Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 43 Issue 3
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An International JournalTable of contents
The bird hazard to aircraft
THE probability of the loss of one transport aircraft fitted with the new generation of turbofan engines every five years due to bird ingestion causing multiple engine shutdown…
Proving the Concorde: An account of the Concorde test programme
THE development programme for Concorde, the Anglo‐French supersonic airliner project, has reached the point at which a confirmation of performance guarantees is imminent. This…
Progress Towards Certification with Concorde: A condensed version of the Society of Licensed Aircraft Engineers and Technologists 1970 Farnborough Lecture
S.G. CorpsAS background, I want to go back into history and say that ARB staff have been actively engaged in SST airworthiness discussions and research both within the ARB and with…
Thermal Fatigue Test Installation for Concorde: A description of the test procedure and the principle of operation of the system
H.G. HirschbergTHE requirements of commercial efficiency impose a life of 12 to 15 years, coupled with a high rate of utilization, on civil aircraft. This puts very special conditions for the…
Olympus 593 Progress: An account of the Concorde engines trials to date and of the powerplant for the production aircraft
DURING the Concorde flight development programme now well under way with the two Concorde prototypes, a total of 15,000 engine flight hours will be accumulated on the aircraft's…
Concorde Automatic Flight Control System: A brief description of the Concorde AFCS and of its performance during the flight trials
THE Automatic Flight Control System (AFCS) has been jointly developed by Elliott and SFENA for the production Concorde aircraft. Elliott carry overall design responsibility and…
Fuel Management for Concorde: A brief account of the fuel system and the fuel pumps developed for the aircraft
H.G. TurnerTHE complete Concorde fuel system, part of which is described below, has been designed by the British Aircraft Corporation in conjunction with Aerospatiale of France. Plessey…
Developments in Electrochemical Marking of Components: An account of the use of electrochemical part marking in the production of Concorde
R. AyersIN aircraft manufacture, it is essential that the identity of the individual detail components are known at all stages ensuring they can be correctly assembled. Loss of identity…
Environmental Testing of Concorde Components: An account of the contribution made by a small company to meet the requirements of new test facilities
K.J.C. MacMasterTHE advent of the aviation gas turbine created a demand for test equipment to reproduce operating conditions within the confines of the laboratory and test house. The importance…
Ear‐to‐ground
The majority of people in Britain support Concorde — this is the strong indication of an independent and random survey carried out recently among more than 2,300 people.
New Materials
Brief Particulars of Recently Introduced Materials likely to have Aircraft, Missile or Space Vehicle Applications. Nobel Division has added another product Silcopac 121 to its…
Tools for the Industry
A Selection of Equipment of Use in the Production and Maintenance of Aircraft, Missiles, Space Vehicles and Components. A new addition to the Moore Reed range of resolvers is a…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb