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1986
1986 - 0600.PDF
TOURING SERVICES 1TD BIGGIN HILL KENT TELEPHONE 0959 73652 0959 74038 Sole UK Distributors for TRINIDAD TB20 250 HP "C-" TOBAGO TB10 180 HP O' TAMPICO TB9 160 HP AND THE NEW ROBIN 3000 TRAINER 120 HP/ 160 HP SUSaerospatiale *sil?^*' general aviation INDUSTRY Lockheed funds windshear system MARIETTA An aircraft sensor system capable of detecting wind- shear is being evaluated at Texas A & M University and will be tested on Lockheed- Georgia's C-130 High Tech nology Test Bed (HTTB). Developed by Texas A & M research engineer Oran Nicks, and funded for further devel opment by a Lockheed- Georgia research contract, the device is designed to sense windshear at the moment the forward part of an aircraft encounters the change in wind direction or speed. It measures the severity of the change and provides visual and audio signals to alert the pilot. "It is designed to buy the pilot some time to respond. Maybe only a few seconds, but that could make the differ ence," says Nicks, who heads Texas A & M's Space Research Centre. He developed the "total energy sensor" for sailplanes and the device is currently in use around the world by glider pilots. Using small aircraft from Texas A & M's flight mechanics laboratory, the system is being evaluated by general aviation pilots to determine its usefulness and the best way of displaying the information in the cockpit. The system will be installed in Lockheed's HTTB flying laboratory to help determine the device's usefulness on a tactical during Stol airlifter approaches. Says Dr professor Donald Ward, of aerospace engineering at Texas A & M: "The information this device provides is already available in other forms from other instruments in large aircraft, but not in this way. This device is relatively inexpen sive and might help quantify the windshear in a way that helps the pilot to react more quickly." WHO'S NEWS Francois Hamy is appointed chairman and chief executive of Thomson-Lucas subsidiary Bronzavia, and Jacques Larroumets becomes vice- president of Auxilec and chairman and chief executive of subsidiary Ragonot. Jean- Claude Mauge becomes vice-president of Bronzavia. Max Bleck joins Beech Aircraft as assistant to the president and chief executive officer James Walsh. Bleck has served previously with Gates-Learjet, Piper, and Cessna. New ultrasonic crack detector Krautkramer's new ultrasonic flaw detector USL 42 is claimed to incorporate "the best amplifier yet fitted to a portable instrument of this type". It has five selectable frequency bands (John Maybury, Wells Krautkramer, Black- horse Road, Letchworth SG6 1HF, Herts, England; tel (0462) 678151). FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL, 15 March 1986
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