Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 47 Issue 2

Europe's civil avionics market to grow strongly over next decade

A RAPIDLY growing West European market over the next ten years for civil avionics equipment — now 15 per cent of an airliner's price — is forecast in a new 188‐page study by Frost…

Ground Based Systems

CONTROLLERS and Air Traffic Control (ATC) systems are now fully prepared for the introduction into service of the first commercial supersonic transport aircraft, and avionics is…

Airborne Equipment

THE progress of avionic systems in aircraft over the past few years has been characterised by dramatic developments in miniaturisation and in the capability of such equipment to…

Digital Avionics — An Established Technology

Malcolm Moulton

IT IS nowadays recognised that modern flight operations depend on avionics, the airborne electronic systems through which commercial and military aircraft carry out their…

Air Reconnaissance Cameras

W.J. Sexton

ALTHOUGH the development of air reconnaissance cameras has been dictated by the requirements of operational flying in times of war, reconnaissance missions not only continue to be…

Head‐up and other Displays

J.H. Smith, R.A. Chorley

ELECTRONIC Head‐up Display systems have now been under development in the UK since the mid 1950's. All applications to date have been to military aircraft and it is now generally…

Education & Training of Maintenance Technicians

R.C. Stockham

EDUCATION and training of maintenance technicians begins with selection of potentially suitable students. Selection where possible should be based on personal interview in respect…