Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 59 Issue 7
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An International JournalTable of contents
Engines for Commercial Aircraft
CHARACTERISED by fierce competition among the major producers, the civil powerplant market has recently had to come to terms with a new type of propulsion system which, if all its…
The Vital Role of Sensors in Aircraft Engine Monitoring and Control
Schlumberger TransducerMODERN aircraft engines incorporate numerous sensors for measuring their operating parameters, both in the immediate sense for electronic control of performance and, in the longer…
Garrett Engine Update
Promavia's Jet Squalus F‐1300NGT flew for the first time near Milan, Italy, with a TFE109 engine from the Garrett Turbine Engine Company, Phoenix, Arizona. Reports from the first…
Wide‐Chord Fan ‐12 Years of Development
MORE than 12 years of development have gone into the advanced wide‐chord fans now being produced by Rolls‐Royce for its new‐generation civil aero engines.
Precision Grinding of Fragile Components for Aero Engines
A leading US manufacturer in the aerospace industry has ordered several electro‐chemical grinding machines from Amchem Company for purchasing a range of ring — and cylindrical …
Aerospace Elastomers
Keith HammondAEROSPACE innovation, research and development, has about it an imperative factor. First is the constant striving for optimum safety, performance, comfort and the need, where…
Alcan Makes Eurofighter Lighter
EFA, the European Fighter Aircraft developed jointly by British Aerospace, MBB, Aeritalia and CASA, will be the world's first production aircraft to use the new super‐lightweight…
Twin Pallets Increase Subcontract Machining Efficiency
‘JUST‐IN‐TIME’ production management within large companies places a tremendous burden on subcontract manufacturers to deliver specified quantities at very short notice. At one…
RIFA PKA Series DC/DC Converters Selected for World Beating Air Data Test Set
IN designing and manufacturing the latest Computer Controlled Air Data Test Set, Penny and Giles Transducers Ltd has taken exceptional care to ensure high reliability. Power…
Paris 1987: A Review of the 37th Paris Airshow
EUROPEAN aerospace was well to the fore at the Show, with first appearances of the A320, Fokker 100 and BAe 146–300. Few large US aircraft were present although the executive jet…
Robot Efficiency for British Airways' Flight Data Analysis
A Robotic cell, designed and manufactured by 600 Fanuc Robotics Ltd., of Colchester, (Essex), and installed into British Airways at its maintenance base, London Airport…
Equipment, Materials and Services
Ultralight extruded beryllium tubing for satellite construction and other aerospace applications requiring high strength and rigidiy, can be supplied complete with aluminium end…
Contracts
Giant fan blades weighing approximately 500lbs each are being built by Permali Gloucester Ltd for use in a NASA wind tunnel in the USA.
News and Views
An aerospace worker at Gulf‐stream Aerospace Corp in Savannah, Georgia, instals a lightweight graphite/epoxy composite spoiler manufactured by Lockheed‐Georgia Company on a new…
People
Honeywell Control Systems Ltd has announced the appointment of Brian England as marketing director.
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb