Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 19 Issue 8
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An International JournalTable of contents
The Proof of the Pudding
PARTICULARLY when taken in conjunction with last month's issue, the present number of AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING strikingly illustrates the widespread character of the net from which…
Downwash Behind Wings of Finite Span: Simplified Formulae Developed by a Belgian Engineer Who Completed his Work Early in 1946
E. GoossensWHEN considering a flat plate of finite width at a low angle of attack, it is observed that, downstream from the plate, where the air flow from the suction and pressure sides…
Aircraft Rocket Motors: With Special Reference to German Developments with Hydrogen Peroxide
A.D. BaxterTHE rocket motor is a form of jet propulsion which is characterized by independence of the external atmosphere for combustion, relative independence of altitude and flight…
The Explicit Determination of Orifice Parameters in Shock Absorbers: An Account, Received in October 1945, of a Tried Solution to this Undercarriage Problem
G.A. DiracTHE differential equations governing the behaviour of even the simplest type of oleopneumatic shock absorber have to be integrated by an approximate step‐by‐step method. Such…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Council, Reports and Technical Notes of the United States National…
The Aérosudest SE‐2010 in Production: An Account of a Visit by the Technical Editor to the Factories at Paris, Toulouse and Marignane
The tail unit, flaps and flying controls are made at one of the Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud‐Ouest's main factories at Bois Colombes, although…
Tools for the Workshop
THE fire tender shown in fig. 1 is the prototype of a self‐contained mobile unit made recently by the Pyrene Company. Mounted on a Bedford QL 4x4 chassis, the body houses…
Trade Announcements
Under this heading are published monthly news of recent professional appointments, industrial developments and business changes, etc.
U.S. Patent Specifications
Control means for aircraft having a conventional fuselage, a mast carried thereby and sustaining propellers therefor mounted for rotation above the mast comprising the combination…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
1929Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb