Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 58 Issue 1
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Corrosion the Enemy
Terry Ford, CEng, MRAeSAN aircraft will begin to deteriorate from the time of manufacture and this process will continue throughout its service life. Corrosion in its many forms can greatly accelerate…
The In‐Situ Pretreatment of Aluminium Surfaces for Repainting
George MIMF Higgins BScFOR whatever reason — general wear and tear, change of livery, or metallographic inspection procedures — aircraft are repainted. This is a fact of life that many would wish…
Aircraft Corrosion Hazard — Conclusive Demonstration
BY applying tests designed specifically for measuring the penetration and coating of anti corrosion materials in car body sections, Dinol International has been comparing the…
The Mission Adaptive Wing
THE mission adaptive wing (MAW) maintains aerodynamic efficiency at all speeds and in all flight modes, responding to flight conditions and pilot commands.
Rolls‐Royce ‘Transparent Engine’ System
SINCE the start of jet engine development, one problem has hampered designers and development engineers: the opaque walls of the engine casings. They wanted to ‘look’ through the…
Lockheed Uses Supercomputer to Solve Complex Aerodynamics Problems
NEW supercomputers are adding daily to aerodynamics research tools. These computers have made possible a relatively new field of aerodynamics research, called computational…
CFM International Tests its First Full Authority Digital Electronic Control for CFM56–5 Engine
Engine testing has begun in Evendale, Ohio using the first Full Authority Digital Electronic Control (FADEC) for the CM56–5 high bypass turbofan, the engine for the new Airbus…
Garrett Division Developing Advanced Flight Control Actuation Systems
GARRETT Pneumatic Systems Division of Tempe, Arizona, is designing and developing a new actuator system that will allow for the elimination of conventional hydraulic lines in the…
The Welding Institute Saves US Aerospace Giant 6 Million
A Welding Institute Development project costing two thousand pounds (£2,000) has saved General Dynamics Corporation seven point nine million dollars ($7.9 million).
First Brazilian AMX Flies
THE first flight of the first Brazilian‐assembled AMX combat aircraft has taken place at Embraer's facility at Sao Jose dos Campos. It lasted for more than an hour and the pilot…
Yamazaki Give Aerospace Sub‐Contractor the Competitive Edge
INSTALLATION of two Yamazaki CNC machining centres and a computer aided manufacturing (CAM) system at the Leicester works of subcontractor Castillion Precision Engineering Ltd…
Aircraft Components Machined up to 50 Percent Faster
CYCLE times in the production of turned components for the aerospace industry have, it is stated, been reduced by up to 50 percent, and savings of up to 75 percent in set‐up times…
Fighter's Performance Increased
ENGINE improvements in the U.S. Air Force's F‐15 Eagle have, it is stated, dramatically increased the fighter's performance during flight tests at McDonnell Douglas Corporation.
Safety Topics
MaydayDuring a manually flown ILS approach to Kuala Lumpur at dusk in bad weather, an A300 aircraft descended below glideslope and struck trees at a height of 174ft ASL approximately…
Equipment, Materials and Services
A new solid‐state, self‐compensating compass launched by Crouzet Ltd of Farnborough, Hants, provides an entirely new approach to the problem of determining magnetic heading to an…
Equipment, Materials and Services
Manufactured and designed by H.V. power supply manufacturer Hunting Hivolt Ltd, the Series 4800, 4.8kW high stability switch‐mode power supply, has the capability to provide…
News and Views
Lockheed‐California will produce kits to modify six Delta L‐1011 jetliners British Aerospace 146 proves popular with Ansett WA Lockheed‐California Company has reached an agreement…
News and Views
Raychem heat‐shrink polymer technology — as applied to new, ultra‐lightweight fabrics — has assisted Pegasus microlight aircraft to pull off a long list of medals, records and…
Contracts
The Computer Systems Division of Thorn EMI Electronics in Wells has just won an MOD contract, valued in the region of £1M, to supply two radar simulators to train RAF air traffic…
Contracts
The Cameroon national flag carrier, Cameroon Airlines, has placed an order with British Aerospace for two Super 748 twin turboprop airliners for operation on the country's…
People
As part of a continuing programme to improve the Company's efficiency and competitiveness, the senior management of British Aerospace is being reorganised on a functional basis…
Conferences, Meetings and Events
Admiral Donald D. Engen, Federal Aviation Administrator for the United States Department of Transportation, has been confirmed as keynote speaker for the 1986 Conference on…
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- Prof Phil Webb