Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 22 Issue 5
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An International JournalTable of contents
Keeping Them in the Air
FOLLOWING on his article in our January issue on the evolution of the Royal Air Force servicing schedules (with the pendant note in February on how forethought, or the lack of it…
The Statistical Analysis of Trans‐Canada Air Lines: The Systematic Correlation of Operating Data Between 1939 and 1948 Used to Forecast Future Trends
Adam JaworskiSTATISTICS, defined as ‘numerical facts systematically collected’, was in the industry from the first day of its working. Statistical analysis, based on probability calculation…
A Problem of Nose‐Wheel Undercarriage Reactions: An Examination of Various Methods of Reducing the Severity of the Reaction When the Brakes are Suddenly Applied
G. OrloffWHEN the brakes are suddenly applied on an aircraft rolling on the ground, the forces set up form a pitching couple which will impart an angular velocity to the aircraft about its…
Servicing Problems of the Middle East Air Force: A Description of the Organization of the Technical Services and of the Stations Visited Recently by the Technical Editor During a Tour of the Mediterranean
RECENTLY, through the courtesy of the Royal Air Force, we were privileged to make a tour of some of the aerodromes and bases in the Middle East. It is not perhaps generally…
The Library Shelf
Abstracts of the Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Council are usually published on the pages specially reserved for ‘Research Reports and Memoranda’. The Editor…
Performance Estimation of Civil Jet Aircraft: The Four Main Stages of a Flight — Take‐Off, Climb, Cruise and Landing — Considered in Turn
Alun D. EdwardsThere are a variety of ways in which an aircraft can be safely landed and brought to rest. There are, however, two techniques of gliding‐in which are more or less straightforward…
Materials for Aircraft Structures
N.A. de BruyneIn this article the author discusses the suitability of existing materials for aircraft structures and shows that a hypothetical material derived by expanding an aluminium alloy…
Research Reports and Memoranda
Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Council, Reports and Technical Memoranda of the United States…
Trade Announcements
A monthly feature giving news of recent Government and professional appointments, industrial changes and business appointments, etc.. The Lord Brabazon of Tara, M.C., P.C., has…
Tools for the Workshop
The ‘Beanstalk’, announced by the Mechanical Developments Division of William Moss & Sons, Ltd., is a one‐man operated working platform with a maximum height of 17 ft. This height…
U.S. Patent Specifications
These details and drawings of patents granted in the United States are taken, by permission of the Department of Commerce, from the ‘Official Gazette of the United States Patent…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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- Prof Phil Webb