Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 21 Issue 9
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An International JournalTable of contents
Keeping Them in the Air
WE are greatly indebted to BRITISH EUROPEAN AIRWAYS—and in particular its Chief Engineer, Mr B. S. Shenstone, and his staff—for all the enthusiastic assistance they gave MR…
British European Airways' Maintenance Organization: A Description by the Technical Editor of the Maintenance Control System and Premium Bonus Scheme in use at the Northolt Base
MOST readers will be aware that a novel servicing system was introduced by British European Airways nearly a year ago. In fact, there was some opposition to it at first that…
Proposal for a Powered Control System for Aircraft: A System Featuring Safeguards Against Power Failure, Together with Complete Integration with the Automatic Pilot
H.L. PriceTHE following paper was written early in 1946 when the writer was a member of the Sperry Gyroscope Company. It discusses in general terms a particular form of powered control…
The Production of the Slingsby 21B Sedburgh Glider: How the Problems of Small‐Scale Manufacture in Wood Have Been Tackled at Kirby Moorside
J.C. ReussnerTHE production of a glider presents problems that are similar in many respects to those found in the production of any other type of aircraft. The position in the case of the…
The Behaviour of Metals Under Multiaxial Stress Systems: The Relationship Between the Applied Tensile or Direct Stress and the Torsion or Shear Stress
A.E. JohnsonA SURVEY has been made of some aspects of behaviour of metals under multiaxial stress systems, taking into consideration available experimental evidence.
Two‐Spar Wing Stress Analysis: A Method Taking into Account the Finite Spacing of the Ribs, with Detailed Numerical Calculations and Test Results for a Model Wing Test Specimen
W.J. GoodeyTHE methods of wing stress analysis at present in use have in most cases been developed on the assumptions that the ribs are rigid in their own planes, and that they may be…
The Development of Turbine Engines in France—II: An Account of Some of the Experimental Work Carried Out by the Research Departments of the Societe Rateau at La Courneuve
THE IMPORTANCE OF DILUTION FOR TURBO‐JETS The S.R.A. 1 turbo‐jet engine is of the ducted‐fan‐type. This arrangement seemed the best at the time when the problem (of good…
Aircraft Engineering Reference Sheet
A feature of the Dove construction is the use of Redux to secure the stringers to the skin for parts of the fuselage, main plane, tail plane and fin with a single curvature. This…
The Static Notch‐Bar Tensile Test: An Indication of Tensile Strength, Hardness, Ductility and Toughness
G. Fitzgerald‐LeeVARIOUS steels, or even different heats of the same steel, with identical mechanical properties when determined by ordinary tests, vary considerably in behaviour in service; and…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Report and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Council, Reports and Technical Notes of the United States Notional…
Trade Announcements
The Fifth British Commonwealth and Empire Lecture will be held on Thursday, September 15, 1949, at 6 p.m. at the Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, Westminster…
U.S. Patent Specifications
These details and drawings of patents granted in the United States are taken, by permission of the Department of Commerce, from the ‘Official Gazette of the United States Patent…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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- Prof Phil Webb