Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 64 Issue 8
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Technology and Training
Terry Ford C.Eng., MRAeSINTERNATIONAL discussion of the relationship that enables technology to be matched to training requirements was generated and encouraged at a recent conference organised by the…
NASA Langley Research Centre Installs Convex
NASA Langley Research Centre (LaRC) in Hampton, Virginia, U.S.A., has bought a Convex Preemptor 5000 Series realtime supercomputer. It will be used to support flight simulation…
Joucomatic Proportional Value Lets Pilots Feel the Pressure in EFA R&DF Simulator
THE use of flight simulators, as engineering research and development tools, is now a well established practice. Here Britain is to the fore, with the Warton Simulator Division of…
UK Patent Abstracts
In UK patent 2238026 British Aerospace plc describes an externally mounted fairing arrangement for bridging an aircraft fixed structure such as a wing and a control surface…
Composite Developments in Aircraft Structures — Part 3
D.H. MiddletonSpace limitations preclude more than a brief reference to other important developments in composites but several must be mentioned, the Bell‐Boeing V‐22 Osprey tilt‐rotor aircraft…
Fan Frames: One‐piece casting
HOWMET Corporation's Hampton (Virginia) Casting Division recently received a sole source contract from Ishikawajima‐Harima Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (IHI), of Japan, for one‐piece…
Safety Topics: Improved Access Required
MaydayA final rule has been issued by the FAA which revises the regulations to require improved access to the Type III emergency exits (typically of the smaller overwing type) in…
Farnborough International 92
AEM will be exhibiting in Hall 4, Stand G1. The exhibit will illustrate AEM's comprehensive range of accessory repair and overhaul services for electrical, hydraulic, avionic and…
Equipment
The EMI‐82470 EMI filter and transient suppressor from Data Device Corporation (DDC) reduces the input line reflected ripple current on switch‐mode dc/dc converters. Although the…
Contracts
Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Division has been selected as the original equipment supplier by CMC for its Leopard business jet, which is designed to replace four/five seater propeller…
News and Views
Dunlop's Precision Rubber Division is manufacturing the inflatable canopy seal for the European Fighter Aircraft (EFA). This is the largest and most complex seal on the aircraft…
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