Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 5 Issue 5
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The Aeroplane of the Future: A Sidelight on the Monoplane‐Biplane Controversy
AS most of our readers are by this time aware, MR. G. H. HANDASYDE is nothing if not provocative. When, therefore, he proposed writing an article expounding his views on how the…
The Flights Over Everest: The Success of the Houston Expedition Affords Proof of Efficiency of Aeroplanes, Engines and Equipment
THE equipment of the Houston Mt. Everest Expedition was described in detail in AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING, Vol. V., March, 1933, pp. 59–63, and the departure of the personnel from…
Rational Aeroplane Design: An Examination of Present Conventional Ideas and Possible Lines of Development
G.H. HandasydeBEFORE examining possible means of improving the performance of aeroplanes, a brief résumé of what has been achieved in this direction since the war is useful, as it helps to…
The Uncontrolled Tail Spin: An American Study of the Principles, with Examinations of some Specific Types of Aeroplane
B.V. Korvin‐KroukovskyTHE complete study of the tail spin divides itself into four distinct parts: the entry into the spin, the steady spin maintained by the action of the controls, the uncontrolled…
A German View of Buffeting: A Comparison between the British and German Investigations into the Meopham Accident
Hermann BlenkAS a sequel to the investigation into the accident which occurred at Meopham to the G‐AAZK in July 1930, experiments on tail buffeting were undertaken by the National Physical…
Radio Screening of Sparking Plugs: The Design and Construction of a Compact, Adequately Insulated, Screening Cap Fully Described
A.M. LodgeAS early as 1894, in a paper on the subject of electrical radiation read at the Royal Institution, Sir Oliver Lodge explained the steps that it was necessary to take to screen…
Month in the Patent Office: A Selection of the More Important Aircraft and Engine Specifications Published Recently
In altitude controls for aircraft engines in which the throttle valve is actuated both manually and by an aneroid‐controlled relay preventing excessive charging of the engine…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb