Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 1 Issue 6
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The Coming Seaplane: Reasons for Hastening Development
ON September 1, 1925, a boat seaplane during an attempted flight from San Francisco to Honolulu was forced to come down in the open Pacific. Nine days later it was found 15 miles…
Cantilever Wings for Modern Aircraft: Some Aspects of Cantilever Wing Construction with Special Reference to Weight and Torsional Stiffness
H.J. StiegerTHE relative merits of the monoplane and the biplane have often been argued, and the respective advantages which, up to the present, have been claimed on either side still leave…
The Lublin R.X. Parasol Monoplane: Describing A Two‐Seater Training Machine of Composite Construction Recently Produced in Poland
THE Polish aircraft firm of E. Plage i T. Laskiewicz, at Lublin, have recently produced an interesting new monoplane known as the Lublin R.X. which has been put through numerous…
The World's Aircraft Records
The following is a complete list of World's Records as officially homologated by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale up to June 30, 1929
Ten Years of Ail‐Metal Construction: Mass Production Processes of Manufacture and Assembly of Junkers All‐Metal Low Wing Monoplanes
THE 25th June, 1929, marks the anniversary of the day when, ten years ago, the first Junkers F 13 machine was delivered from the Works at Dessau and handed over for regular…
Finding the Best Fuels for Aircraft: Low Weight and Small Volume per Unit Quantity of Work or Energy are Primary Requirements
Oliver ThornycroftTO answer the question, “What are the best fuels for aircraft?” might seem at first sight neither more nor less difficult than to say, What are the best fuels for motor cars?…
1,500,000 Square Feet of Safety Glass: Newly Established Factory Manufacturing Glass for Aircraft Has Record Potential Annual Output
WE have previously alluded in these columns to the creation of what in effect is a new sub‐industry to the aircraft industry—that is, the manufacture of safety glass. Safety glass…
A Course for Ground Engineers: IV.—Hints on the Inspection and Treatment of Metallic Materials from the point of view of the “B” or “D” Licence Holder
J.J.A. GilmoreIN this article it is proposed to deal with that wide range of aircraft material which is grouped under the heading of metallic materials. Ground Engineers of all categories…
Airscrew Body Interference: An Examination of a Method of Calculating the Mutual Effect of Airscrew and Body by the Strip Theory
C.N.H. LockTHE present paper deals with a semi‐empirical method of using airscrew strip theory to take account of the mutual interference of a body and tractor airscrew. It also contains a…
Preparing the Ground for a Modern Aerodrome
Modern Tractor Machinery is Shown Superior to Manpower for Handling Material for the Preparation of Smooth Landing Grounds
Four American Aviation Text Books Reviewed: Different Classes of Readers are Catered for and a Wide Field is Covered
Each of these four books, recently published in U.S.A., is addressed primarily to a different circle of readers. “Simple Aerodynamics”, by C. N. Monteith (now Chief Engineer…
Research Reports and Memoranda
The boundary layer around a circular cylinder was located from observations of total head taken near the surface with an exceedingly small tube. The diameter of the cylinder and…
Month in the Patent Office: A Selection from Important Recently Published Aircraft and Aero Engine Specifications
Framework.—Aircraft wings, fuselages, and other light structures comprising tubular members built up from two or more metal strips with out‐turned flanges and continuous from end…
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- Prof Phil Webb