Monday, October 14, 2024

Appreciations are After Me Now 1973

 

Since last three years Senior Management was after me to get the hardest projects of repairs and updating of ground test equipment or flight equipment may be done which nobody was able to do.

(Picture from my Personal File)

Boeing Mach Trim Coupler test equipment was outdated and was unable to test newly arrived Boeing-707 aircraft’s Mach Trim Coupler. I accepted the challenge to upgrade the old test equipment resulting in a huge amount of saving foreign exchange by avoiding repair from manufacturer abroad. Successful results were reported to senior management who awarded me an appreciation letter.

Mach Trim is an advanced automatic control system in high-speed aircraft that adjusts the trim to counteract the aerodynamic effects encountered near and beyond the speed of sound, ensuring stable and controlled flight in these regimes. Mach numbers are very useful when it comes to measuring the speed of aircraft travelling close to or beyond the sound barrier. So when you are looking at the fastest and most innovative aircraft, it is often helpful to use Mach numbers.