Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 52 Issue 11

Civil Aviation Safety: Part 4—Accident Severity

WALTER TYE

The previous articles in this series have concentrated on fatal accidents. This was done for two reasons. First a fatal accident is a more significant consequence of lack of…

Airworthiness and Operations

J.R.D. KENWARD

J.R.D. Kenward was with British Airways from 1950–1977: as Manager, Performance Engineering from 1967: from 1947–50, he was with BOAC in various technical branch posts. After…

Rationalising Aircraft Maintenance Technician Licensing

R.A. FRY

Aircraft maintenance engineer licensing commenced in the United Kingdom in 1919, and in the U.S.A. a few years later, for the good reason it was considered essential to aircraft…

How Do Aircraft Break Down?: Some Studies of Reliability Data Feedback

J.P. FIELDING

The astronomical costs of poor reliability in both military and civil aircraft have led to increased efforts by designers and operators to improve reliability. One of the most…

The Contribution of Structural Testing to Total Airworthiness

W.G. HEATH, DipAe, CEng, E FIMech, FRAeS

The playwright identified seven roles for man to play as his life unfolded. In the realm of airworthiness, it is possible to identify six roles for structural testing as a project…

Airworthiness — An Insurer's View

D.L. DANN

Airworthiness to an Insurer means basically one thing and that is safety. Hopefully, despite considerations of the economic viability of an aircraft for the job in question it…

Milling Technology: Computers Control Flexible Manufacturing System

The increase in the production rate of aircraft construction programmes such as Airbus and MRCA Tornado is rapidly forcing the aerospace industry to modernise its production…

News and Views

A new service has been launched by Harwell which makes the Laboratory's neutron beam facilities available to industry for research into materials problems.