Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 64 Issue 7
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An International JournalTable of contents
In Severe Environments
Terry FordHELICOPTER operations in the most demanding climatic conditions necessitate the highest standards of component reliability. Consideration of the problems involved in rotating wing…
Counter‐Measures: Aircraft self‐protection by decoys
RECENT military conflicts have shown that aircraft and helicopters need to confront increasingly efficient and numerous defence systems. Hence the need for their self‐protection.
Canadair Regional: Flight tests prove greater performance than predicted
RESULTS of the flight test programme of the Canadair Regional jet airliner indicate the aircraft climbs faster, burns less fuel and flies further compared to previously published…
Marshall Selected to Convert L1011 Tristar to Become Carrier of Air‐Launched Space Booster
MARSHALL of Cambridge has been awarded a contract by Orbital Sciences Corporation of the USA to convert an L1011‐100 Tristar aircraft for the carriage and launch of the already…
Friction Surfacing Machine
FRICTION surfacing, a process for applying extremely hard coatings on to steel, is now available on a large commercial scale, following the completion of the world's first…
Safety Topics: Helicopter Technology
MaydayONE of the most significant influences of the past decade as far as rotating wing aircraft are concerned, was the 1984 report of the Helicopter Airworthiness Review Panel (HARP)…
ILA '92 Airshow — Review: Berlin, June 15th–21st
Reports from AMK Berlin indicate that over 280,000 visitors attended ILA92 Airshow in Berlin. The first airshow to take place at Berlin‐Schönefeld Airport for the last 64 years.
‘Technology for Life’: Drägerwerk AG in the Aviation and Aerospace
FOR more than a century Dräger has been developing, producing and selling products which facilitate, support and protect human breathing. With its 8,000 employees worldwide…
Equipment
DDC's new PWR‐82330 hybrid smart motor drive is one of the most compact of its type available. Contained in a hermetically sealed metal package, the three phase drive occupies…
Contracts
Turkish Airlines (THY) has chosen Honeywell to supply Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance Systems (TCAS) for its Airbus A310s and A340s and Global Positioning/Air Data Inertial…
News and Views
The U.S. Air Force/McDonnell Douglas C‐17 airlifter completed its most successful month of test flying to date during April, flying 16 missions for 55 hours and accomplishing its…
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- Prof Phil Webb