Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 45 Issue 5
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An International JournalTable of contents
Horizon
Airliners carrying between 800 and 1,000 passengers, weighing between 1m and 1.5m lb at take‐off may become a reality after 1980, according to Gordon Sim, director of science and…
‘Leaving the contractor much freer to organise himself’
P. CORNER“WE NOW INTEND to define the end result in a considerable amount of detail and leave the contractor much freer to organise himself as best suits his particular product and the…
Up‐rating the fuel system flow capacity with high rotational speed
THE FIRST development flight aircraft Concorde 001 and 002 both have “heavyweight” fuel systems fitted to control the Olympus 593 engines.
Fuel system controls
GRAHAM MARRIETTECONCORDE'S OLYMPUS ENGINES have a hearty appetite for Kerosene. A fuel load of some 25,000 imp gal enables it to operate on transatlantic and other route stages with adequate…
Installing the heater cable directly in the redesigned leading edge
ONE OF THE AREAS of development between the prototype and pre‐series aircraft, is in the application of electrical ice protection to wing leading edges in front of the engine, and…
Preventing the shut‐off Punkah louvre from jamming
HUMPHREY BRIERLEYDURING THE EIGHT YEARS of original research and development of the punkah louvres in Concorde many designs and materials were tested extensively until a unit was produced which…
Background to Concorde
To simulate on the ground the highly variable conditions experienced during typical flights of the aircraft, BAC and RAE scientists built an environmental test rig based on a…
Locating technical reports from USA
E.J. ALA MACADAMThis is the third in a series of articles on the easy location of references. The previous features have covered general references and the classification, differentiation and…
Airport Installations: At the Paris air show
Of especial interest is a section of the stand showing the Roissy airport of the future. Documents, photos and models show how it will look when it goes into service in March…
Increasing efficiency
1,200 tool kits, averaging 10 tools each, are made up each week at the Staverton works of the Dowty Group. This entails high density storage at, for instance, the jig and tool…
Books and literature
Even since this book went to press it has acquired a savage irony the author had not foreseen due to the collision between the DC9 and a Coronado near Cognac and the subsequent…
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- Prof Phil Webb