Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 7 Issue 9

Strapline:

An International Journal
Subjects:

Table of contents

Details of the Latécoère

Drawings of some of the Constructional Features of the Flying Boat Described on the Opposite Page

A Modification of British Regulations: The Air Ministry's Conditions for Single‐Seater Midgets

THE Air Ministry have relaxed the British regulations covering the conditions of permissable flying of private aeroplanes so far as the Mignet Pou‐de‐Ciel and the B.A.C. Drone are…

Wing Brake Flaps: A General Discussion of the Method of Operation and Efficiency of Various Types of Flaps

W. Pleines

THE development of modern aeroplanes designed for high speeds, with their thin, almost symmetrical wing sections, has led inevitably to high landing speeds and small gliding…

Theoretical Pressure Distribution: A Practical Drawing Office Method of Obtaining the Pressure Distribution for any Aerofoil

G.F. Wallace

THE distribution of pressure over an aerofoil is often required for rib tests and for obtaining the loadings for flaps and ailerons. The experimental data on the subject is scanty…

Recent Developments in U.S.A.: An American Letter Giving Details of the Hammond and Waterman Aeroplanes and Two Accessories

Alexander Klemin

THE Detroit Show had been announced as an All‐American Aircraft Show, but it was far from being representative of the industry, as such leading companies as Douglas…

Rocket Propulsion: A Résumé of Theory with an Account of the Practical Experiments made to Date

Willy Ley

THOUGH rockets have aroused a good deal of public interest during the last few years and a great number of very interesting books and articles have been published about the…

Some Books Recently Received

The first two volumes of this series on Aerodynamic Theory (reviewed in AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING, Vol. VI, Sept. 1934, p. 249, and Vol. VII, April 1935, p. 99 respectively) deal…

Air Ministry Contracts

Orders Placed with the Industry during the Months of May and June.

Air Ministry Official Notices

The Notices to Aircraft Owners and Ground Engineers issued during the years 1920–34 and remaining in force on 17th April, 1935, have been reprinted in booklet form, with all…

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

The web portion 1 of a structural member which is formed of a light metal or alloy is apertured or reduced in thickness at certain portions for the purpose of weight reduction…

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