Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 63 Issue 4
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A Range of Simulators
Terry Ford, CEng, MRAeSHOWEVER demanding a training task may be, modern technology is able to create conditions of enhanced realism that will require all of a trainees powers of concentration to solve…
Real‐Time Knowledge Based System to Control Major Air‐Combat Simulator
THE Ministry of Defence has awarded Signal Computing Ltd, the innovative Guildford based systems company, a contract worth over £200,000 to develop a knowledge based system that…
Visual Simulation Systems
REDIFUSSION Simulation Ltd has extended its Novoview SP‐X family of visual simulation systems.
Metal Composite Replaces Traditional Materials in New Flight Simulator
BY replacing traditional aluminium sheet and timber with a composite metal substrate, Rediffusion Simulation Ltd (RSL) can accommodate extra equipment in its new “Concept 90”…
Real World Graphics Launches Super Reality: A High Performance Real Time 3D Graphics Supercomputer
REAL World Graphics has formally launched its new range of high preformance real time 3D image generators aimed at the visual simulation and animation markets. Known as Super…
BAe Extends Computer Integration at Chester Factory
COST savings which followed the recent introduction of distributed numerical control (DNC) of machine tools at the British Aerospace factory in Chester have led technical systems…
A Tripet Grinder Takes on the Work of Four Machines at Normalair‐Garrett
FOUR grinding spindles in a single turret plus the ability to dress and grind complex profiles using interpolation are the main features which have made the Tripet TST 201–4R an…
Tackling The Skills Crisis
AN aircraft maintenance company and a college of technology have joined forces to tackle a major skills crisis in the aviation industry.
Permali Blades for British Aerospace Wind Tunnel
PERMALI Gloucester Ltd. has recently supplied laminated fan blades for the wind tunnel used to test one of British Aerospace's most advanced projects, the Horizontal Take‐Off and…
Safety Topics: Human Factors on Advanced Flight Decks
MaydayTHE inclusion of cockpit resource management in manufacturers training courses and the attitudes of pilots to increased automation on the flight deck are two subjects that have…
Team Aer Lingus Develops Halon Recycler, Aids Environmental Protection
The Minister for the Environment, Mr Padraig Flynn, T.D., has announced a significant technological breakthrough made by TEAM Aer Lingus. “HAL”, the intelligent halon recycler, is…
EMB‐145 has Revised Configuration
EMBRAER has redesigned the EMB‐145 and the aircraft now has a completely new in‐house developed wing of super‐critical profile featuring 22,3 degrees of sweepback at 25 percnt MAC…
Equipment
Ultra‐high efficiency cabin air filters that control the spread of bacteria, viruses, dust and cigarette smoke deposits have been supplied for the A320 Airbus.
Contracts
GE Aircraft Engines' CF6‐80C2 high bypass turbofan engine has been selected by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to power 10 firm, 10 option McDonnell Douglas MD‐11 trijets in an engine…
News and Views
Both BAeCAM and RWT produce range of products which provide factory management systems. They link a company's corporate computing systems to the shop floor level and provide full…
People
Armstrong Fastenings Ltd have appointed a sales manager based in Spain, and will soon announce a similar appointment for Germany. Walsall based Armstrong, one of Europe's largest…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb