Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 53 Issue 5

Strapline:

An International Journal
Subjects:

Table of contents

Is it Safe?: The Safety Assessment of Aircraft Systems

WALTER TYE, TED LLOYD

This final article introduces some examples of safety assessments which, for one reason or another, vary from the conventional patterns. Some are still being developed, for…

A Systematic Approach to Corrosion Prevention

Corrosion of metals affects us all, whether just as a nuisance by tarnishing silverware or rusting bright parts of cars, or as a serious financial loss through corrosion of pipes…

SPACELAB's Simulated First Flight

A hushed silence, followed by animated discussion. On the screens of three monitors digits and pictures flickered. Loudspeakers transmitted commands and responses. Excitement in…

British Aerospace First A310 Airbus Wing

The first A310 Airbus wing was on April 7 removed from its jig at a ceremony at British Aerospace's Broughton factory near Chester.

Paris Air Show: Replies to 5 questions

SERGE DASSAULT

The 34th International Air and Space Show of Paris‐Le Bourget Mill open its doors on 4th June. How will this Show differ from the 1979 Show?

Safety

Monday, February 23, 1981. A British cargo flight crashed near Billerica, Massachusetts, after the aircraft took off with an accumulation of ice and snow on the airframe and then…

News and Views

A further part of BS 1728 Method for analysis of aluminium and aluminium alloys has just been published by the British Standards Institution. The addition to the series is Part 25…

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ISSN:

0002-2667

Online date, start – end:

1929

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Phil Webb