Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 25 Issue 8

Bright Prospects

ONCE again we are enabled, through the courtesy of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, to publish a paper which is of outstanding importance in the development of internal…

XXe Salon International de l'Aéronautique: Selective Notes on Aircraft, Engines and Equipment Exhibited at Le Bourget

THE twentieth Salon International de l'Aéronautique was held from June 26 to July 5, the stands being housed in a new permanent building at the south‐eastern extremity of the…

An Experimental Single‐stage Air‐cooled Turbine: A Paper read to the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part I: Design of the Turbine and Manufacture of some Experimental Internally Cooled Nozzles and Blades

J. Reeman, R.W.A. Buswell

To facilitate future development of the cooled gas‐turbine, more test information is needed on the effectiveness of cooling in an actual turbine operating at high…

The Basic Problem of Undercarriage Geometry: The Definition and Checking of the Pivot Axis about which the Undercarriage Rotates

L.S. Bialkowski

IF the plane of symmetry of the wheel is the same in both its landing and retracted positions, retraction is achieved by simple rotation about an axis which is perpendicular to…

The Transition from Prototype to Production

W.S. Hollyhock

THERE are various approaches to the problem of the evolution of a line of production aircraft from the basic prototype machine and the merits and demerits of each will depend to…

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…

Auxiliary Equipment

A method for detachably fitting the end connexions of high‐pressure flexible hose assemblies has been developed by Bowden (Engineers) Ltd., Willesden Junction, London, N.W.10. The…

Month in the Patent Office

To maintain liquid‐tightness in an integral wing fuel tank at the junction of the stringers 12, 13 and the bulkhead 10 forming the end wall of the tank, each stringer is divided…

U.S. Patent Specifications

Jet propelled apparatus comprising a combustion chamber, a casing surrounding the side wall of said chamber and enclosing a jacket space, means to supply liquid fuel to said…