Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 59 Issue 6
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‘Maintenance ‐Operations and Economics’
Terry FordPREDOMINANT areas of concern to the Licensing Authority with relation to the above conference were defined as the maintenance requirements and procedures relating to Transport and…
Flight Management System
AW PressdeeThe evolution of civil aircraft technology has been characterised by a drive towards three goals: the improvement of safety, the increase of operational reliability and the…
Epoxy Resins in Composite Tooling
Norman BrainTHE routes to producing accurate composite tooling capable of working at elevated temperatures are described in this article by Norman Brain, Ciba‐Geigy Plastics.
The RAE Nightbird Programme
FLIGHT Systems (Farnborough) Department of the Royal Aircraft Establishment has won a Queen's Award for Technology jointly with GEC Avionics Ltd in recognition of their success in…
Westland Lighten Load
BEARINGS on the flight controls of the Westland Lynx which gained the World Helicopter Air Speed Record for Great Britain are retained with a Loctite retaining adhesive. This…
Five Axes for Rolls‐Royce
CINCINNATI Milacron has installed a 5‐axis CNC flexible machining cell at Rolls‐Royce Plc, Coventry to machine completely a range of complex light alloy castings for Rolls‐Royce…
Aluminium Alloys by Mechanical Alloying
After years of research, an important development in powder metallurgy is about to enter commercial production with the commissioning by Inco Alloys International of its $4…
Innovation ‐The Realities
Keith HammondFrom the poems of Caedmon to Blake's poetical sketches, through to Byron, Shelley, De Quincey and Keats, poetry is poetry is poetry.
Safety Topics
MaydayA technical presentation by the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators held recently at British Airways featured papers on a number of subjects connected with emergency evacuation…
Precision Subcontractor Opts for DNC Instead of Shop Floor Programming
OF six CNC machine tools linked through RS 232 interfaces into a direct numerical control (DNC) and automatic off‐line programming system at Tufflay Precision Engineering's Woking…
37th PARIS AIR SHOW: Le Bourget 11 to 21 June 1987
Exhibits on the Group stand included the latest components and systems from the Aviation, Tyres, Precision Rubbers fand Serck Aviation Divisions and support the main theme that…
New Lockheed Composite Material
FUTURE aircraft structures could weigh up to 30% less than their current aluminium counterparts when reinforced with a new thermoset composite material patented by…
Contracts
A tropical, salt‐laden atmosphere with all the resultant problems of sand, intense heat and plunging temperatures is certainly not an ideal environment for any aviation ground…
Equipment, Materials and Services
The ability to evaluate residual stresses in a great variety of steel parts in a completely non‐destructive way is offered by the new Stresscan equipment being marketed in the UK…
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- Prof Phil Webb