Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 45 Issue 1
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An International JournalTable of contents
Horizon
A ten per cent loss in operations in 1976 is forecast by Sheikh Najib Alamuddin, chairman of Middle East Airlines. This calculation is based on the current insufficient traffic…
Use of chromoplastic models for the study of the behaviour of rectangular plates after buckling
NICOLAE D. POPESCU‐CASTELLIN, EngEXPERIMENT SHOWS that plane compressed plates can resist, in certain cases, loads greater in value than the critical load of buckling. Hence the plates can be used after the…
Optimisation in construction of the Jaguar and other military aircraft
I.C. TAIG, R.I. KERRThe design of the Jaguar is remarkable in that optimisation was applied during design. In this paper read before the Royal Aeronautical Society, the authors revealed that the…
Criteria for self loosening of fasteners under vibration
GERHARD H. JUNKERThis is the continuation of the article by Gerhard H. Junker, of the European Research and Engineering Standard Pressed Steel Co, Unbrako. The first part, which appeared in…
Airport Installations
An airfield surface movement indication radar has been designed to provide daylight viewing displays for reproducing the PPI picture at any desired number of remote positions. The…
An automated terminal quality control scheme
FOR SOME TIME consideration has been given to establishing a system to ensure airport terminal quality control by improving technical efficiency.
Increasing efficiency
Fokker VFW of the Netherlands specified freight hold lining for their F 28 material with a low weight and with a specific gravity of between 1·8and 2·1, also the highest possible…
Equipment and materials
An area navigation system, RNAV, has dual way‐point selection for advance flight programming and tenth unit readouts for better navigation accuracy. Slant range corrected…
Books and literature
Like the 1919 reprint, the year 1938 has special interest due to historical circumstances. With the advantage of hindsight and the knowledge of how false were the political claims…
Personalities in the news
Prominent figures from the aviation industry named in the New Year Honours' List include H. BRUMBY, formerly chief designer (development), Hawker Siddeley Aviation, and G. R…
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- Prof Phil Webb