Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 53 Issue 1

Aerospace in the Eighties and Beyond: A Report of the Conference sponsored by the Financial Times and the Royal Aeronautical Society

This prestigious conference attracted some most eminent speakers and an international attendance of some 300.

Mission Adaptive Wing Research Programme

R.W. DeCAMP, RICHARD HARDY

Ground testing of representing components is being conducted on the Mission Adaptive Wing (MAW) programme in Seattle, Washington. Phase 2 of a three‐phase wind tunnel programme…

General Aviation Accidents: Postcrash Fires and How to Prevent or Control Them

A study by the National Transportation Safety Board showed that postcrash fires occurred in approximately 8.0 per cent of the 22,002 general aviation accidents during 1974–1978…

Critical Analysis and Modern Approaches to Integrated System Aircraft

FLAVIO BOSSA, GIANNI GUERRA

The time, and indirectly, the fuel required to fly from Turin to Rome “Leonardo da Vinci” International Airport is now about 40% greater flying a McDonnell Douglas DC9 under…

Is it Safe?: The Safety Assessment of Aircraft Systems

WALTER TYE, TED LLOYD

This is the first of a series of articles about the methods used to achieve high safety standards in civil aircraft which employ complex systems. The topic is a large one, and…

Finniston—The Great Debate Continues

K.J. ANDERSON

The Engineering Education and Training National Conference, held on 15th and 16th October 1980, had its attractions but not such as would produce a ‘full house’; for at no time…

News and Views

The Metropolitan Police has become the first police force in the United Kingdom to buy its own helicopter.