Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 38 Issue 2
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An International JournalTable of contents
The industry of Plowden
THE predominant feature of the comment on the Plowden report is one of disappointment that the committee of inquiry, after a year‐long probe into the industry, failed to provide a…
Achievements and Prospects with Composite Air Breathing Engines: A description of the achievements of the Griffon 02 with a composite turboramjet engine and a discussion of the present state of the art
A. GozlanWHEN talking about airbreathing engines it is now generally understood that they are either turbine engines when the maximum flight Mach number is subsonic or moderately…
Application of Supersonic Combustion to Ramjets: An examination of the possibilities of using supersonic combustion for air vehicles in the mid‐hypersonic range
Louis Viaud, André MestreTHE interest shown lately in ramjet‐type engines for propulsion of hypersonic vehicles within the atmosphere has led us to consider using supersonic combustion ramjets, also…
Flight Deck Display for Future Aircraft Projects: The viewpoint of a U.S. manufacturer on the development of vertical scale instruments for cockpit display
Milton BrownIN the U.S. today there is a heavy emphasis on cockpit instrument display development due to several new F.A.A. Advisory Circulars, the most important of which spell out the…
The Propulsive Duct
C.E. TharrattA Theoretical Approach to Assessing the Thermodynamic Process Within the Combustion Chamber of the Propulsive Duct, an Examination of the Potential of the Duct with Special…
The Plowden Report on the Industry: Extracts from the report of the Committee of Inquiry into the aircraft industry
The following extracts from the Plowden Committee's report on the aircraft industry cover the conclusions and summary of recommendations made by the Committee, and includes the…
Royal Aeronautical Society Centenary: A brief history of the oldest aeronautical society in the world
ON January 12, 1966, the Royal Aeronautical Society celebrated its hundredth birthday with a Conversazione held at the Science Museum. Mr Fred Mulley, the Minister of Aviation…
Ear‐to‐ground
A new twin‐engined turboprop aircraft designed for the executive and feeder‐line markets has been launched as a private venture by Handley Page Ltd. Already orders worth £2…
Personalities in the news
Mr Edward Bowyer, C.B.E., the Director and Chief Executive of S.B.A.C. for the past twenty years, will retire from the post at the end of June 1966, having reached the normal…
Aviation Electronics
Details of Electrical and Electronic Apparatus with Applications in the Maintenance and Operation of Aircraft, Missiles and Space Vehicles. The Royal Radar Establishment (R.R.E.)…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Council and publications of other similar Research Bodies as issued.
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb