Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 50 Issue 7
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An International JournalTable of contents
An Evolutionary Approach to the Design of Flight Decks for Future Civil Transport Aircraft
L.F. Bateman, CEng, MRAesThis paper discusses a programme of work being carried out jointly by the British Aircraft Corporation and Hawker Siddeley Aviation, into the design of flight decks for future…
The Promise of Tilt Rotor
Tommy H. ThomasonTilt rotor aircraft will add new dimensions to corporate and charter air transportation beginning in the 1980s or 1990s. The tilt rotor combines the VTOL capability of the…
Large Electroformed Nickel Moulds for Aircraft Parts
Peter SpiroAlthough some earlier expectations of widespread use of glass reinforced resin for (stressed skin) parts of aircraft were not fulfilled (quality control difficulty with a hand…
COMED — The cockpit display of the future
E.W. HareCOMED is an acronym derived from Combined Map and Electronic Display. Topographical information recorded in full‐colour on 35 mm film can be displayed on the screen of COMED…
A VFW‐Fokker Technology Letter
New designs and materials for lighter and more economic aircraft. The focus of VFW‐Fokker's technological programmes includes the application of new designs and new materials to…
Goodbye Technology … Farewell Future
Perry PascarellaFears and confusion about technology are posing a threat to America's innovative spirit and the freedom from which it stems.
Let's put Fuel Efficiency into perspective
John P. Dow, Bill Murphy, Walter KohlhoffAn examination of the ways of measuring the fuel efficiency of business jets, with emphasis on “real world” aerodynamics
News and views
The level of safety achieved in scheduled airline services in 1977 improved significantly over 1976, and was close to the record high safety level of 1975, according to…
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- Prof Phil Webb