Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 42 Issue 2
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An International JournalTable of contents
The potential civil market
THE British Aircraft Corporation have taken a long hard look at the expected market for civil transport aircraft for the decade to come and into the eighties. Their research was…
Powerplant: Nozzle Actuation System
AS has often been iterated, the Harrier is a close support fighter with the facility for extremely short, or even zero, ground take‐off runs. This facility is achieved by…
The Harrier Cockpit
THE shape of the hood, windscreen and quarter‐lights of the early P.1127 and Kestrel aircraft was carefully chosen to give the pilot maximum possible downward view over the nose…
Hydraulic System and Flying Controls
THERE are two independent hydraulic systems in the aircraft which operate at 3,000 lb./sq. in. (210 kg./cm.2) using OM15 (DTD.585) hydraulic fluid. Identical Vickers Sperry Rand…
Environmental Systems
FROM the outset it was decided that the P.1127 cabin conditioning system should be based on the boot‐strap air cycle system. Hot air from a bleed off the engine h.p. compressor…
Electrical Supply System
THE electrical supply system is designed to provide both 200 volt a.c. and 28 volt d.c. services for operation of the aircraft. Although electrical power is required for the…
The Evolution of Aircraft Instruments: A review of recent and expected developments in the field of aircraft instrumentation
W.H. McKinlaySINCE the end of the Second World War there has been a gradual evolution in the accuracy and reliability of aircraft instrumentation. This has been achieved primarily by the…
Tooling for the Buccaneer: A brief description of how special machine tools were made for Buccaneer production
M.G.K. ByrneTHIS year the Hawker Siddeley Buccaneer low level strike and reconnaissance aircraft goes into service with the Royal Air Force. Already well established with the Royal Navy and…
Ear‐to‐ground
Captain W. J. Bright, D.F.C. and Captain F. Buxton of Terravia Services, Ascot, won the B.P. England‐Australia Air Race on handicap in a Britten‐Norman Islander with a time from…
Personalities in the news
Mr Anthony Wedgwood Benn has appointed Air Commodore D. B. Fitzpatrick, O.B.E., A.F.C., as Director of Guided Weapons Acceptance Trials and Range Facilities in the Ministry of…
Aviation Electronics
Details of Electrical and Electronic Apparatus with Applications in the Maintenance and Operation of Aircraft, Missiles and Space Vehicles. Smiths Industries has developed a new…
New Materials
Brief Particulars of Recently Introduced Materials likely to have Aircraft, Missile or Space Vehicle Applications. A research programme on carbon fibre tapes is currently being…
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