Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 43 Issue 9
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Noise and Ballyhoo
NOISE is noise and it is of precious little concern to those who live in the very disagreeable environment of an airport whether it is continuous or spasmodic, annoying or acutely…
Skidding resistance of runway surfaces
T. WILLIAMS, CEng, AFRAeS, AMInstHETHE factors which affect tyre/runway adhesion are complex and interdependent. This article will discuss some of these factors keeping in mind the relative influence varies with…
Telecommunications and navigational aids installed at Brunei airport
WHILST much is heard of the new era in air transportation heralded by the wide‐bodied or ‘Jumbo’ jets and the supersonic transport, a quit revolution istaking place in the…
Increasing efficiency at airports
With the growth of London Heathrow and the town terminal some distance away, BEA decided to improve the system for internal document delivery. Hand delivery was found to be both…
European A300B Airbus
1 Passenger entry door — 3 on each side, Type A (76in. × 42in.) Plug type and opened outward
Electrical system
The main electrical power is supplied by two three‐phase constant frequency a.c. generators mounted on the engines. A third identical generator is driven by the APU, and can…
Flying controls
THE A300B employs fully powered flying controls, operated by hydraulic power, with no reversion to manual control. The hydraulic power supplies are ‘triplexed’ to the banks of…
Fuel systems
THE FUEL system is straightforward, requiring little management. It has been kept simple, and contains few controls, thus ensuring a high degree of reliability. It operates on all…
C56–50A Engines
CF6–50A engines have been selected to power the European A300B aircraft scheduled for certification and airline delivery in 1974.
Airport equipment and materials
The 7202 gated delay time base features two wide range timebase generators, one of which is intended for main sweep and can also be used for delaying the start of timebase. Delay…
Equipment and materials
The Ferritector model 1581 features a magneto resistor transducer and the active elements comprise a single integrated‐circuit amplifier mounted with other units on a printed…
Ear‐to‐ground
“Will the first civil VTOL aircraft be Japanese?” runs the press release heading from Dornier. Depression that settled in when the test programme on the Do 31 came to a…
Books and literature
The story of how aviation has opened up the African continent promises to be a formidable subject and initial inspection of such chapter headings as “The Nile hydro‐aeroplane” and…
Personalities in the news
FRANK V. BROOK CBE, chairman and joint managing director of Brook Motors Ltd, and MICHAEL PARKINSON, M.A., chairman and chief executive of Crompton Parkinson Ltd, have been…
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- Prof Phil Webb