Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 52 Issue 7

Strapline:

An International Journal
Subjects:

Table of contents

The Brazilian Aeronautical Industry

This is a summary of information about the past growth, current activities and future prospects of the Brazilian aeronautical industry, with emphasis on EMBRAER.

ICAO Technical Assistance Projects

JACK VIVIAN

Excluding a dip in 1977, this programme of aid to developing countries has experienced rapid growth over the past eight years and annual funding is expected to more than double by…

Laser Holography

JOHN R. PLUMB

Modern industry depends extensively upon the accurate conveyance of information. Much of this information, since it affects directly the quality of the products involved, requires…

Holography as a New Training Aid

JOHN BELLAMY

Holography is a technique which can be used to create realistic three‐dimensional images; it has attracted a great deal of public interest recently, as a result of television…

New Aircraft—Where are we heading in the 1980s and 1990s?

IAN S. MACDONALD

This article seeks to discuss some of the many technical and operational changes that will soon be taking place in the advancing world of commercial aviation.

Vickers Fluid Power

On a site at South Marston, Wiltshire, formerly the wartime base for manufacture of the Spitfire, Vickers were carrying out a number of diverse business activities, including the…

Maintenance—Airworthiness—Economics

The International Federation of Airworthiness in an issue of its introductory brochure is presenting a new image, that of a link in the Airworthiness Chain.

Caledonian Airmotive at Prestwick

Few aircraft engine facilities are capable of handling large high by‐pass ratio turbofans and it is hoped that other airlines will place contracts at Prestwick.

News and Views

The Civil Aviation Authority has published the third edition of Aeronautical Engineering Certificate: Syl‐labus of Examinations (CAP 416)

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ISSN:

0002-2667

Online date, start – end:

1929

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Phil Webb