Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 42 Issue 7
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The thirty‐third annual report of the A.R.B.
THE introduction to the thirty‐third annual report of the A.R.B. was written before the change of Government and Lord Kings Norton, Chairman of the Board, made a plea for its…
Electronics and Flight Safety: A discussion of the Plessey philosophy of the use of data acquisition systems and a description of their range of systems
THE in‐flight recording of parameters relating to: altitude, heading, vertical acceleration, indicated air speed and pitch attitude, and their subsequent analyses by ground replay…
The Philosophy of Flight Data Acquisition Systems: An account of the development of flight data recorders and the need for system integration
Frank BreachNOT until mandatory requirements in some advanced countries obliged airlines to fit flight data recorders did these instruments become fashionable. The needs of major operators…
Flight Data Recording Systems: A brief survey of the past developments, current status and future trends in flight recording for accident investigation and operational purposes
A.R. MorcomSOME ten years ago, the regulatory authorities in the United States prepared legislation enforcing the carriage of flight data recorders on commercial passenger‐carrying aircraft…
Crash Protected Magnetic Tape Recorders: A brief description of a new digital flight data recorder produced by Aircraft Supplies Ltd.
FOUNDED in 1956 by Mr E. L. Cook, Aircraft Supplies Ltd. have come a long way since then. Mr Cook left the flight test department of the de Havilland organisation at Christchurch…
Flight and Accident Data Recorders: A brief description of some of the Fell Avionics range of data recorders and associated equipment
A RANGE or accident data recorders fully protected to TSO C51a has been developed by Fell Avionics to meet the present and future requirements for both civil and military…
Underwater Recovery of Flight Data Recorders: A discussion of the requirements and the value of underwater recovery systems
RECORDS of aircraft accidents taken over the ten year period ending December 1969, indicate that outside of communist countries, 79 aircraft of all types, have crashed into water…
The Economics of Military Aviation: A condensed version of a paper presented at the Spring Convention held by the Royal Aeronautical Society on Economic Factors in Aviation
Handel DaviesTHERE are at present some 45,000 aircraft of various types in service in the air forces of the non‐communist world. Most of these aircraft will need to be replaced in the course…
A Simple Rapid Microbiological Test for Aircraft Fuel: A description of a recently introduced test for microbiological contamination of fuel for jet engines that may be carried out in the field
E.C. HillIT has always been part of the philosophy of work in this laboratory on microbiological problems in petroleum products that the product user must eventually be responsible for…
Thermal Insulation for the Concorde Engine Bays: A short account of the engine bay insulation developed for the Anglo/French SST
J.O. Collins, B.R. Yerry, K.J. McGuireA combination of a highly efficient thermal insulation, stainless steel foil, and PTFE film resulted in an insulation system which would protect the underside of the wing of the…
The Open University
THE Open University — an imaginative scheme to bring university‐level education to all — has had a good start to its programme since it opened its doors for registration at the…
Ear‐to‐ground
Ishikawajima‐Harima Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (IHI) of Tokyo are to manufacture the Rolls‐Royce Turbomeca Adour turbofan engine under licence in Japan. Under the terms of the…
Auxiliary Equipment
Details of Some Components Used for Subsidiary Services in Aircraft, Missiles and Space Vehicles. A range of tungsten‐halogen exterior floodlights, from 500 W. to 2000 W. is…
New Materials
Brief Particulars of Recently Introduced Materials likely to have Aircraft, Missile or Space Vehicle Applications. Sections of strip‐brush, manufactured by the Kleen‐e‐ze Brush Co.…
Research and Testing
Equipment, Programmes, Techniques and Projects. Five years after the cancellation of the aircraft for which they were originally built, Olympus 320 engines developed for the TSR‐2…
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