Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 39 Issue 12
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An International JournalTable of contents
A Rain Erosion Resistant Coating for High Speed Flight
W.G. AlleLIKE many other people, Hawker Siddeley Dynamics have also been interested in resin‐systems which have, or claim to have, a higher heat resistance, and tests on these as they…
Selection of Sealants for Integral Fuel Tanks
A.A. DuellTHE advent of the integral fuel tank over twenty years ago presented considerable sealing problems, due to both deficiencies in design and lack of suitable sealing compounds.
Sealants in Service
R. LawsonTHIS paper deals, in the widest sense, with the operational aspect of sealants in relationship to their uses in the construction of integral fuel tanks. It should be borne in…
Quality Control of Aircraft Tyres
G.F. CorfieldA FEW brief words on the Total Quality Control concept where in embraced the whole brief of the Quality Engineer — the field of design (conformance with constructor's…
Inspection of Non‐Metallic Materials
J.H. JoyceTHE main working documents for an inspector are specifications and drawings. Among criticisms made at the Natural Rubber Producers' Research Association symposium last year, was…
The Utilisation of Reinforced Plastics in the Wessex Helicopter to Prevent Corrosion
N.L. BottrellMAGNESIUM metal with its low density high strength and stiffness properties is a material which is used extensively in the Wessex helicopter for castings, forgings, and in sheet…
The Source and Magnitudes of Variation in the Strength of ‘Typical Aircraft Quality’ G.R.P. Laminates
J.A. MeadTHE mechanical properties of 112 nominally identical glass reinforced laminates prepared by four different organisations have been determined. A statistical analysis of the…
Manufacture of the Radome for the Prototype Concorde Aircraft
G.F. Meades, R.F. YoungIN mid 1963 the Guided Weapons Division of the British Aircraft Corporation was charged with the problem of producing a nose radome for the Concorde supersonic transport.
Surface Textured Integral Finish Glass Fibre Laminate for Aircraft Interiors
D. DiamondTHE trend to ‘hard’ trim aircraft interiors is explained and the range of available materials is surveyed. Although aesthetically and economically attractive, thermoplastic sheet…
Ear‐to‐ground
Kagati airfield in Kenya is to be the scene or an interesting first flight on Christmas Day, according to a report in the Daily Nation, of Nairobi. The aircraft is at present…
Personalities in the news
The Board of Trade have appointed Sir Richard G. K. Way, K.C.B., C.B.E., to the Board of the British Overseas Airways Corporation as a part‐time member for a period of three years…
Tools for the Industry
A Selection of Equipment of Use in the Production and Maintenance of Aircraft, Missiles, Space Vehicles and Components. The Numerical Control Division of Ferranti Limited…
Research and Testing
Equipment, Programmes, Techniques and Projects. The UM721 Modular Reflectoscope, claimed to be the world's most versatile ultrasonic flaw detection system, is now being…
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- Prof Phil Webb