Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 62 Issue 9
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Long Life Topcoat — LLT 2000: New generation aerospace coatings based on advanced fluoropolymer technology for civil and military use
Brian R. ParrottThe use of fluoropolymer resin within ambient temperature curing exterior paint finishes for use on aircraft are shown to be a practical and beneficial proposition. Comparison…
How Rumbold is Choosing to Meter its International Quality Drive
SAFETY in the aircraft industry doesn't stop at the airframe and the engines. The same ‘sky high’ standards are applied to all interior equipment and enforced by international…
Lucas, a Clear Leader in Window Production.(?)
IF you have ever peered out of the windows of the passenger section of a civil aircraft you will know that they are too small and usually in the wrong place. The Eiffel Tower is…
Total Capability Contracting for a Flight Critical Structure
Duncan J. Wardrop, Robert M. AllansonCOMPONENTS using aluminium skins, ribs and honeycomb or graphite/epoxy and Nomex honeycomb bonded into an assembly, have been manufactured for some years. Major aircraft companies…
DEA's Co‐Ordinate Measuring Machines Provide the Basis for Minimal Manned Automatic Inspection
THE reduction of inspection times from hours to minutes has been achieved by Wolverhampton aerospace, maritime and defence industry systems manufacturer Dowty Boulton Paul, by…
Airbus Industrie
At this year's Farnborough Air Show Airbus Industrie exhibited on its stand one‐twentieth scale models of its entire aircraft family — the A300–600, A310, A320, A321, A330 and…
Civil Aviation Operations
Terry Ford, CEng, RRAeSHELD in London the third European Aerospace Conference was organized by the Royal Aeronautical Society and similar professional bodies in France, Germany and Italy and provided an…
Cutting Through Machining Problems
THE aerospace industry probably presents more machining problems in general than any other single industry. There are more high precision components found in aircraft than in most…
Safety Topics: Emergency Exits
MaydayPROPOSED rules by the FAA revise current requirements for the passenger emergency exits of transport category aircraft as well as adopt two new exit types into the regulations. It…
Equipment
The most complete interface available for meeting the requirements of the Eurofighter aircraft 1MHz data bus system has been announced by ILC Data Device Corporation (DDC). The…
Contracts
GEC Avionics investment in solid state Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) technology has been directed in support of the British Aerospace Hawk 100/200 aircraft export drive. In a risk…
News and Views
Self‐adhesive materials from Fasson have played a major role in the new corporate identity programme undertaken recently by Air Malta.
People
Dunlop Aviation Division based in Coventry, announces with immediate effect, the following management Committee appointments:‐
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