Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 10 Issue 5
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An International JournalTable of contents
Aeroplanes for the Royal Air Force: The Suggestion of the Purchase of American Types in the U.S.A.
THE universal topic of the moment in England is the apparent decision of the British Government to obtain aeroplanes for the Royal Air Force from the United States.
Wood as a Homogeneous Material: Part I—A Method of Improving Wood for Structural Purposes
Ing. P. BrennerWOOD, in the natural state, possesses certain great advantages, and some grave disadvantages, as a structural material. The same is true of the untreated metals. But, whereas…
The Boundary Layer in Flight: Some Recent Flight Experiments on the Transition from Laminar to Turbulent Flow
B. Melvill JonesTHE authorities of the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences have decided, so I am instructed, that the Wright Brothers' Lecture should deal with subjects upon which the lecturer…
U.S. Official Accident‐Report: Possibilities of Flutter leads to Re‐designing of Tail Surfaces
The following abstract of the report issued by the board appointed by the Secretary of Commerce to investigate an accident to a Lockheed 14‐H aeroplane on January 10, 1938, is…
The Problem of Detonation: The Influence of the Phenomenon on the Design and Development of Internal Combustion Engines
M. SerruysTHERE is probably no one among those listening to me this evening who does not know, or who has not realised through personal experience, the importance of the problem of…
Light‐weight Air Compressors: A Description of an Air Compressor for Aircraft Services, Including Engine Starting
THE light‐weight air compressors of the single‐stage, single or double cylinder type manufactured by The British Thomson‐Houston Co., of Coventry, have rapidly gained favour from…
Air Ministry Official Notices
Instructions to Ground Engineers and Private Owners on Essential Modifications. Jointings for use in the fuel, oil or water systems of civil aircraft must be of an approved type…
More Practical Light Aeroplanes: The Bücker Bü 180 Student and the Tatra T201
FOLLOWING on last month's descriptions of the Beneš Mráz series of light aeroplanes, these data on two further practical machines—one German, the other Czechoslovakian—may prove…
Air Ministry Contracts
THE following list of contracts placed by the Air Ministry during March is extracted from the April 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
A drop — centre aeroplane wheel comprising two main cast sections, a hub portion carried by each section, screw threads formed in a portion of one of said hub sections locking…
Month in the Patent Office
An aeroplane has wings provided with a vane member formed of two hinged sections pivotally secured at the end of one section to the wing and adapted to be moved into and out of…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb