Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 44 Issue 9
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Message from Michael Heseltine, MP: Minister for Aerospace
THIS ISSUE of AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING celebrates the largest exhibition of its kind ever seen in Britain. For the first time a number of European Aerospace Companies will be present…
Farnborough — Europe 72: Prototypes expected to be on the stands
The prototypes listed here are in such an early stage of development, the manufacturers could not be sure the prototypes would be complete in time for exhibition. But in any case…
Indicates exhibits introduced this year
The Airlite 71 headset has a clip in facility on a boom arm for the rapid interchange of microphones. This includes the Dyn‐A‐Mike microphone plus pre‐amplifier for the…
Precision forged turbine and compressor blades
A MONG DESIGN CONCEPTS, the turbine‐blade is one of the most difficult to translate into accurate dimensional fact. Shape, often the material, the standard of accuracy that must…
Anti‐fog and frost coatings
GEORGE D. HERBAGE, MBE MInstMIT HAS BEEN standard practice for the past three decades to incorporate some method of fog and frost protection into the design of aviation instrument windows.
Emergency evacuation systems
IN THE EARLY 1960s a review of CAB accident report data showed that a large number of passengers involved in survivable accidents survived the crash impact but died as a result of…
Electrical components in gas turbine control systems
J.K. BARUGHAS JET AIRCRAFT become heavier and faster and fly higher, so ever greater demands are made on the gas turbines which propel them.
Airport Installations: Exhibits to be seen on the stands at Farnborough Europe 72
A flexible stainless steel hose assembly is of special interest as it has been specifically designed for the transfer of liquid gases from mobile ground tankers to aircraft…
The several uses for fibre optics
FIBRE OPTICS — the science of ‘bending’ light — may well have a revolutionary effect on many aspects of airports in the next few years.
Increasing efficiency
On take‐off at sea level conditions, the burner section of the JT9D‐7 and‐15 engines reaches 2,350°F. In the Boeing 747 and McDonnell Douglas DC‐10, developing 45,500lb of thrust…
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- Prof Phil Webb