Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 53 Issue 6
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An International JournalTable of contents
Sea Harrier — A New Dimension
TERRY FORDOn board the first of the new class of anti‐submarine carriers, for the Royal Navy, HMS Invincible, and to join HMS Hermes later this year, the Sea Harrier will also be…
Fatigue Life Evaluation of Helicopter Rotor Heads
A comment was once made that a helicopter was a multi spindle Wohler fatigue machine. Although this is perhaps a rather unkind remark there is, nevertheless, some truth in the…
Shorts Long Strides: 360 Airliner Flies Ahead of Schedule
Short Brothers, the Belfast‐based aerospace manufacturer, announce that their new 360 wide‐body commuter airliner made its first flight in June—some six months ahead of the…
Airship Technology
The main work in the development of airships was done half a century and more ago—yet the potential of airships with improved modern materials and techniques is enormous. Even…
British Aerospace Fabrication Progress
British Aerospace announce that it is the first manufacturer in the world to produce titanium components made by a revolutionary fabrication method for series production of a…
The Pervading Digit: Microprocessors and Digital Maintenance Aids
W. GRICEIn 1983 the Boeing 757 will be delivered to British Airways with a triple redundant autopilot, a dual flight management system, a thrust control system, an electronic flight…
News and Views
Three Banbury companies are helping British Aerospace to destroy a former RAF Mk. III Lightning Aircraft by shaking it to bits! It's all part of a test programme being carried out…
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