Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 51 Issue 11

Strapline:

An International Journal
Subjects:

Table of contents

TriStar Development

TERRY FORD

When the first of British Airways TriStar −500's began operating on the routes in May this year, it marked another stage in the airline's acquisition of a balanced fleet of these…

The Challenge of Microelectronics

R.J. CLAYTON

There have been many technological changes in this century, but the most influential is the recent revolution in electronics and its applications. As a result, so much was said…

Sensors for Engine Systems

Speed Probes Smiths Industries speed probes are used to give outputs for speed indication, control and recording. Most importantly they are able to operate undisturbed in extremes…

Goodbye Stagnation: America's Finest Fighter Engine Outgrows a Childhood Ailment

Pratt & Whitney Aircraft's F100 augmented turbofan is the most advanced military engine in service today. It powers two of the U.S. Air Force's front‐line fighters: the…

The Collision Avoidance Problem Requires a Mix of Partial Solutions

JOSEPH P. TYMCZYSZYN

The objective of collision avoidance is to assure the separation of aircraft during flight operations — to avoid the situation occurring where two or more aircraft could occupy…

New Realities of Business

HARRY J. GRAY

I know it's traditional to begin a speech with a joke. But I'd like to forego that tonight because my topic is no laughing matter—it's a challenge facing all American business …

C.S.E. Aviation Services Ltd.

As a prelude to the FLIGHT International Business and Light Aircraft Show, at Cranfield in September, C.S.E. Aviation Services Ltd. arranged a special presentation in London…

British Microprocessor Competition

The British Microprocessor Competion has been launched by its joint sponsors—the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) and The National Computing Centre Ltd. (NCC).

News and Views

Time was when quality control inspectors breathed a different air from their fellow‐workers on the factory floor. Emerging as rarely from their department as priests from a…

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ISSN:

0002-2667

Online date, start – end:

1929

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Phil Webb