Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 43 Issue 1
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An International JournalTable of contents
The case of the F‐111
FEW aircraft projects have started with such high hopes of fulfilling a multitude of requirements and with such a high potential production as the TFX project. Still fewer have…
Progress in Safety with Industry: A condensed version of a paper first presented at the Guild of Air Traffic Control Officers Convention held at Bournemouth last October
Paul HoldenIN industry, we understand and appreciate the pressures of the problems to which air traffic controllers are subjected. It is our task to provide the tools to alleviate the…
Training and Operations of Air Traffic Control Services
T. WilsonDURING the late 40s the impetus given to air transport development by the war began to spread to some of the then more remote parts of the world. The lack of certain parallel…
Recent Developments in ATC Systems: An account of the philosophy behind Mediator
C.W. ChoulesTHE considerable interest in aircraft safety, or more precisely in the safety of people who travel in civil aircraft, which was aroused during the past year can be attributed to…
The Value and Purpose of Digital ATC Simulation: A description of the place of the digital simulator in the training of air traffic control officers
R.N. HarrisonTHE mid‐nineteen sixties saw the introduction of digital techniques into ATC simulation. Because of the long time cycle covering the writing of a specification, the assessment of…
Secondary Surveillance Radar in ATC Systems: A description of the advantages and implications to the controller of the introduction of SSR facilities
R. ShipleyNORMALLY, the SSR interrogator is used in conjunction with a primary radar, the two systems being complementary. Primary Radar depends on the reflection of radio signals. These…
Area Navigation and Air Traffic Control: The need for an accurate three‐dimensional navigational facility for the full utilisation of airspace in the future
OVER a time span of some 20 years from now, S.T.O.L., V.T.O.L., and V/S.T.O.L. aircraft, having a wide variation in configuration, size and performance, may be expected to be…
Aircraft Landing Measurement System: A description of the ALMS system that can continuously monitor aircraft landing performance in the final approach and touchdown phases
THE continually increasing volume of traffic at major civil airports demands that aircraft be landed as quickly as possible. Already landing aids are in use to allow continuation…
Test Facility for High Thrust Aero Engines: A description of a new aero engine test bench suitable for advanced technology engines of up to 100,000 lb. thrust
W.J. PittWIDE‐BODIED intercontinental airliners, modern airbus concepts and the advanced technology of the turbofan engines with high bypass ratios have created new and increasingly…
Profile of Hamburger Flugzeugbau GmbH: An account of the background, products and projects of the Hamburg‐based HFB
T.E. FordIN 1933, the owners of the Blohm and Voss shipyard in Hamburg decided to enter the aircraft industry and established the appropriate facilities in one of the former marine…
Ear‐to‐ground
The Space Systems Group of British Aircraft Corporation have assembled and spin‐tested at their spacecraft assembly facility at Filton the fourth Intelsat IV satellite to be…
Personalities in the news
Academician A. N. Tupoley, designer of the Tu‐144 supersonic transport, has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Aeronautical Society. Honorary Fellowships have also…
Auxiliary Equipment
Details of Some Components Used for Subsidiary Services in Aircraft, Missiles and Space Vehicles. The costly squeeze on space available to accommodate the brake mechanisms of jet…
Aviation Electronics
Details of Electrical and Electronic Apparatus with Applications in the Maintenance and Operation of Aircraft, Missiles and Space Vehicles. A new device, which permits prolonged…
New Materials
Brief Particulars of Recently Introduced Materials likely to have Aircraft, Missile or Space Vehicle Applications. A new approach to bearing design that promises greatly extended…
Tools for the Industry
A Selection of Equipment of Use in the Production and Maintenance of Aircraft, Missiles, Space Vehicles and Components. A range of five new Scot‐Vac high vacuum resistance…
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