In this Issue - September 2009

The September 2009 issue is now available online! Packed full of news, interviews and features, including:

COVER STORY - On deck: USS Nimitz - An exclusive insight into aircraft maintenance on the largest warship in the world

F-35C carrier variant - The first tactical aircraft to enter US Naval service for decades that is powered by a single engine

Russian seaplanes - A predicted upsurge in water operations has led the world’s largest manufacturer of seaplanes to design hugely ambitious amphibious aircraft

Flight of the Poseidon - The successful metamorphosis of a Boeing 737 into the P-8 Poseidon anti-submarine aircraft

The future of CFD - Over the last few decades there has been an explosion of CFD applications for aerospace vehicle development

Ice research center - The aviation industry will soon benefit from a new global aerospace center for icing and environmental research in Canada

Interview: Michel Guillaume - The head of aerodynamics at RUAG reveals his vision for using CFD in virtual flight testing

In this Issue - June 2009

The June 2009 issue is now available online! Packed full of news, interviews and features, including:

COVER STORY: Interview: André Borschberg

‘Roadable aircraft’ or flying car: In the March 2008 issue of Aerospace Testing, we revealed that the transition roadable aircraft was set to take to the skies within two years. Just a year later, it made its maiden flight


AD-150 VTOL: With the first flight of the futuristic AD-150 VTOL UAV within sight, its lead engineer reveals details of the test program for the UAV that is destined for the US Marines


Interview: Hans-Elias de Bree, Founder, Microflown technologies
 

The X-51 scramjet: It won’t be long before a sonic boom echoes across the eastern Pacific when the X-51 WaveRider is dropped from a B-52


Rocket car: A car attached to an ICBM rocket aims to break the sound barrier, and then pass Mach 2. One of its developers is a veteran of land speed record attempts – Waldo Stake
 

EXPO REVIEW: Aerospace Testing, Munich - As the curtain came down on Aerospace Testing, Design and Manufacturing 2009 in Munich, it was announced that the show would be moving back to Hamburg. A look at some of the highlights in Bavaria.

In this Issue - March 2009

The March 2009 issue is now available online! Packed full of news, interviews and features, including:

REGULARS

V-ROTATE - The latest stories behind the news, including: US defense cuts with the Next Generation Air Transportation System; resumption of the 787 test program; European certification of Russian amphibian aircraft; and new NASA rockets for the moon

TESTING TALK - Frank Colucci discusses the Sikorsky’s X2 Advancing Blade Concept and the test program

COMPANY BULLETINS - Featuring company news, latest innovations, case studies, and the most up-to-date systems on the market

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CONTROL COLUMN - Survey Copter is a company that specializes in designing, developing and producing remote-controlled systems to operate in hostile environments

VINTAGE MODELS - The regular look at the amazing people behind incredible machines: Ronald Bishop and the Comet

CIVIL ROTORCRAFT


Sikorsky X2 - The chief engineer of the X2 program discusses the record-breaking helicopter

Interview: Francis Combes - Program director Francis Combes reveals exclusive details about the progress of Eurocopter and Harbin’s latest combined effort, the EC175/Z-15

Bell 429 - Its makers claim it is the most advanced twin-engined helicopter manufactured. Without a doubt, the Bell 429 stands out from the crowd

Flight test: Enstrom - Leading pilot Dennis Kenyon has flown 34 types of helicopter. His journey through 14,000 flying hours has not always been smooth

Black Hornet - In July 2008 the world’s smallest helicopter lifted off. In an exclusive interview, inventor Petter Muren lifts the lid on the Black Hornet

Ditching evaluation - The forced landing of an A320 in the Hudson River was extraordinary. Here, two of the world’s leading experts give an insight into ditching evaluation

GLIDERS


Flight test: Duo Discus X - Glider pilot Jochen Ewald describes his first flight test of the Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus X glider

Sailplane aerobatics - Forming an aerobatic team and maintaining the airplane are some of the tasks faced by Dutch Glider Aerobatic Team coordinator Erik Houtman

Structural examination - The first A400m produced for static testing, MSN 5000, used 7,000 strain gauges to verify performance

EXPO PREVIEW


Aerospace Testing, Munich - Now in its seventh year, Aerospace Testing, Design & Manufacturing is the global meeting place for the aerospace engineering development community

Material stress - Fatigue testing is becoming increasingly important, particularly with modernization programs and avionics upgrades