Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 52 Issue 2
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An International JournalTable of contents
Problems of Older Jet Aeroplanes—A Regulatory Authority View
J.C. CHAPLINThe problems of older jet aeroplanes as seen by one regulatory authority— the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)—are reviewed. Whilst attention is given primarily to…
A Scientific Approach to Defeating Helicopter Vibration
N.E. TRIGGHelicopter vibration is like toothache; many operators put up with it because the cure might be painful, but the more enlightened seek treatment. No operator likes to counterance…
Transparent Engines at Rolls‐Royce: The Application of High Energy X‐ray Technology to Gas Turbine Development
P.A.E. STEWARTOne of the most frustrating aspects of gas turbine engineering since the work of Whittle has been the inability of the designer and development engineer to see or visualise the…
Component Maintenance for the Smaller Airline
All airlines, large or small, rely in some degree on the various component maintenance companies around the world to keep their aircraft flying.
ICAO and the Development of Air Transport
ASSAD KOTAITECivil aviation, which only 35 years ago was still timidly trying its wings, today possesses a dense network of air links that provide regular service to almost every large city in…
Pratt and Whitney Innovations
Stronger, more efficient turbine blades are being produced by Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Group in a completely automated casting facility at the company's Middletown, Connecticut…
Airworthiness Notice—: Continuing Structural Integrity of Transport Aeroplanes
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has in the past declared ‘lives’ for some nominally ‘fail safe’ aeroplane types pending further evidence. This Notice offers structural review…
Redifon to build Flight Simulators for 757 and 767
Under the terms of a multi‐million pound export deal Crawley‐based Redifon Simulation Limited will supply flight simulators for the new 757 and 767 airliners to the Boeing…
Improved MPG for the BAe146 Feeder‐jet
British Aerospace have now selected the system for the BAe 146 feeder‐jet and the impact on the aircraft is significant in reduced operating and maintenance costs. G. Giles, Head…
Future Supplies of Aviation Fuel
Fuel being the lifeblood of aviation, what looms on the horizon for commercial air transport in terms of fuel prices and adequacy of supplies?
News and Views
To achieve the most effective promotion of civil aircraft sales among worldwide customers, the Marketing Departments of the British Aerospace Weybridge‐Bristol and…
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- Prof Phil Webb