Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 1 Issue 1
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Aircraft Engineering—A New Paper for a New Industry
We have long believed that the time would come when Aeronautics would need a monthly journal of its own, similar to those already possessed by other industries, specifically…
French Commercial Planes: New Designs from Several Firms show Evidence of American Influence on Characteristics
A VERY interesting development in French aeroplane construction, signs of which were apparent at the Berlin show, is the appearance from the workshops of firms, hitherto…
A Course for Ground Engineers: The First of a Series of Educational Articles For Those Taking the A.I.D. Examinations
THE successful operation of civil aircraft—in this country, at any rate—depends to a very large extent on the efficiency of the ground engineer. Anything that tends to raise the…
Research Progress—1928: Principal Lines of Improvement and Development During the Year Which Has Passed, in Retrospect
Ernest F. RelfIT is scarcely possible, in anything short of a volume, to review completely the various phases of Aeronautical research during the year that has just closed; the most that can be…
Technical Progress—1928: Review of Years' Work shows Great Britain in Favourable Position with Regard to Development
W.S. FarrenTHE year which has seen the twenty‐fifth anniversary of the first flight in a mechanically propelled aeroplane, and the tenth birthday of the Royal Air Force, has been marked by…
Streamlining Air‐Cooled Engines: As a Result of American Tests a Curtiss AT‐5a Machine Shows a Speed Increase of 19 m.p.h.
THE problem of cowling radial air‐cooled engines has puzzled aircraft designers since the adoption of the static radial engine. The cowling has an important effect on both the…
A Vertical Air‐Cooled Engine: A British Built Left‐Hand Tractor Engine Rated 85 b.h.p. at 1,900 r.p.m. is Described for Ground Engineers
THE Gipsy engine is manufactured by the de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., Stag Lane Aerodrome, Edgware, Middle‐sex, and is the result of many years' experience of the designers in…
Tail Flutter—A New Theory: In which is Discussed in Some Detail the Structural Instability of Tail Planes at High Speed
H. BolasTHE stresses existing in the structure of a tail plane, in varying conditions of flight, are possibly more a matter of doubt than obtains for any other part of an aeroplane…
Efficiency of the Autogyro: Summary of Results of Exhaustive Tests Carried Out at the National Physical Laboratory
THE Cierva autogyro is a windmill of low pitch whose plane is inclined at a small angle to the relative wind; this windmill takes the place of the wing system of an ordinary…
Italian Light Aeroplanes: Our Own Correspondent Describes A Recent Development
ALTHOUGH many years ago two or three light aeroplanes were designed and constructed in Italy, these examples were not followed, and till the year 1928 there were no light 'planes…
Machine Tools on Aircraft Work: Auto Lathes and Turret Lathes in their Application to Aero Engine Cylinders and Fuselage Parts
USE of labour‐saving machine‐tools in the manufacture of aeroplane engines, which may be called the high‐water mark of mechanical engineering, makes exacting demands on the…
The Weight of Aircraft: Characteristics and Influences affecting Aircraft Weight, and Possible Development with Increased Size
Major T.M. BarlowALL historical records of aviation, from the earliest attempts at flight to our present‐day Schneider Trophy and other record flights, show that in common with those…
Research Reports and Memoranda
The theory of the drag duo to the formation of a vortex street behind a body has been developed by Karman, and an attempt has now been made to extend the analysis to the case of a…
Month in the Patent Office: A Selection from Important Recently Published Aircraft and Aero Engine Specifications
An airship mooring‐mast has a conical cup member carried upon a crosshead secured to two recoil cylinders slung by arms from a horizontal shaft carried by a vertical pillar…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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- Prof Phil Webb