Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 40 Issue 8
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An International JournalTable of contents
The management of International Programmes
INTERNATIONAL programmes such as the Concorde and Jaguar not only can be made to work, but are working. This was the theme of a paper read on July 8 in Montreal before a joint…
Anglo‐French Jaguar Strike/Trainer Aircraft: A brief description of Jaguar with various systems supplied by British firms examined in some detail in a later section
THE prototype Jaguar E‐01 was due to fly, as we closed for press, from Istres airfield in the south of France, a mere thirty‐nine months after the signing of the memorandum of…
Some Jaguar Systems: Smiths Industries—Autostabiliser and Fuel Gauging Systems
THE basic autostabiliser system requirements are that the aircraft control surface position be controlled by signals derived from the aircraft's angular velocities. The gearing…
Specto Avionics—Head‐up Display
AS its name implies this type of display presents information to the pilot in his normal head‐up field of view. The display is focused at infinity to appear superimposed upon the…
Fairey Hydraulics—Surface Actuators
THE Jaguar stands out today as one of the most successful examples of international collaboration in the whole field of aerospace technology. It is only just over three years…
Irving Air Chute—Brake Parachute Installation
THE general lines for the design of brake parachute installations for British aircraft are laid down in Ministry of Technology Publication Av.P.970 Chapter 738. These lay down the…
Dunlop—Tyres, Wheels and Brakes
ALTHOUGH several divisions within the Dunlop Company are supplying equipment for the Jaguar aircraft, the major work being under‐taken is in the field of tyres, wheels and brakes.
Jaguar Equipment: Brief descriptions of the ancillary equipment supplied by various British companies
New Digital Inertial Navigation System ELLIOTT‐AUTOMATION are producing a digital inertial navigation system for Jaguar, which combines the accuracy and reliability of digital…
The Sonic Boom Problem: An examination of the overpressures on the ground caused by supersonic aircraft with particular application to Concorde
M.A. ParkerTHE nature of the sonic boom problem is briefly reviewed, and the experimental evidence relating to the Whitham‐Walkden theory presented. Although many atmospheric effects cannot…
Ear‐to‐ground
The Denny D2–002 side‐wall hovercraft, which has already attracted many export enquiries, was delivered on July 5, 1968, to Fleetwood Hoverport after making a 550 miles non‐stop…
Personalities in the news
Professor David Keith‐Lucas, M.A., M.I.Mech.E., F.R.Ae.S., assumed the office of President for the year 1968–9 at the Annual General Meeting of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
Aviation Electronics
A completely new, combined HF and VHF communications system has been developed by The Marconi Company, primarily for use in light aircraft and helicopters. This single system…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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- Prof Phil Webb