Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 58 Issue 2
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An International JournalTable of contents
Perfluoroalkylpolyethers: A New Class of Synthetic Lubricants
Neal D. LawsonThe physical and chemical properties of a new class of synthetic lubricants, the perfluoroalkylpolyether oils and the polytetrufluoroethylene‐thickened greases made from these…
A Better Approach
Terry Ford CEng, MRAeSApproved for worldwide implementation and scheduled to supplant the Instrument Landing System (ILS) by 1995, the Microwave Landing System (MLS) is a precision approach aid that…
Airliner Quietness Indicated for C‐130 AEW Control Module
RECENT flight tests indicate that the control module interior of the proposed Lockheed C‐130 Airborne Early Warning (AEW) System aircraft will be quieter than most passenger jets.
Transient Recording System in Pyrotechnic Tests
SHOULD a fighter pilot have need of his Martin‐Baker ejection seat, much of life‐saving action will be over in the blink of an eye. Pyrotechnic charges will have ejected the seat…
Cadillac Allante Gets Flying Start
UNTIL now, there has never been anything like it in the history of automobile manufacturing and commercial aviation: as of fall 1986, bodies for a new Cadillac model will be built…
Amateur Aviators Prevent ‘Propeller’ Perforation With Thin Coating of Irathane Elastomer
AIRCRAFT engine designers who are looking again at propeller‐driven aircraft instead of turbo‐fan propulsion may show more than a passing interest in the experience of an amateur…
Trim Tank System Improves Airbus A310–300 Performance
AIRBUS Industrie will shortly deliver the first A310–300, a long range version of the A310. The new airliner will carry 218 passengers non‐stop over 8,500km. One of the…
Safety Topics
MaydayAirworthiness Instructions are being issued to UK airlines which will bring forward the date for introducing more fire resistant seating, improve the access to certain mid‐cabin…
Cold Working Method Retards Metal Fatigue Cracks
‘STOPCRACK,’ a new repair procedure for retarding growth of fatigue cracks in metal structures of aircraft and other applications, has been introduced by Fatigue Technology Inc.
Equipment, Materials and Services
A new range of driven tooling unit adaptors introduced to the flexible tooling system (FTS), developed for the increasing use of modern turning centres with second operation…
News and Views
As Halley's Comet approaches the earth — it should become visible to the naked eye in the Southern Hemisphere from sometime in December — Raychem engineers are reminded that the…
News and Views
The Dutch Ministry of Defence has placed a Dfl.4 million contract with the Dutch industry covering Holland's participation in the development of a NATO‐helicopter for the…
Contracts
Plessey Aerospace Ltd has been awarded the contract to supply the fuel booster pumps for the new A320 European Airbus.
Contracts
A contract, worth $1.2M to supply engine fire detection systems for American Airlines' Boeing 727 fleet has been won by the Safety Systems Division of Systron Donner Corporation…
People
VFP Fluid Power Ltd has established a specialist sales division to serve the company's growing business in hydraulic systems. Barry Johnson, who joined VFP earlier last year as…
Conferences, Meetings and Events
Following the success of its series of short courses in Vibration Testing, the Society of Environmental Engineers in conjunction with Cranfield Institute of Technology has…
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- Prof Phil Webb