Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 52 Issue 10
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Civil Aviation Safety: Part 3 — Prospects of Improvement
WALTER TYEIn the first two articles the past trends of improvement in air safety were discussed. The indications for the short term future are that replacement of the older aircraft…
Bigger Engines from Garrett
Garrett AiResearch is the world's leading manufacturer of small gas turbines. In an article which originally appeared in Commuter Air, Walter Hakanan, EXECUTIVE ADVISER, COMMUTER…
Simulation into the 90s—a look at tomorrow's technology today
The technologies associated with flight simulation have developed at an almost unbelievable pace during the past decade. Ten years ago, for instance, who would have predicted the…
Flexible Assembly System for Airbus Production
Some 50 per cent of an airframe's production cost results from the process of joining components. Of that percentage about 90 per cent is the cost of inserting the rivets, the…
Redcoat Cargo Airlines
In a bid to beat the oil crisis and its effect on the aviation industry, a British airline is planning to operate giant airships across the atlantic and to destinations in Africa…
The Fieldmaster Agricultural Aircraft
The National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) and NDN Aircraft Limited have announced the development of the Fieldmaster, a new agricultural aircraft, which will make a…
The Case for Girls in Engineering
In this article Peggy Newton, who came to this country from California six years ago and is now a lecturer in social psychology at Huddersfield Polytechnic, writes about her…
Terry Ford Reports on Farnborough 1980
Development and research activity was an outstanding feature of the 1980 Farnborough Display and Exhibition, both as regards existing aircraft where the results of increasing…
News and Views
Rolls‐Royce has completed a successful series of tests on a Pegasus vectored‐thrust engine fitted with Plenum Chamber Burning (PCB) at a new open‐air facility within the Ministry…
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- Prof Phil Webb