Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 57 Issue 12
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Utilizing Cyber Based Processes
V.J. PH.D. JusionisTube welding in the modern era of space applications requires a very high degree of quality in addition to productivity. Modern techniques in automated tube welding provide the…
Rotorcraft Trends: Part 2. Requirements and Monitoring
Terry Ford CEng., MRAesAGAINST the background briefly outlined together with the development of increasingly sophisticated powerplants as well as the research activities conducted into the operational…
Aircraft Design at Kingston Polytechnic
R. WhitfordTHE Group Design component of the BSc Course in Aeronautical Engineering at Kingston Polytechnic occurs in the final four academic terms. Teams of young men and women work on…
McAlpine Aviation — Keeping Pace With Technology
FROM very modest beginnings as a Miles Gemini operator nearly forty years ago, McAlpine Aviation has grown to become an important leader in the field of executive aviation.
First Behringer CNC Bandsaw in the UK Minimises Handling
FLIGHT REFUELLING LTD, the Wimborne (Dorset) based aircraft component manufacturer, is the first UK company to install a Behringer CNC bandsaw from Kaltenbach Ltd. The machine …
Titanium Alloy Maintains its Competitive Position
ACCORDING to Chem‐tronics INC the introduction of computer‐adided design and the use of advanced computer‐aided manufacturing methods have ensured that, despite the advances in…
Flying Into the Record Books
IN 1910 two young brothers by the name of Wallis built an advanced monoplane in Cambridge. The ‘Wallbro’ aircraft project bit the dust later that year when a freak storm destroyed…
Textured Night/Dusk Visual System
REDIFFUSION Simulation Incorporated recently announced the launch of Novoview SPI/T, a new visual system that adds hardware texture to the SPI either as a product in its own right…
Safety Topics
MaydayA Boeing 757–200 took off from London Heathrow and commenced a climb to the south for Milan. Both the take‐off and climb were made using de‐rated engine power settings approriate…
SAAB‐Scania Installs Two Masscomp Supermicros for High Tech Fighter Plane Testing
THE aircraft division of th SAAB‐SCANIA group in Sweden has installed two Masscomp MC‐500 supermicrocomputers to help in the test and development stages of the new JAS 39…
Garrett Division Develops Electronic Fuel Control
THE Garrett Corporation's AiResearch Electronic Systems Division, based in Tucson, Arizona, has developed an electronic fuel control mode for the Garrett F109‐CA‐100 engines which…
Equipment, Materials and Services
A new Sensitek range of automatic continuity test systems has just been announced by Systran Donner Ltd. The company has also introduced the new Testronics 100 series of automatic…
News and Views
Fokker has put into operation its renovated computer facilities. In October 1984, work began on expanding the calculating centre by 50% which now measures 1,500m2.
People
Gordon L. Williams has been appointed vice president — special programs for Advanced Development Projects at Vought Aero Products Division of LTV Aerospace and Defense Company.’
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- Prof Phil Webb