Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 33 Issue 9

Strapline:

An International Journal
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Table of contents

Time for Optimism

ON the occasion of the Society of British Aircraft Constructors' Twenty‐Second Flying Display and Exhibition, we eschew our traditional editorial policy and publish an issue…

Recent British technical progress in aeronautics part One—Structural Design: A Commentary on Developments Which Have Occurred Principally During the Past Twelve Months

A.F. Newell

AT a time when the glamour of space travel is capturing the imagination of the aeronautical world it seems somewhat mundane to be asked to report on the progress of the past…

Recent British technical progress in aeronautics part Part Two—Engine Design: A Commentary on Developments Which Have Occurred Principally During the Past Twelve Months

A.D. Baxter

IN recent years there has undoubtedly been a continuously increasing rate of progress in propulsion throughout the world. In Britain this progress has been mainly confined to gas…

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Recent British technical progress in aeronautics part Three—Space Activities

S.R. Dauncey, A.G. Holmes‐Siedle

SPACE' in Britain over the past year could well be likened to a half‐finished crossword puzzle. It is clear that the empty spaces must at some time be filled (possibly with black…

Recent British technical progress in aeronautics part Four—Machine Tool Developments: A Commentary on Developments Which Have Occurred Principally During the Past Twelve Months

J. Cherry

WHILE Professor Melman's report on the machine tool industry in Western Europe brought many protestations at the time of its presentation, there is no doubt that since its…

Queen Mary College, University of London: The First in a Series of Articles Describing the Facilities, Academic Curricula and Research Activities in the Aeronautical Engineering Departments of the British Universities

A.D. Young

AERONAUTICS owes much to the selfless devotion and enthusiasm of its early pioneers. As was noted by the author in the Fourth Lanchester Memorial Lecture,1 Queen Mary College can…

The Library Shelf

This book is an unreviscd reprint in a soft backed edition of the original publication by Cleaver Hume Press Ltd., first published in 1949, 32s. Since its original publication the…

Research Reports and Memoranda

Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Council, Technical Reports and Translations of the United States…

Auxiliary Equipment

A new 6‐volt sub‐miniature lamp for electronic and aeronautical applications has recently been announced by the Special Products Division of Thorn Electrical Industries Ltd.…

Research and Test Apparatus

A flying test bed for a flexible wing has successfully made its first flights. This flexible wing, produced by Ryan Aerospace, a Division of Ryan Aeronautical Co., Lindbergh…

New Materials

For high‐speed shaft scaling applications where axial space is at a premium, Flexibox Ltd., Nash Road, Trafford Park, Manchester 17, have developed a new mechanical seal—the type…

Tools for the Workshop

The latest version of the V.M.D. 12‐in. continuous vacuum metallizcr has many advantages and improvements over earlier models. The machine is designed as a self‐contained unit…

British Patent Abridgments

A wind tunnel comprises means for confining the cross‐section of an electric are to increase its current density and temperature and for introducing a fluid into the are to form a…

Cover of Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology

ISSN:

0002-2667

Online date, start – end:

1929

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Phil Webb