Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 39 Issue 2

The Evolution of the Engine Noise Problem: An examination of the sources of engine noise and of the design concepts adopted to alleviate the problem

F.B. Greatrex, R. Bridge

DURING the 1950s noise around airports increased steadily with increasing traffic and size of aircraft. With the introduction of heavy jet transports the very different quality of…

Aircraft Noise — Mitigating the Nuisance: An examination of the probable growth of noise nuisance and of the ways in which it may be mitigated

E.J. Richards

IT does not require a very large crystal ball to envisage the growth of aviation during the next fifteen years. Sea travel has become too slow; air travel has become reliable and…

Noise and the SST: A review of the problem of aircraft noise in relation to SST operation

Nathan Shapiro, S. Sherman Edwards

IT is generally conceded that the noise level of our acoustical environment has increased with our social and industrial growth. The increase has been gradual and has generally…

A Look at Aircraft Fire Precautions and Protection: A review of current developments in fire protection and the problems associated with supersonic transports

T. Madgwick

THE need for serious attention to fire precautions is becoming increasingly important in satisfying the demand for improved overall flight safety. The need arises from a number of…

The Library Shelf

Jane's is now in its fifty‐seventh year and yet again it is larger and contains more information than the one which went before. This year there is more text matter than in any…

Ear‐to‐ground

With (he order from British European Airways for (he 500 Series One‐Eleven, the British Aircraft Corporation can now offer (his stretched variant of the 1–11 to airlines in…

Tools for the Industry

A Selection of Equipment of Use in the Production and Maintenance of Aircraft, Missiles, Space Vehicles and their Components. A versatile, easily demounted stainless steel chamber…

Aviation Electronics

Details of Electrical and Electronic Apparatus with Applications in the Maintenance and Operation of Aircraft, Missiles and Space Vehicles. The Type 1435A Vibration Monitor…