Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 65 Issue 11
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Introduction to Designing With Aluminium Extrusions in Today's Aircraft
THE desire to provide today's aircraft with high payload and long range performance capabilities has led to the search for new and innovative ways of reducing weight and…
Cryogenic‐Fueled Turbofans: Kuznetsov Bureau's pioneer work on LH2 and LNG dual‐fuel engines
Ken FultonA recent two‐line news item in the International Herald Tribune highlighted an important aspect of Russia's interest in developing cryogenic‐fuelled aircraft. The item read simply…
AASI Applies for Jetcruzer IMC/IFR & Night Approval for Single‐Engine Turbine Aircraft
ADVANCED Aerodynamics & Structures Inc., (AASI) manufacturer of the Jetcruzer 450/500 single‐engine turbine powered aircraft, has applied for and seeks approval of change of…
DEA Swifts Facilitate Self‐Certification at Pilkington
TWO manually operated DEA Swift co‐ordinate measuring machines (CMM), each equipped with Tutor M measuring software, have been installed directly in the production machine shop of…
Helitech 93: Redhill Aerodrome — 28th September‐1st October
A wide variety of helicopters were either flown or on display at Redhill, supported by an exhibition of increased size compared to previous years dealing with components, systems…
Aircraft Manufacturer Installs Advanced Machine Tools, and Axes Subcontractors
FUNDAMENTAL changes in production at Short Brothers' Belfast factory have resulted in the majority of complex, high value components being machined in‐house. The 107…
Expensive Aircraft Downtime Drastically Reduced with Safety Improvements
SAFETY considerations and regular maintenance of essential components and equipment are obvious requirements within the aircraft industry. When carrying out checking and…
Safety Topics: Cabin Water Spray
MaydayThis article describes a series of full scale fire tests to evaluate and develop an on‐board cabin water spray system for use in post‐crash fires. The baseline system used for the…
Lucas Aerospace Wins Energy Award
HERTFORDSHIRE‐BASED Lucas Aerospace has won Eastern Electricity's PEP (Power for Efficiency and Productivity) Award for its recent investment in energy‐efficient heat treatment…
Equipment
DDC's new BU‐61590 hybrid circuit will, for the first time, enable avionic equipment to interface with all variations of the internationally accepted Mil‐Std‐1553 aircraft data…
Contracts
Lucas has been awarded a contract from International Lease Finance Corp. of Los Angeles, California, the second largest leasing firm in the world, to upgrade the lower lobe cargo…
News and Views
Air Hanson, one of England's largest business aircraft and helicopter dealers, has been appointed regional distributor for McDonnell Douglas helicopters in France, Luxembourg…
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- Prof Phil Webb