Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 16 Issue 10
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HOPE FOR CIVIL AVIATION?
AS a result, it is understood, of a last‐minute change of policy influenced by the views put forward by a deputation of Members of Parliament, the British Government now includes…
Photo‐Elastic Stress Patterns
J.G. StrongTO define the science of photo‐elasticity we need but say that, with the aid of certain optical equipment, it enables us to see the pattern of stress simultaneously over the…
Modern Aeroplane Types: The Grumman Hellcat Fleet Fighter
THE Hellcat (U.S. Navy designation F6F) is typical of the aerodynamic design of most Grumman types. Although it is an entirely new aeroplane it bears a striking likeness to the…
An Italian Artificial Horizon
F. PostlethwaiteAT this stage of the war it is most unusual for any considerable novelty to be discovered in the design of aircraft instruments. In particular this applies to the Artificial…
The Aeronautical Museum: Its Function in Education and Culture
M.J.B. DavyTHE tree of exact knowledge of Science and Technology is now so great that the whole growth is beyond the practical compass of a single museum; the branches, while interrelated…
Points from Recent Legislation: Income Tax and Research Expenditure
AS promised by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his Budget speech, the Finance Act contains provisions in respect of expenditure on scientific research.
Two Book Reviews
This book is a collection of papers read before the newly‐formed American “Society for Experimental Stress Analysis” at its first meeting in May, 1943, which was held at Detroit…
Arc‐Welded Aircraft Jigs and Fixtures
THE following study deals with the use of arc welding to eliminate expensive machining operations in the manufacture of aircraft jigs. With the advent of large war orders, the…
German Pressure Control Units: A Metallurgical Study of Enemy Aircraft Components
THIS report summarizes the results of investigations made on various control units taken from German aircraft, and reveals the fact that a wide range of materials has been…
Anodic Films on German Alloy Parts
SAMPLES of anodically treated aluminium alloy parts have been taken from several German aircraft, chiefly from the airframes. These have been examined for typeand nature of the…
Erratum
This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/eb031179. When citing the article, please…
Estimation of Batch Quality
T.J. LuntA CERTAIN number of defectives, c, is observed in a sample of n articles drawn at random from a large batch. Nothing else is known about the batch. What inferences can be drawn as…
The Fairey “Benfold” Forming Machine
THE “Benfold”, which has been produced by The Fairey Aviation Co., of Hayes, Middlesex, is basically a machine which produces curved drawn sections. Members so produced may be…
U.S. Patent Specifications
In a variable‐pitch propeller in combination, a hub, a plurality o£ blades arranged on said hub for adjustment about their longitudinal axis, means displaceable by the action of a…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
1929Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb