Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 45 Issue 6
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An International JournalTable of contents
Horizon
The average aircraft will carry 175 passengers in 1985, according to the Civil Aviation Authority forecast, compared with 162 estimated by the Roskill Commission. The CAA base…
DHC‐7 — the first good neighbour transport aircraft
A.F. TOPLISTHE AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER can provide helpful answers to the two most important questions of the communities affected by air transportation. Aircraft will be built which do not…
Thermoplastic temperature range extended up to 260°C by Polysulphones
J.V. LESLIEPOLYSULPHONES are high temperature engineering thermoplastics. In many respects they extend the use of conventional aircraft engineering plastics to considerably higher…
Mathematical method for calculating the optical characteristics of cone‐shaped cockpit windscreens
HANSROBERT KOHLERTHE CONCEPTION of the draftsman as described in Aircraft Engineering in December, 1964 is fast becoming a reality.
Finding relevant references from among the mass of technical information
E.J. ALA MACADAMThis is Ihe fourth in a series of articles on the easy location of references. The previous features have covered general references and the classification, differentiation and…
Computers speed flight testing
HARVEY DODGSONTHE ADVANCE in civil aviation made by Concorde has been reflected in the complexity of the flight test program, and in the volume of data that must be analysed following each test…
Differential temperature measurements in engine fluids
LEE H. PE ECCLES, WILLIAM F. PE RUBARTIN AIRCRAFT TESTING, it has been difficult to accurately determine small differential temperatures in mediums such as engine oils and aircraft fuels which may vary in temperature…
Airport Installations
The model 602 self‐propelled ground power unit which is available with the industrial version of the Perkins eight cylinder vee configuration V8.510 diesel engine has a continuous…
Increasing efficiency
MANUFACTURING VARIED MOUNTING DISCS Nearly a hundred rigid mounting discs support scaling rings within the complex major fatigue test rig at the Royal Aircraft Establishment…
Equipment and materials
The 2120 frequency analyser is a constant percentage bandwith analyser for use in the frequency range 2Hz to 20kHz with provision for the connection of external filters extending…
Books and literature
These are the proceedings of a symposium held at Stamford University and include a complete section on aircraft crashworthiness with a survey of rotary wing aircraft…
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- Prof Phil Webb