Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 8 Issue 12
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An International JournalTable of contents
The Future of the Industry: The Danger of Neglecting the Civil Side
THE Aircraft Industry is enjoying a period of activity such as it has not known for eighteen years. This is, we believe, true not only in England, but in every country of the…
The New Altitude Record: Details of the Machine, Engine and Equipment Used in the British Flight
R.H. WeirA study of the world altitude records for heavier‐than‐air aircraft homologated by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale is interesting, and yields the information that from…
Thin Sections in Torsion: The Direct Stresses Developed in Open Sections with One End Subject to Constraint
W.J. GoodeyWHEN a thin‐walled hollow cylinder is subjected to torsion, it is generally assumed that, if the length is great compared with the linear dimensions of the section, direct…
A Convertible Wind‐Tunnel: The High‐ and Low‐Pressure Tunnel of the Aerodynamischen Versuchsanstalt Göttingen
H. WinterTHE general arrangement of the wind tunnel shown in Figs. 1 and 3 does not differ materially from the tunnels built up to the present on the plans of Professor Prandtl in Germany…
Some Books Recently Received
The rapid growth of aeronautics in the past nine years has caused Professor Warner to divide the second edition of his treatise on aeroplane design into two volumes, of which this…
Electric Engine‐Testing Plant: The Type of Equipment Used in a Modern Electrical Aero‐Engine Test Laboratory
IN Figure 1 is shown an example of a purely electrical dynamometer, which uses two electrical carcases in tandem; its range of power and speed being suitable for dealing with…
Training Radio Operators: The Method of Producing Wireless Personnel for Civil Air Lines
W.E. CrookA PASSENGER or freight‐carrying aeroplane without wireless will come to be regarded in much the same light as a ship without steering gear, and that time is probably not far…
Air Ministry Official Notices
Failures having occurred on Monospar S.T.25 engine mounting members, at a point approximately 2½ in. from the engine attachment of the upper tubular member between the welded…
Air Ministry Contracts
The following list of contracts placed by the Air Ministry during September is extracted from the October issue of The Ministry of Labour Gazette:—
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…
U.S. Patent Specifications
An air‐cooled internal combustion engine comprising a plurality of cylinders arranged in series, a cooling air jacket enclosing each cylinder and having inlet and outlet openings…
Month in the Patent Office
The radiator b of a liquid‐cooled aircraft engine is housed in a tunnel‐like cowling bl, through which the slip stream flows by a contracted entrance and exit b3, b6 and into…
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- Prof Phil Webb