Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 34 Issue 10
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An International JournalTable of contents
Farnborough Diary
THE last of the annual Farnborough Air Shows (see p. 302) went out in a blaze of glory—fulfilling right royally its early promise of being an occasion for the connoisseur. Seven…
Constant Speed Drives: Design and Operational Problems Associated with the Major Types of C.S.D. for Aircraft Accessories
J.P. MooneyMODERN turbojet engines have a shaft speed range of approximately 2 to 1 (from ground idle to take‐off) and it is necessary, therefore, to have some form of…
British Research Aircraft: Brief Details of Two Single‐seat Research Aircraft Produced by the British Aircraft Corporation
SINCE the Second World War, Britain has built and flown a large number of research aircraft which have proved (or disproved) the operational validity of particular design…
Overhaul Life Development and Early Failure Detection of Aircraft Gas Turbines: A Description of the Methods By Which Scheduled and Unscheduled Engine Removals May Be Minimized Based on the Techniques Adopted by Trans‐Canada Airlines for Use with Rolls‐Royce Tyne, Conway and Dart Engines
J.J. EdenIn a modern gas turbine‐powered aircraft, engine material cost is the major single contributor to direct maintenance and overhaul cost. Due to the large expenditures involved…
Iridium Electrode Spark Plugs: Brief Details of the K.L.G. Plugs for Piston Aero Engines Which Have Iridium Electrodes instead of the More Conventional Platinum Alloy Electrodes
SOME new types of K.L.G. spark plugs for piston aero engines have recently gained Air Registration Board approval and have been undergoing intensive field trials with several…
Simplified Helicopter Ground Resonance Stability Boundaries: Development of a New Method of Determining Stability Boundaries
H.L PriceA method is developed or drawing ground resonance stability boundaries in the (?1, ?) plane for arbitrary values of the parameters ??, A1 and Aa. The current values of ?1 and …
Producing Centrifugal Castings for Gas Turbine Compressor Casings: Details of the Firth‐Vickers' Programme, Sponsored by the Ministry of Aviation, Which Has Resulted in Substantial Savings of Time and Money Following the Adoption of the ‘Casting to Shape’ Techniques
TODAY, aircraft gas turbine engines are being developed to give over 28,000 lb. thrust and, while low‐pressure compressor casings can be made from a magnesium‐alloy casting, the…
The Twenty‐Third S.B.A.C. Show: A Review of the Exhibits at the Society of British Aircraft Constructors' Flying Display and Exhibition, Farnborough, 1962
AS anticipated, the 1962 Society of British Aircraft Constructors' Flying Display and Exhibition at Farnborough was the biggest and most interesting for many years. In all, seven…
The Library Shelf
This book contains the proceedings of the third U.S.A.F. Office of Scientific Research Astronautics symposium and, consequently, suffers from not being a coherent whole but a…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Council, Technical Reports and Translations of the United States…
Auxiliary Equipment
Research and Engineering Controls Ltd. have recently announced an aircraft pitot pressure head of high de‐icing performance suitable for use on subsonic or supersonic aircraft at…
Aviation Electronics
A Decca type 424 airfield control radar has been purchased by the County Borough of Swansea, and installation of the equipment at Swansea Airport has recently been completed.
Tools for the Workshop
To their range of high‐speed shaping machines, B. Elliott (Machinery) Ltd., London, N.W.10, have recently added a new 10‐in. stroke model.
British Patent Abridgments
A silenced jet propulsion installation comprises one or more rows of jet nozzles arranged at the outlet end of a jet pipe. The engine is arranged on the aircraft with the rows of…
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- Prof Phil Webb