Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 6 Issue 11
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An International JournalTable of contents
The Flights to Australia: A Remarkable Event and Some of its Lessons
UP to midday on Monday, October 22, the “record” for a flight from England to Australia stood at 6 days 17 hours 45 minutes. Scott and Black, by landing at Port Darwin at 11.8 in…
Aero‐Engine Installation: A Consideration of the Difficulties confronting the Installation Engineer, with some Suggested Remedies
J. A.RAe.S. Pettitt‐HerriotTHE problems attached to the installa‐tion of modern high duty aero engines are rapidly becoming more difficult. Almost every aero‐engine firm has its own installation department…
The Problem of Vertical Flight: An Examination of the Characteristics of the Helicopter in Comparison with the Autogiro and Cyclogiro
J.H. CroweMUCH time and money have been devoted to the development of the helicopter, but the achievement of a practical machine is apparently not yet in sight. Some of the problems…
Education in Aeronautical Science: An Experienced Teacher's Views on a Controversial but Vitally Important Matter
A.J. Sutton PippardIT is with some misgiving that I come here this evening to lecture to this society on the training of an aeronautical engineer. The subject is not one which 1 chose myself;…
Static Wing‐Rib Tests: A Method of Calculating Approximate Values for the Loads to be Applied
A.W. CleggTHE strength of main plane ribs for use on all British aircraft is determined by static tests of single representative ribs under conditions of loading determined from the…
The Strength of Tubular Struts: A Method of Calculating and Preparing Curves Suitable for Various Diameters and Gauges
J. MorrisTHE strength of tubular struts of uniform section and with pin‐jointed or rounded ends is calculated from, the formula
Temperature‐Recording Paints: The Results of Further Investigations, with the Conclusions Reached
AN exhaustive search of the uses to which temperature‐recording paints have been made reveals the fact that comparatively few of these compositions have received continuous…
Military Aviation Progress: A Plea for Reconsideration of Air Ministry Policy for the Advantage of the Industry
MUCH has been written recently about the improvement in performance of civil aeroplanes of British and foreign design and the very natural question is asked, Why cannot we have…
Air Ministry Official Notices: Instructions to Aeroplane Owners and Ground Engineers on Essential Modifications
The Air Navigation Directions, 1932 (A.N.D.11) paragraphs 63 (1) (v) (g) and 99 (1) (f), require aircraft to be equipped with landing lights (lamps or wing tip flares) of an…
Research Reports and Memoranda
The applications of the inverse Wiedemann effect to torque measurements and to torque variation recordings were devised by the writers and the details of the experiments were…
Month in the Patent Office: A Selection of the More Important Aircraft and Engine Specifications Published Recently
Cooling air is forced by a blower 4 into chambers 7, 8, whence it is evenly distributed to the cylinders by slots 11, 12 which vary in width so that more air is supplied to the…
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- Prof Phil Webb