Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 64 Issue 9
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An International JournalTable of contents
Adapt and Survive: Aircraft Power AC‐DC
Peter SearleyDESIGN of aircraft power generation and control systems has been dominated by the modern two‐edged emphasis on component miniaturisation and increased reliability, to achieve…
Composite Developments in Aircraft Structures — Part 4
D.H. MiddletonWhat of the future of composites? Dr. L. J. Hart‐Smith of the McDonnell Douglas Corporation, in a Paper entitled “Designing with Fibrous Composites”, delivered in Brisbane in…
First of Powerful New Jet Engines Completed
WITH the final turn of a torque wrench, Pratt & Whitney officially completed one of the most powerful jet engines ever built for commercial aviation.
EFA to Use EMS/EMP Connector
THE European Fighter Aircraft (EFA) is to be fitted with a newly developed ITT Cannon connector which will protect its sensitive on‐board electronic equipment from potentially…
Fokker 70 First Flight Scheduled for July 1993
FOKKER has given the internal go‐ahead for the Fokker 70 programme. A dedicated management team has been formed and design work on the new Fokker jetliner has begun. First flight…
Steelram Grooving Tooling Provides Relief Quickly for Lucas
LUCAS Aerospace's Flight Controls and Actuation Systems Division at Wolverhampton, has been able to cut 20 minutes out of a half hour machining cycle, eliminate manual…
Shorts Uprate Composites Curing Facility With a TEC Autoclave
SHORT Brothers PLC of Belfast has uprated its composite materials curing facility at Dunmurry plant with the installation of a large autoclave which has been designed…
Five‐Channel SkyNav 5000 GPS Receiver
MAGELLAN Systems, the company that pioneered affordable Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, offers pilots a better view of GPS with the introduction of the Magellan GPS…
Farnborough '92 Review
ALTHOUGH some large companies had a noticeably low‐key presence and there were absentees compared with previous years, the tone of the Show reflected a determination to look…
Equipment
Aircraft undercarriages take a lot of punishment, and the wheel bearings have to be changed regularly to ensure that they continue to do their job properly.
Contracts
Racal Instruments has secured an initial contract worth £120,000 to supply Smiths Industries with five of its 1277 ARINC 608A switch systems. The systems will be used for…
News and Views
An early example of the world's best selling mid‐sized business jet, the BAe 125 (formerly referred to as the HS125), arrived at the Science Museum recently. Along with such…
People
Newly appointed as director of technology for the Aerospace & Defence group of Smiths Industries is Nigel Hughes, who joins the company from the Defence Research Agency. Mr…
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- Prof Phil Webb