Flying squad
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British Aerospace Group is the UK's largest manufactured goods exporter with a turnover of 28 billion pounds sterling and 89% of its production exported. The group, the world's fourth-largest defence and aerospace company, recruits some 300 new engineering graduates every year but personnel manager Richard Barr says it is increasingly difficult to find individuals with the right qualifications. The main problem is that many engineering graduates choose other professions, such as management consultancy. To combat this, the company recruits up to 20% of its graduates from Europe and overseas.
Publication Name: Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-7782
Year: 1999
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Unseen enemy
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The UK Royal Air Force uses different technologies to identify problems such as corrosion or fatigue on airplane parts. These include the D-sight device which monitors the surface layers of aircraft panels to indicate signs of corrosion underneath, eddy-current and ultrasonic testing which provides computer images of the deeper layers of parts and dye penetrants to reveal cracks on surfaces of materials.
Publication Name: Engineering
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0013-7782
Year: 1998
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