Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 3 Issue 5
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The Lessons of R.101: Some Matters Requiring Investigation
IN discussing the report of the inquiry into the accident to R.101 it is impossible to avoid at the outset joining in the chorus of praise that has greeted it. The whole report is…
Steel Strip Construction: Use of Standard Sections and Fittings Reduces the Cost of even Small‐Scale Production
W.H. SayersTHE construction of aircraft by that essentially British method which employ structural members formed from thin high‐tensile steel strip rolled or drawn to corrugated sections is…
Airships in Horizontal Flight: An Examination of the Complicated Forces that Come into Play when an Airship is Pitched
Major P.L. TeedTHOUGH the airship is not infrequently described as a lighter‐than‐air craft, the usual meaning attached to the phrase obscures the fact that the vessel, having on occasions to…
The Thrust of Radial Engines: An Examination of Present Practice with Suggestions for Increasing Effective Thrust Horse‐Power
Philip B. TaylorALTHOUGH handicapped by a large frontal area, the radial air‐cooled engine has maintained its popularity up to the present. Recent developments indicate that the type is capable…
Aircraft Wheels and Tyres: A Review of Current Practice with Comments on Merits and Demerits of Various Types
George H. DowtyTHE need for drastic standardisation of aero wheels and tyres in England is long overdue. The U.S. Air Services have standardised five sizes of tyres for their needs, and these…
Cause of the Loss of R.101: Conclusions of the Court and a Summary of Investigations made at the National Physical Laboratory
SINCE the Report of the investigations into the causes and circumstances of the accident to R.101 do not bring out any noticeably new facts, and in general can be said to bear out…
Two Publications Reviewed: A Second Edition for Ground Engineers and a Good Popular Book on Airships
The Care and Maintenance of Aircraft. Second Edition. By Various Authors. (Airways Publications, Ltd., 3s. 6d.). The fact that a second edition of a technical work of this nature…
Research Work in England: A Guide to the Work Carried out by the Aeronautical Research Committee
Accidents 592. Accidents to certain aeroplanes, with special reference to “Spinning” (communicated by the Accidents Investigation Committee). (With diagrams.) Dec. 1918. (6d.).
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Committee, Reports and Technical Notes of the U.S. National Advisory…
Month in the Patent Office: A Selection of the More Important Aircraft and Engine Specifications Published Recently
340,066. Internal — combustion Engines. Junkers, H., 21, Kaiserplatz, Dessau, Anhalt, Germany. Oct. 14, 1929, No. 31156. Convention date, Nov. 20, 1928. [Class 7 (ii)]. In an…
Recent Technical Developments: A New Riveting Process giving a Flat Surface—A Streamline Wheel—Hydraulic Brakes
A New Riveting Process DE BERGUE & CO., LTD., of Strangeways Ironworks, Manchester, who have for some years been interested in the production of light portable pneumatic riveting…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
1929Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb