Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 4 Issue 9
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An International JournalTable of contents
Progress in Engine Design: The Importance of the User's Point of View
IT is no bad thing to sit back periodically and try to get a general view of the position we have arrived at. AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING has attempted to do this from time to time by…
The Focke‐Wulf Wind‐Tunnel: A Description of a New Commercial Experimental Apparatus Installed in Germany
Heinrich FockeTHE constant effort towards improvement of the aerodynamic design of aeroplanes which is essential to meet the demand for higher efficiency and better properties, requites…
Aero‐Engine Development: A Review of the Basic Trends in Design During the Past Thirty Years
R.V. Cautley, H.S. MazetTHE history of aviation engines shows that most of the important pioneering in design has been done, with a few notable exceptions, by the United States. Research on all related…
Mr. Mollison's Puss Moth: Some Technical Aspects of the Latest Transatlantic Flight
WITHOUT going into the question of whether flights across the Atlantic in single‐engined landplanes with a solitary occupant are worth the risks to life involved, there are…
A German Light Aeroplane: The Heinkel H.E.64 Low‐wing Monoplane Designed for the Europa Rundflug
THE production of light aeroplanes is a new departure for the Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke of Warnemunde, who are well known for their seaplanes and catapult‐launching aircraft…
A French Conference: Summaries of Papers Read at the Annual Meeting of the Association Technique Maritime et Aeronautique
An account of tests carried out at Chalais Meudon for the purpose of investigating the detonating properties of fuels by means of a new calorimetric method which only requires…
Torsional Instability in Struts: A General Theory of the Failure by Twisting of Certain Types of Strut in Compression
A.G. PugsleyCERTAIN types of strut, when tested in compression, fail by twisting. In such cases the twisting occurs suddenly at some critical compressive load corresponding to the incidence…
The Breda 32 Commercial Monoplane: A High‐Performance Ten‐Seater Italian Aeroplane with Single‐Spar Wing Construction
THE Societa Italiana Ernesto Breda, of Milan, have recently completed trial flights with the Type 32 three‐engined, all‐metal, low‐wing monoplane. This is the first large…
Drawing Office Practice: A Plea for a Carefully Planned Organisation on Standardised Lines
John T. DymentEVERY manufacturer is constantly on the alert for methods of increasing efficiency at reduced costs. The drawing office, which is responsible either directly or indirectly for a…
Small Tools for the Industry: The Production of Twist Drills, Broaches and Hacksaws Suitable for Use in Aircraft Factories
OWING to a combination of circumstances, which started with the departure from the gold standard last October and continued with the recent introduction of a policy of tariffs…
Commercial Aircraft in Europe: Details of the Numbers of Operating Personnel and Aircraft Types in Use by Various Companies
The following information on the aircraft equipment and personnel of the transport companies operating regular air lines in the various European countries has been compiled by the…
Air Ministry Official Notices: Instructions to Aircraft Owners and Ground Engineers Regarding Essential Modifications
No. 16 of the year 1932. Attention is drawn to the requirements of Section V, paragraph 55, sub‐paragraph (1) of the Air Navigation Directions, 1930 (A N.D. 10) as amended by the…
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
Each rib of an aircraft wing comprising upper and lower flanges connected by inclined bracing is connected to each spar at one place only. A metal wing is shown in which shaped…
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- Prof Phil Webb