Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 66 Issue 3
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An International JournalTable of contents
Robots in the Aerospace Industry
Mike WilsonRobots have undoubtedly proved their worth in the automotive industry. Even the man in the street remembers the spectacular Fiat TV advertisement with robots welding and…
Satellites for European ATC
Terry FordIt has been suggested that future developments in European air traffic services to enable them to handle the rapidly growing volume of movements may be accomplished by means of…
Ada for DSP — Why and How?
Digital Signal Processing requires continuous, rapid response to an incoming data stream. Software applications that run on a DSP must execute in real‐time to satisfy that…
Cost‐efficient Engine Repairs
HAM WT is the in‐house abbreviation for one of the world's most advanced aircraft engine repair shops. EB (electron beam) welding is one of the key technologies used here. “We…
Mini features
DDC has developed a universal interface circuit for commercial aircraft avionics which increases system reliability by a factor of nine and reduces pcb real estate by a factor of…
Power plants
With more than 25,600 hours and five‐and‐a‐half years' operation since its installation, a Rolls‐Royce RB211‐524B4 engine has established a new jet‐engine world reliability record.
Space projects
Two high‐powered satellites built by Hughes Space and Communications Company (HSC) will bring true direct broadcast satellite (DBS) service to homes throughout North America…
Maintenance
The Defectometer 2.837 is a new, high frequency eddy current‐testing system especially suitable for maintenance testing on aircraft. Other areas of applications include the defect…
Aerospace Production
When vibration test specialist Ling Dynamic Systems of Royston, Hertfordshire, designed a new linear‐bearing slip table concept, the principal requirement for successful operation…
Patent abstracts
In UK patent 2264469 ERC Co. Ltd describe a dirigible mooring tower. It comprises a base structure and a tower structure. The base structure includes an apparatus for supplying…
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- Prof Phil Webb