Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 56 Issue 7
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An International JournalTable of contents
Civil Turbofan Technology to the Year 2000
David PickerellThe aero gas turbine has been in commercial service now for a little over 30 years. Pioneering experience on the Dart/Viscount and Ghost/ Comet led to transatlantic commercial…
Extended Upper Deck‐300
T.E. FordIntroduced by Swissair in 1983 on their long‐haul routes and currently on order or being operated by nine airlines is the Boeing 747–300 extended‐upper‐deck variant of the basic…
New Approach to Machining Aerospace Components
A radical re‐think of the overall design and slide configuration of aerospace profiling machines has been undertaken by KTM. The result is the new KTM FP 3015 profile centre, the…
Vacu‐Blast Versatility Demonstrated by British Aerospace
Closed‐circuit and cabinet abrasive blasting machines from Vacu‐Blast, Slough, are being utilised for a wide variety of surface engineering tasks at the British Aerospace Aircraft…
Safety Topics
MAYDAYRecent statements have emphasised the high priority that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is giving to cabin safety and significant improvements are believed to be…
Equipment — Materials and Services
ICI is to double the capacity for “Victrex” high‐performance thermo‐plastics at its Hillhouse, UK, works.
News and Views
Dowty Group has launched a two‐year investment programme aimed at updating and extending the design and manufacturing facilities of its four operating Divisions to meet the…
Publications
A new Management Report published by FT Business Information Titanium is a relative newcomer to the metals industry: it was not manufactured on a commercial scale anywhere in the…
Events
The 19th Annual British Conference on Non‐destructive Testing Organised by The British Institute of Non‐destructive Testing at the University of Lancaster on 17–19 September…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb