Terence E. Ford and MRAeS
Held at the Institution of Electrical Engineers, the international conference on “The Future of Aircraft All Weather Operations” attracted contributions on a wide variety of…
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Held at the Institution of Electrical Engineers, the international conference on “The Future of Aircraft All Weather Operations” attracted contributions on a wide variety of topics. The first was on operational requirements and G. E. Selves and J. O. Clark of British Airways referred to the ICAO objectives used as a guide in provisioning equipment and approving operating procedures. All weather operations are based on a total system including the ground equipment, and the aircraft and its equipment as well as the procedures referred to. Crew training is of great importance, and the lock of suitable ground facilities outside Europe and the USA gives cause for concern.
Evolution of a range of advanced turbofan engines must of necessity, be a fairly lengthy process. Not only has the required technology to be established in current production…
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Evolution of a range of advanced turbofan engines must of necessity, be a fairly lengthy process. Not only has the required technology to be established in current production versions, but a high level of reliability has to be demonstrated over a period of years if the development potential of the powerplant is to be fully realised. The data fed back from operators to manufacturers is of prime importance in this context, and generates the confidence which enables a trouble‐free entry into service of more powerful variants of the engine.
The papers presented at the biennial Convention of the Guild of Air Traffic Control Officers had two broad themes concerned with noise abatement — ‘Understanding the problem’ and…
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The papers presented at the biennial Convention of the Guild of Air Traffic Control Officers had two broad themes concerned with noise abatement — ‘Understanding the problem’ and ‘The way ahead’. The former opened with a consideration of the legal and social aspects of the aircraft noise problem, which have to be reconciled with safe navigation. Three possible radical cures have been considered: quieten the aircraft; take the aircraft away from the people; or the people away from the aircraft. Restrictions on night movements and quieter engines all help, but more forward planning at airports would be of great assistance.
A RECORD of punctuality and reliability has been built up over the past few years by the Super One Eleven aircraft of British Airways. In particular, this relates to the S‐111's…
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A RECORD of punctuality and reliability has been built up over the past few years by the Super One Eleven aircraft of British Airways. In particular, this relates to the S‐111's use on routes between the UK and Germany and on the internal services to and from Berlin and the West. The latter constitutes the largest part of the operations of the Manchester‐based S‐111 Division.
With Sir Peter Masefield in the chair, the Royal Aeronautical Society's discussion of Third Level and Regional Airlines was opened with a Keynote Address by N. D. Norman, in which…
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With Sir Peter Masefield in the chair, the Royal Aeronautical Society's discussion of Third Level and Regional Airlines was opened with a Keynote Address by N. D. Norman, in which he sought to define these two types of operations by referring to the traffic progression which transforms a “commuter” airline into one which finds its aircraft too small and not capable of flying longer sectors. There appears to be three main causes for increase of traffic: the reduction of surface travel; the rising cost of surface transport; and the emergence of new industries (eg oil in the North Sea).
Methods of recording data in flight have been in existence for many years, but it was not until the potential of a recording medium together with electronic systems came to be…
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Methods of recording data in flight have been in existence for many years, but it was not until the potential of a recording medium together with electronic systems came to be realised, that the full value of continuously acquiring a variety of parameters could be appreciated.
Scheduled to enter service in 1979, British Airways ‐500 TriStars will be the first of this variant in operation and will be used on the airline's longer routes (up to 5,260 n…
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Scheduled to enter service in 1979, British Airways ‐500 TriStars will be the first of this variant in operation and will be used on the airline's longer routes (up to 5,260 n miles). They will be suitable for such sectors as London‐Los Angeles, Sydney‐Hong Kong and New York‐Buenos Aires, carrying 246 passengers. The ‐500 has been designed to take advantage of a high degree of commonality with earlier TriStar models and from a maintenance standpoint, 95 per cent of the air‐frame spares and 100 per cent of the engine spares are the same as the ‐200 Series.
Development by Westland of the WISP plan symmetric helicopter (that is to say, one which is sensibly symmetrical about the rotor axis shaft) has advanced to the stage at which…
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Development by Westland of the WISP plan symmetric helicopter (that is to say, one which is sensibly symmetrical about the rotor axis shaft) has advanced to the stage at which four of these aircraft have been constructed for use in a short range surveillance system which is being produced for the Ministry of Defence. It should be emphasised that this particular role of surveillance of the remotely piloted helicopter (RPH) is only one of the many uses envisaged.
Basil Clarke and Terence E. Ford
Fifty years ago ,on 21st May 1927, Charles Lindbergh landed on this very field, Le Bourget, after having made the first non‐stop Atlantic crossing from New York to Paris. Several…
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Fifty years ago ,on 21st May 1927, Charles Lindbergh landed on this very field, Le Bourget, after having made the first non‐stop Atlantic crossing from New York to Paris. Several days earlier, Nungesser and Coli met their tragic end in attempting the flight from Paris to New York, an exploit that Costes and Bellonte succeeded in making only three years later.
In order to succeed in an action under the Equal Pay Act 1970, should the woman and the man be employed by the same employer on like work at the same time or would the woman still…
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In order to succeed in an action under the Equal Pay Act 1970, should the woman and the man be employed by the same employer on like work at the same time or would the woman still be covered by the Act if she were employed on like work in succession to the man? This is the question which had to be solved in Macarthys Ltd v. Smith. Unfortunately it was not. Their Lordships interpreted the relevant section in different ways and since Article 119 of the Treaty of Rome was also subject to different interpretations, the case has been referred to the European Court of Justice.