Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 40 Issue 5
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An International JournalTable of contents
Jaguar unleashed
THIRTY‐FIVE months to the day after the memorandum of understanding was signed on May 17, 1965, by Mr Denis Healey and M Pierre Messmer on behalf of their respective governments…
The Future Development of Hovercraft: The 1968 Lord Sempill Paper
R. Stanton‐JonesTHE rapidly growing technology of vehicles that are either totally supported or partly supported by air cushions has many branches along which future development may progress…
Research and Development
J.E. RapsonTHE phrase ‘research and development’ could be applied to all the activity in the hovercraft field from the time of C. S. Cockerell's original coffee tin experiment. Such an…
Channel Hovercraft Operation
L.R. ColquhounIN June, 1965, Swedish Lloyd and Swedish American Line gave the hovercraft industry the boost it so desperately needed by having the courage to order not one but two SR.N4…
The Production of Air Cushion Vehicles
E.F. GilberthorpeWHEN Sir Eric Mensforth — now, appropriately, President of the Institution of Production Engineers — presented the 1964 Lord Sempill Paper of ‘Background to the Production of…
The Handley Page Company Ltd.: A condensed version of a lecture given at the City University
R.S. StaffordI PROPOSE to review the company history firstly by reference to some of the many types of aeroplanes and projects it has engaged upon. A major difficulty arises in that to date…
Ear‐to‐ground
A report received in mid‐April of a successful ejection brings the total number of lives saved in Martin‐Baker ejection seats to 2,000. The first emergency ejection occurred on…
Personalities in the news
Air Commodore N. W. Kearon, C.B.E., R.A.F. (Retd.), has been appointed Consortium Representative in Saudi Arabia by the member companies of the Saudi Arabian Air Defence…
Auxiliary Equipment
Details of Some Components Used for Subsidiary Services in Aircraft, Missiles and Space Vehicles. A flexible pipe specifically designed for aircraft ground services and test rigs…
Tools for the Industry
A Selection of Equipment of Use in the Production and Maintenance of Aircraft, Missiles, Space Vehicles and Components. Last year the Ministry of Technology placed a…
New Materials
Brief Particulars of Recently Introduced Materials likely to have Aircraft, Missile or Space Vehicle Applications. Santotherm 66 is the name of a new heat transfer fluid marketed…
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- Prof Phil Webb