University of Glasgow: The Sixth in a Series of Articles Describing the Facilities, Academic Curricula and Research Activities in the Aeronautical Engineering Departments of the British Universities

Abstract

HISTORY ALTHOUGH the present Department of Aeronautics and Fluid Mechanics was created only in 1950, the teaching of Aeronautics in the University goes back to the year 1920, and interest in aeronautics begins even further back. One of the pioneers of aviation, Percy S. Pilchcr, was an Assistant in the Department of Naval Architecture in 1892–6. During this time he constructed his first man‐carrying glider.

Citation

Babister, A.W. (1963), "University of Glasgow: The Sixth in a Series of Articles Describing the Facilities, Academic Curricula and Research Activities in the Aeronautical Engineering Departments of the British Universities", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 35 No. 3, pp. 78-79. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb033701