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Aviation History
1971
1971 - 0033.PDF
GHT International, 7 January 1971 31 IEC RflAlfo!IAB>©[ rHE FUTURE of the highly trained air engineer in the Royal Navy is not as bleak as Fleet Air am cutbacks might indicate. These officers are re product of a very comprehensive aeronautical ngineering course provided at the Royal Naval Ingineering College, Manadon, outside Plymouth. 'arallel with the rundown of fixed-wing ngineering is the growth in use of helicopters hroughout the fleet, with the Manadon course sing tailored appropriately. The only physical . '; ' elfect, therefore, has been a small temporary reduction in the numbers passing through the course. The course runs parallel with those on weapons and electrical and on mechanical engineering, f Because of the autonomous requirements of a ship at sea, the naval air engineer must be equally ' comprehensive in his capabilities. The syllabus . therefore provides a degree course followed by post-graduate application courses covering the five major subjects of aerodynamics, aerostructures, engines and propulsion, airframes and aircraft systems and control engineering. Facilities include two quantitive subsonic and one qualitative supersonic wind tunnels. A wide selection of sectional aero engines and working test cells of a twin Mamba and a Viper provide practical demonstrations. The photographs on this page perhaps otter a better review of the course as well as demonstrating that the traditional naval beard still proliferates. .•->,"'• '• ,«v rv~ 2Ssr^-, ;- Ai - o 0 •O'
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