Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 7 Issue 10
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A Question of Manners: The Noise of Commercial Air Lines a Deterrent to Flying
THERE is a matter which has been forced on our notice very much this summer. It is linked up more perhaps with what may be called the prestige of aviation than with its technique…
Tandem‐Wing Aeroplanes: An Examination of the Characteristics of this Type of Wing Arrangement
J.H. CroweIN view of the interest taken in M. Mignet's “Pou‐de‐Ciel,” some notes on this peculiar wing arrangement may prove of interest. There are essentially three divergences from…
Glider Development in Germany: A Technical Survey of Progress in Design in Germany since 1922
B.S. Shenstone, S. Scott‐HallIN 1922 the world was startled by the announcement of a motorless flight of one hour's duration made at the Wasserkuppe by Martens. The machine on which this flight was carried…
The Articulated Connecting Rod: Practical Methods of Dealing with the Mechanics of the System in Aero‐Engines
W.J. Evans, E.M. ButcherVARIOUS methods have been devised for dealing with the effects of the articulated rod in aero‐engines. In an article by E. J. Fearn, published in the Journal of the Royal…
A French Heavy Bomber: The Latest Development in the Range of Lioré et Olivier Landplanes
DESPITE the fact that the majority of new military landplanes designed in France during recent years have been monoplanes, and that only one biplane in all categories of French…
Aeroplane Loading Conditions: A Method of Presenting the Conditions by Means of a Simple Chart
S.P. OsborneIT is well known that the loading of aeroplanes is required to conform with certain design limits of C.G. travel and maximum permissible weight, which are governed by aerodynamic…
Some Books Recently Received: Aeroplane Maintenance—The New Pippard and Pritchard—Metallic Materials in Design
The publication of the fourth edition of Care and Maintenance of Aircraft now includes a new chapter, entitled “Aeroplane Timbers,” by Mr. A. W. Seeley, which constitutes another…
Air Ministry Official Notices: Instructions to Aeroplane Owners and Ground Engineers on Essential Modifications
No. 18 of the year 1935. In order to avoid the possibility of misapprehension in the loading of aircraft, owners of aircraft who have had modifications made since the aircraft was…
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
In order to maintain the hinge moments of a combined pair of aircraft ailerons as low as possible each aileron is constructed so that when it is depressed to increase the camber…
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- Prof Phil Webb