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Getting Shipshape AER October 2020 OSPACE DOES AEROSPACE HAVE A RACE PROBLEM? SECRETS FROM THE FALKLANDS AIR WAR POWERING UP ELECTRIC FLIGHT www.aerosociety.com October 2020 GETTING SHIPSHAPE Volume 47 Number 10 Volume UK F-35B FORCE GETS READY FOR FIRST OPERATIONAL CARRIER DEPLOYMENT Royal AeronauticaSociety OCTOBER 2020 AEROSPACE COVER FINAL.indd 1 18/09/2020 14:59 RAeS 2020 Virtual Conference Programme Join us from wherever you are in the world to experience high quality, informative content. Book early for our special introductory offer rates. STRUCTURES & MATERIALS UAS / ROTORCRAFT / AIR TRANSPORT GREENER BY DESIGN 7th Aircraft Structural Urban Air Mobility RAeS Climate Change Design Conference Conference 2020 Conference 2020 DATE NEW DATE DATE 8 October 22 - 23 October 3 - 4 November TIME TIME TIME 14:00 - 17:00 13:00 - 18:00 13:00 - 18:00 SCAN USING SCAN USING SCAN USING YOUR PHONE YOUR PHONE YOUR PHONE FOR MORE INFO FOR MORE INFO FOR MORE INFO Embark on your virtual learning journey with the RAeS Connect and interact with our speakers and ask questions live Engage and network with other professionals from across the world Meet our sponsors at our virtual exhibitor booths Access content post-event to continue your professional development For the full virtual conference programme and further details on what to expect visit aerosociety.com/VCP Volume 47 Number 10 October 2020 EDITORIAL Contents When global rules unravel Regulars 4 Radome 12 Transmission What price global standards, rules and regulations? Pre-pandemic there were The latest aviation and Your letters, emails, tweets aeronautical intelligence, and social media feedback. many who argued that globalisation had gone too far. However, the effect analysis and comment. of Covid-19 on aviation, which relies on seamless connectivity, common 58 The Last Word standards and single markets, has been crippling with only domestic air travel 11 Pushing the Envelope Keith Hayward compares in China to return to anything like normality. Elsewhere, hopes that a gradual Rob Coppinger looks at the and contrasts the collapse progress in the development of Rolls-Royce in January easing of restrictions from the tight lockdown in March would bring a recovery of engines for the new 1971 with its present in passenger numbers have now been dashed, and airlines are facing the generation of supersonic diffi culties in the wake of complete collapse of long-haul travel. In the UK, air bridges, uncertainty over civil aircraft. Covid-19. countries on the 14-day quarantine list and last-minute Government U-turns Features are undermining any demand for intra-European air travel. Without a vaccine 26 Lightning pathfi nders being quickly rolled out, this could well mean a slow and painful recovery – 14 The experience of introducing one estimate is that airlines will not recover to 2019 traffi c levels until 2028. the F-35B Lightning II onto The scale of job losses to the aviation industry has also distracted attention the UK’s new HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier. from an arguably bigger issue – the way in which aviation and air travel is the vital lubricant that keeps the motor of global trade and commerce running. Lufthansa Although the world has adapted remarkably swiftly to remote collaboration and online working, the absence of business-class travel to help power the Plugging into the electric 30 global economy, means the risk of the engine is in danger of seizing-up. aircraft revolution Part 1 of a two-part analysis Simply put, if the world’s nations want to avoid a prolonged global depression, into the economic realities of there needs to be urgent high-level global agreement on common health developing and operating all- electric commercial aircraft. standards for air travel, airport checks, passenger screening, etc to allow Clipped wings aviation to continue to generate this wider employment and wealth. Although 19 21 things I discovered The practicalities of keeping countries are creating their own national ‘aviation plans’, airlines desperately while writing Harrier 809 civil aircraft in long and Rowland White describes short-term storage. need a global recovery plan just to survive, let alone thrive, in a confusing previous secret plans mishmash of pandemic travel rules and restrictions. and unusual facts when 36 Beyond safety researching his latest book How aviation organisations Tim Robinson FRAeS, Editor-in-Chief on the Falklands Air War. need not just to meet but to [email protected] exceed safety standards. 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(Lockheed Martin) @aerosociety i Find us on LinkedIn f Find us on Facebook www.aerosociety.com OCTOBER 2020 13 Blueprint INTELLIGENCE / ANALYSIS / COMMENT Blade runner The HX50 is set to benefit from a new approach in rotor and hub design, with its three-blade configuration providing benign handling, increased flight performance and advanced wire-strike protection. Composite structure The HX50 will feature a composite structure, giving a lightweight, damage-tolerant and crashworthy protection for a pilot and four passengers. Retractable undercarriage Unusually for a single-engine light helicopter in this class, the landing gear will be retractable. The sleek design will help achieve lower aerodynamic drag, giving reduced fuel consumption. Hill Helicopters 4 AEROSPACE OCTOBER 2020 News.indd 2 18/09/2020 13:58:42 Specifi cations Passengers: fi ve including pilot Gross weight: 3,630lb Empty weight: 1,870lb Payload: 1,760lb Cargo: 60lb Max cruise speed: 140kt Fuel burn: 35gph at 140kt 22gph at 110kt Mystery engine Hill Helicopters remains coy about the 500shp turbine powerplant it will use for the HX50 but there is speculation that it is developing its own powerplant in-house with input from founder Jason Hill’s engineering company DynamiQ Engineering. The engine is described as being multifuel (including biofuels) with advanced inlets and noise- suppression and delivering a high power-to-weight ratio. GENERAL AVIATION Light chopper aims to disrupt A previously unknown UK company has revealed that it is developing a new light helicopter for the private market. The Hill Helicopters HX50 is a single-engine light helicopter powered by an as-yet-unnamed 500shp powerplant and will carry four passengers and a pilot. It is aiming to compete with the Bell 505, Robinson R66 and Airbus H120 with low running costs of £15k a year – and address a market not yet served. The company aims to fl y the helicopter in 2022, with deliveries to follow the following year. OCTOBER 2020 5 OCTOBER 2020 News.indd 3 18/09/2020 13:58:50 Radome COVID-19 AEROSPACE AIR TRANSPORT ATC trainees latest casualty of Airlines adapt with Covid-19 fallout sightseeing fl ights Faced with restrictions at full capacity. Royal on international fl ights Brunei Airlines, also due to the Covid-19, operated a 85min some airlines have now sightseeing ‘dine and fl y’ begun offering scenic fl ight in August using an sightseeing fl ights to A320. Meanwhile, other cater for passengers airlines including Japan’s NATS desperate to fl y. Taiwan’s All Nippon Airlines Over 120 trainee air traffi c controllers from the UK NATS air service provider are to Eva Air, for example, fl ew (ANA), Japan Airlines, lose their jobs just weeks before graduation and being posted to operational units.
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