Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 66 Issue 4
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An International JournalTable of contents
Trent — Concept through to Production
John HutchinsonThe 1988 decision by British engineering company Rolls‐Royce to launch a new gas turbine engine at the top end of the power market was a bold move.
Metal Matrix Composites (MMCs)
Terry FordOrganized by the Institute of Materials, this latest MMC conference was subtitled “Design and Innovation” and attracted delegates from research bodies, universities and industry…
Aerospace Corrosion Control: Part 1
Held recently in Amsterdam, the 3rd Aerospace Corrosion Control Symposium attracted speakers and delegates from a wide spectrum of the Aerospace industry, as well as from…
Mini features
DuPont in Europe has introduced chemical‐ and creep‐resistant machined finished parts and stock shapes in “Zymaxx”, a high temperature Teflon matrix with a specially treated high…
Space projects
McDonnell Douglas Corp. has announced that it has signed a contract valued in excess of $400 million with Motorola's Satellite Communications Division, Chandler, Arizona, to…
Aerospace Notes
A US company, Seattle Aviation Partners Inc., is developing advanced winglet designs for air transports that will cut fuel consumption from 6 per cent to more than 10 per cent…
Maintenance
BP Chemicals Aerospace Composites has launched a JAR‐145 approved maintenance organization for aerospace composite components.
Aerospace Safety
A Piper Navajo Chieftain took off for a return flight to Filton from Hawarden. After take‐off, the gear retracted normally, but simultaneously both the pilot and his assistant…
Patent abstracts
In UK patent application 2266873, Mukdam Numan describes an aircraft, such as a cargo aircraft, which has a fuselage section that is detachable/ demountable/dischargeable so that…
Equipment
A new IFR couplet, to enhance significantly the capability of the IFR TCAS‐201 ramp test set, has just been launched by Hunting Avionics, a subsidiary of Hunting Aviation.
Contracts
Unison Industries has been awarded a contract by the US Government to supply augmentor igniter plugs for the F100 engine. The F100 engine powers the F‐15 and F‐16 air superiority…
News and Views
A large factory and hot isostatic processing plant based in Hereford has been acquired by HIP Ltd of Chesterfield. The plant, previously owned by INCO Alloys International, is…
People
AAR has announced that Terence (Terry) MacManus has joined the company as president and general manager of one of AAR Aviation Trading, Inc.'s operating units, AAR Allen Aircraft…
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- Prof Phil Webb