Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 60 Issue 4
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Composites in Service
Terry Ford CEng MRAeSWHEN the Harrier GR 5 begins operations, the Royal Air Force will have an aircraft of which one quarter of the structure weight is composites and one half of the structure area…
Composites in Simulation Aircraft
Tony BroadIT is a fact of life that aircraft are expensive — too expensive to allow them to stand idle. Yet aircraft are needed for things like training and publicity which, though perhaps…
New Fokker Material Concept Points to Lighter, Fatigue‐Free Airframes
Fokker Aircraft, with nearly forty years' experience in bonded metal and composite materials manufacture, is about to move into the flight test phase with components produced in a…
New Techniques of Heating Air at High Pressures
AN innovative British company which employs fewer than 20 people, and holds one of the top awards for quality and reliability, has exported its first hot air autoclave.
Non Metallic Bearings
Colin StansfieldMUCH can be written about the design of bearings. This article is intended as a basic guide in the art of non metallic plastics bearings.
ULTEM Resin Plays A Dual Cost Saving and Safety Role in Aviation
THE self extinguising characteristics, chemical resistance and outstanding strength to weight ratio offered by ULTEM polyetherimide, from General Electric Plastics Europe (GEP)…
Mero Structure: Applied for Aircraft Hangars and Maintenance Docks
THE MERO structure consisting of pre‐fabricated nodes and members was invented by Dr. Max Mengeringhausen in the fourties and apart from other purposes it has been applied for the…
Safety Topics: Wet and Contaminated Runways
MaydayTAKE‐OFF performance requirements for transport category aircraft have been the subject of many technical discussions and conferences and having taken into account the opinions…
Ambersil Specialist Cleaners Cut Time and Costs for International Aircraft Cleaning Service Company
SERVISAIR, the international aviation ground handling specialists, has simplified its complex cleaning tasks and cut costs by employing two high performance cleaning products from…
British Aerospace Opts for Air Skates from Hovair Systems to Assist Airbus Wing Production
AIR skates manufactured by Hovair Systems Limited are being employed by British Aerospace to allow precise movement of Airbus A320 wings along the production line at the companies…
Equipment, Materials and Services
Beck Electronics has been awarded BS9121‐F0011 approval for its series of high performance filters for rated voltages up to 600Vdc/‐375V 400Hz within the temperature range −55°C…
Contracts
Rolls‐Royce and the Douglas Aircraft Company have reached agreement on the first production contract for F405‐RR‐400 Adour engines for the US Navy trainer aircraft, the T‐45A…
News and Views
The fast‐expanding Benson Group plc announce two new acquisitions — one of which complements their extensive heating manufacturing activities.
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- Prof Phil Webb