Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 36 Issue 2
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An International JournalTable of contents
SST developments
ON both sides of the Atlantic, parallel aspects of the supersonic transport are in the news; economic and technical. While the Second Report of the Estimates Committee dealing…
The Radiographic Examination of Aircraft Structures: A Description of the Principles Involved in the X‐ray Examination of Structures During Production and Repair and Overhaul, the Facilities Operated by the de Havilland Division of Hawker Siddeley Aviation and the Range of X‐ray equipment and Film Available from llford Ltd.
T.H. NorrissTHE examination of aircraft structures by radiographic means is a comparatively recent branch of industrial radiography. Spasmodic examinations of aircraft parts have been…
Fuel Boiling in Turbojet Reheat System Manifolds: A Description of Tests carried out to Investigate the Fuel Boiling Problem with AVTUR and AVTAG utilizing the Flow Number Concept
W.A. WoodsSUMMARY This report describes briefly the problem of fuel boiling in reheat manifolds and the special tests which were carried out to investigate it. In order to analyse the test…
Power for the Concord: An Outline Description of the Bristol Siddeley/S.N.E.C.M.A. Olympus 593 Turbojet which powers the British Aircraft Corporation/Sud‐Aviation Concord Supersonic Airliner
T.P. Frost, J.P. LittleTHE power plant for the Concord supersonic transport has evolved from an optimization study which showed that a medium‐pressure ratio turbojet would be the best compromise for a…
Gaseous Oxygen Rocket Rig for Demonstration and Research: Details of the Hilton Equipment which has been developed specifically for use in Universities and Engineering Schools
THE result of some two years of development work by P. A. Hilton Ltd. is a continuous burning gaseous oxygen rocket motor intended for demonstration and research purposes in…
Fuel Flow Laboratory: Details of Elliott‐Automation's New Facility at Rochester, Kent, which will be used for the Testing of Aircraft Fuel System Equipment under a Wide Range of Environmental Conditions
ON November 20, 1963, Mr Neil Marten, M.P., Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Aviation, officially declared open the new high‐temperature fuel flow laboratory of…
Belfast Flight Testing: A Brief Account of the Maiden Flight of the First Short Belfast C.Mk.l and Details of the Five Main Variants
ON the morning of January 5, despite misty and overcast conditions, the Short Brothers and Harland Belfast C.Mk.l strategic freighter made its maiden flight from Sydenham…
Processing New Metals: Details of the Metal Melting aud Rolling Facilities Utilized by Imperial Metal Industries (Kynoch) Ltd.
TEN years ago, Imperial Metal Industries (Kynoch) Ltd. confined their interest in the so‐called new metals (i.e. those not then available for commercial use) to titanium. This…
Ear‐to‐ground
RAMJET RAMIFICATIONS. ‘Hands across the sea’ was the order of the day for Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd. when they announced recently that they had signed a format agreement for…
Aviation Electronics
Details of Electrical and Electronic Apparatus with Applications in the Maintenance and Operation of Aircraft, Missiles and Space Vehicles. A flight control system fault…
Auxiliary Equipment
Details of Some Components Used for Subsidiary Services in Aircraft, Missiles and Space Vehicles. Bristol Siddeley has received orders from the Australian Government for Palouste…
Research and Testing
Equipment, Programmes, Techniques and Projects. Lake Hart, a dry saltpan approximately 25 miles from the rocket town of Woomera in South Australia, was on December 10, 1963, the…
New Materials
Brief Particulars of Recently Introduced Materials likely to have Aircraft, Missile or Space Vehicle Applications. One of the key British Standards for aircraft materials…
Tools for the Industry
A Selection of Equipment of Use in the Production and Maintenance of Aircraft, Missiles, Space Vehicles and their Components. The Torrington Company of Torrington, Connecticut…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Council, Technical Reports and Translations of the United States…
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