Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 38 Issue 9
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An International JournalTable of contents
Farnborough on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the S.B.A.C.: The display this year will be of special significance and will reflect the changing face of the industry
Humphrey WynnOUTWARDLY, this month's Flying Display and Exhibition organised by the Society of British Aerospace Companies will probably look very much like its predecessors at Farnborough…
An Introduction to the Twenty‐fifth S.B.A.C. Flying Display and Exhibition
THE Twenty‐fifth S.B.A.C. Flying Display and Exhibition is to be held at Farnborough during the week Monday, September 5, to Sunday, September 11, promises to be one of the most…
The Handley Page H.P.I37 Jetstream: The design philosophy of the new Handley Page executive and short haul transport aircraft with details of the structure and systems
THE Oxford Dictionary once defined Handley Page as a type of large aeroplane! Certainly, Handley Page Ltd. has been in the large aeroplane business for many years. The Victor's…
Flight Control for Automatic Landing: A philosophy of the duplicate monitored system used in the VC10 and its extension to further applications
A.R. ColwellDURING the past eighteen years, Elliott‐Automation Ltd. has developed and proved a concept of high‐reliability design in aviation control systems, which is now finding…
A Brief History of Barometric Instrument Development: Some of the problems encountered in the early days of instrument manufacture and a short description of the most recent developments in this field
N. Harris, B. BerryTHROUGHOUT a long history in the field of aviation instrumentation, a great variety of problems in development has been encountered by the Aviation Division of Smiths Industries…
Flight Development of the VC10 toward Automatic Landing Capability: A description of the flight trials of the VC10 using autoflare and the instrumentation involved
Peter DirsThe automatic flight control system of the Standard and Super VC10 was designed to be capable of development to full blind landing. To meet this requirement the system had to be…
The Future of the Pilot's Head‐up Display: A description of the origins of H.U.D. systems and their future application in military and civil fields
C.A. QuarringtonTHE concept of using a cathode ray tube for displaying integrated flight information dates back to the Sperry Flight Ray of 1936, but the idea of projecting such information into…
Ear‐to‐ground
The Twenty‐Ninth Annual Report of the Air Registration Board by Lord Kings Norton was published towards the end of July and made some pertinent remarks on the progress towards…
Personalities in the news
The Minister of Aviation, Mr Fred Mulley, has re‐appointed Sir Daniel Jack, K.B.E., as Chairman of the Air Transport Licensing Board for a further term, until September 30, 1968…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Council and publications of other similar Research Bodies as issued.
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- Prof Phil Webb