd features microprocessor control, a wide frequency range and large 127mm CRT display.
News and Views
Piper Aircraft Corporation will resume production of its entire line of piston‐powered airpording to president Frank G. Manning.
Contracts
General Electric Company of the USA, in its first sale of high bypass turbofan engines to China, has received a $40M order for CF6–80C2 engines to power two Airbus Industrie…
People
Robert L. Clepper has been named vice president‐general manager of the C‐17 programme at McDonnell Douglas Corporation.
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- Prof Phil Webb