Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 38 Issue 4

Postscript to Plowden by Plowden

LORD Plowden made his first public comment on his committee's investigation into the aircraft industry, and on the reactions to the Plowden Report after its publication, during a…

Deutsche Luftfahrtschau 1966: A preview of the Sixth German Aviation Show which is to be held at Langenhagen Airport, Hanover, from April 29 to May 8

THE Deutsche Luftfahrtschau, or as it is more generally known, the Hanover Air Show, is held every two years by the Bundesverband der Deutschen Luft‐ und Raumfahrtindustrie e.V…

The West German Aircraft Industry: A brief review of the main groups and the products and projects in Germany

R.P. Dudley

A LATE take‐off, compared with other countries, has not stopped West Germany's aircraft industry from reaching for the heights. Prevented from making an early start by the Allies…

The Ignition of Inflammable Fluids by Hot Surfaces: An investigation from the engineering point of view into the problem of spontaneous ignition

D.G. Goodall, R. Ingle

IN recent years, much attention has been given to spontaneous ignition problems because of the high skin temperatures of aircraft operating at high Mach numbers. The problem is…

A Platform with Six Degrees of Freedom: A new form of mechanical linkage which enables a platform to move simultaneously in all six degrees of freedom developed by Elliott‐Automation

D. Stewart

This paper describes a mechanism which has six degrees of freedom, controlled in any combination by six motors, each having a ground abutment. It is considered that by its…

The Strength of a Thin‐walled Cylinder under Axial Compression: A simple approach to the design of cylindrical thin shells with axial stringers when under axial compression

I.M.K. Malik

A CONSIDERABLE amount of literature has been published in recent years concerning the theory of cylindrical thin shells under axial compression with or without internal pressure…

The Concorde Takes Shape: Test programme and construction proceeding according to schedule

A significant point was reached in the construction A of the Concorde SST when a large test specimen, designation 2.8b, was moved during the first weekend in March from the Sud…

Ear‐to‐ground

The Society of British Aerospace Companies celebrated its fiftieth anniversary on March 29. Since its formation in 1916 as the Society of British Aircraft Constructors until the…

Personalities in the news

The Minister of Aviation has appointed Mr M. B. Morgan, C.B., M.A., F.R.Ae.S., as Controller of Guided Weapons and Electronics, Ministry of Aviation, in succession to Air Marshal…