Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 51 Issue 10
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An International JournalTable of contents
The Snipe Aerial Target System
The need for a realistic aerial target for air defence weapon systems is universally accepted. In these days of ever escalating costs the use of a full size manned aircraft or…
Lubricants for the Aircraft Gas Turbine
FRANK T. BARCROFTA poor summer in Brazil, and the cost of Aero‐Shell Turbine Oil 750 increases; a decline in beef production in the Argentine and the price of Aero‐Shell Turbine Oil 555 goes up…
Energy Efficiency, Environmental Impact, Spectrum Utilization, Safety—all were of Major Concern to Aviation Technologists in 1978
These were reflected in new aircraft designs moving into production, preparation for the World Administrative Radio Conference in 1979, improved air traffic control and services…
First Solar‐powered Manned Flight
The concept of solar‐powered flight has been considered so far in the future, that most people have not given it much attention. Not so with Larry Mauro, president of Ultralight…
Retrofit
Recognizing the need to maintain traditional military advantage over potential foreign adversaries, President Jimmy Carter and the Congress have boosted defence spending even at…
Safety
The Civil Aviation Authority has decided to adopt JAR‐25, in place of section D, as the British Civil Airworthiness Requirements for Large Aeroplanes from 1 July, 1979, following…
Graduates and the Shop Floor
A group of industrialists and academics have joined forces to find solutions to the major British problem of employing university graduates in industrial production — an area…
The Dutch Aerospace Industry
At present work is going ahead in Holland on the construction of the very promising Infrared Astronomical Satellite IRAS. The Dutch aircraft industry has been encouraged by the…
PAPI Landing Aid set for Worldwide Adoption
A new visual landing aid for civil and military aircraft conceived and developed at RAE Bedford seems set to be adopted by the international aviation community. The Precision…
News and Views
John HanafinAn Australian designed and built helicopter is ready for flight tests at the Royal Newcastle Aero Club at Cessnock, New South Wales.
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- Prof Phil Webb