Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 57 Issue 3
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Amchem Automated Production & Repair of Nozzle Guide Vanes
D.J. HoweTwo ‘turnkey’ systems have recently been delivered overseas by Amchem to automate the production of nozzle guide vanes. Both systems are based on the VM range of EDM machines and…
Hong Kong Airline
TERRY FORD C.Eng., MRAeSCURRENTLY operating on some of the longest sectors of any of the world's carriers, Cathay Pacific Airways pioneered a daily London — Hong Kong service in 1980 which it operated…
Hercules Flight Training Centre Dedicated at Lockheed‐Georgia
CITING a strong continuing worldwide market for Lockheed C‐130 and L‐100 Hercules transport aircraft, Lockheed‐Georgia Company and the Singer Company's Link Flight Simulation…
New ATP Propeller Begins Flight Tests
FLIGHT testing has begun of the six blade advanced technology propeller under development by British Aerospace and United Technologies' Hamilton Standard Division for the new BAe…
New FAA Regulations on Aircraft Cabin Markers
Dick ParishOn Friday October 26th, 1984 the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) published Federal Register 14 CFR Parts 25 and 121 pertaining to Floor Proximity Emergency Escape Path…
Tekdata ‘Computaweave’ Contributes to Space Saving in GEC Avionics ‘Fly‐by‐Wire System’
TWO ‘Computaweave’ wiring harnesses, manufactured by Tekdata Interconnections of Stoke‐on‐Trent save valuable space in part of a flight control system designed by the Combat…
Fibre Optic Gyros
AN experimental fibre optic gyro designed and funded by British Aerospace Dynamics Group has been completed and is now operating at Stevenage. It is the latest unit of its type to…
Programmable Single‐hole Eroding by Electro Discharge Sinking
SOME areas of components such as blades and gas guide vanes in turbine engines are critically liable to overheating and must be cooled by air forced through ducts inside the…
Fasson Self‐adhesive Aircraft Markings Take off With British Airways
THE launch of the new British Airways corporate identity has given the promoters of self‐adhesive aircraft livery and marking systems a major boost.
Safety Topics
MaydayCONSIDERABLE discussion has been generated over the years by the carriage and use of recorders of various kinds and the value of these aids to the investigative and preventitive…
UK Government Announces Sea Harrier Update
THE UK Government has awarded British Aerospace's Weybridge Division a contract for the project definition phase of the Mid‐Life Update (MLU) of the Royal Navy's Sea Harriers to…
Equipment, Materials and Services
Aviax, a range of new aviation maintenance chemicals, has been launched by W. Canning Materials Ltd.
News and Views
Recently at the Westland Helicopters facility at Yeovil Somerset, Rear Admiral Michael F. Simpson RN, Director General Aircraft (Naval), inspected the first production version of…
Events
Europe will at last have its own specialised helicopter exhibition and conference based in Aberdeen — the world's biggest and busiest heliport.
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- Prof Phil Webb