Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 58 Issue 3
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An International JournalTable of contents
Testing for Life
AT a manufacturing stage or to ensure the continued airworthiness of an aircraft's components, non‐destructive testing (NDT) occupies an important place in any inspection…
Non‐Destructive Coating Thickness Measurement
T.D.T. LatterCOATINGS are applied for a wide variety of reasons. These include atmospheric protection, appearance, performance, cost (coated material is often cheaper than the solid) and so…
Dry Coupling Ultrasonic Inspection of Bonded Airframe Structures
T BowkettCOMPARED with rivets, bolts or other mechanical fasteners, the adhesive bonding of metallic and composite materials in airframe structural components produces higher strength…
Portable Flaw Detector With Built‐in LCD Thickness Meter
A new high performance portable flaw detector has been introduced by Wells‐Krautkramer. The latest of the USL range, the USL 48 is a high resolution instrument with selectable 5…
Eddy Current Testing
Eddy current testing is a general term for the inspection of conductive materials using an induced electro‐magnetic field. The flow of this field is affected by the presence of…
Construction of Airbus Vertical Stabiliser in CFRP Now Automated
DEVELOPMENT of new manufacturing technologies, together with optimisation of advanced production methods already in use, is essential to secure the future of the aircraft…
Investment Cast Titanium Main Rotor Damper Bracket is Production‐Qualified for Black Hawk Helicopter
HOWMET Turbine Components Corporation announced the successful completion of production qualification of the first investment cast dynamic structural rotorcraft component. The…
Major STOL Modification Planned for Lockheed's HTTB Aircraft
THE Lockheed‐Georgia Company's High Technology Test Bed (HTTB) aircraft — which already holds three STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) time‐to‐climb world records — has entered the…
Porsche PFM 3200 Aero Engine Sets New Standards
ON 16th January, 1986, a Mooney M20K 4‐seater light aircraft fitted with a Porsche PFM 3200 aero engine based on the current normally‐aspirated 3.2 litre 911 Carrera unit landed…
Safety Topics
MaydayTHE necessity of carefully thinking out and following of emergency procedures even at times of great pressure and the need to relay information to the passengers is illustrated by…
‘See in the Dark’
A major order, won by GEC Avionics Ltd against strong competition, is for systems to be installed in United Kingdom Tornado IDS and Harrier GR5 ground attack aircraft to give a…
Testing of Advanced Carbon Fibre Wings for New Experimental Aircraft
THE EAP development programme carried out jointly by British Aerospace and its industrial partners will fly an agile fighter aircraft in 1986, demonstrating the benefits of new…
Equipment, Materials and Services
Briticent has introduced a new rugged inspection lamp/handlamp which operates off DC supplies.
Contracts
An order worth in excess of £100,000 for absolute air pressure transducers has been received by the Aerospace Department, Farnborough Division of Solartron Transducers, from…
News and Views
Seventy‐five years in the aviation business is being celebrated by Lucas Aerospace through the launching of a hot‐air balloon.
People
Frank G. Manning, a 15‐year veteran of Lear Siegler Inc, has been appointed president of Piper Aircraft Corp. The announcement was made by Robert J. Wyma, vice president of Lear…
Literature
A revised edition of BS 3158 Specification for rubber hoses and hose assemblies for aircraft ground fuelling and defuelling has just been published.
Conferences, Meetings and Events
The international conference on power beam technology will be held in Brighton, 10–12 September 1986. Organised by The Welding Institute, the conference will present the latest…
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- Prof Phil Webb