Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 56 Issue 3
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An International JournalTable of contents
GIOTTO Takes Shape
Comprehensive electrical and electromagnetic tests have been successfully completed on the full‐scale electrical engineering version of the GIOTTO spacecraft in the…
Advanced Boeing 737
T.E. FordRolled out in January and incorporating a considerable amount of new technology, the Boeing 737–300 will be undergoing flight testing during 1984 which will lead to FAA…
Westland Commissions Cost‐cutting Factory
Westland's Milton Keynes factory has been re‐equipped at a cost of £1½ million. Representing a carefully conceived “alternative automation” approach, the modernised factory uses…
Go‐ahead for Anglo‐Italian EH101 Helicopter
The British and Italian Governments have given the go‐ahead to the EH101 helicopter programme with the signing of an agreement which provides for joint funding of the project…
Chemical/Impact Aerospace Paint Removal System
A joint development effort between the British Aerospace Aircraft Group's Weybridge‐Bristol Division, Dasic International (Romsey, Hampshire) and Vacu‐Blast International (Slough…
Britannia—First in Europe with the Boeing 767
Heralding a new era in the leisure aviation market was the arrival early in February at Luton International Airport of Britannia Airways' new Boeing 767—the first in Europe.
Safety Topics
MaydayThe usually neglected subject of onboard fires in aircraft (as distinct from post crash fires) has had attention focussed on it by the L‐1011 fire at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 1980…
Equipment and Materials
A new range of solid carbide cutters to meet the most exacting industrial conditions has been announced by the Fenn Tool & Gauge Co. The first items in the Fetoga range, as it is…
News and Views
Rolls‐Royce has received an order for 100 Tay engines to power the new Fokker 100 airliner. The order covers the supply of Tay turbofan engines for this 100‐seat airliner which is…
People in the News
John D. Wolf has been promoted to the new position of Executive Vice‐President of McDonnell Douglas Electronics Company, it was announced by David C. Arnold, President.
Events
Although it is one of the old‐established and well developed NDT methods, the techniques of industrial radiology are still developing. New applications are also being found.
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- Prof Phil Webb