Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 2 Issue 5
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Twenty‐one Years of Research
THE saying that a prophet is not without honour save in his own country has been shown over and over again to be only too painfully true, and there is another glaring instance of…
The Advisory Committee for Aeronautics: A Twenty‐First Anniversary Review of the Important Pioneer Work Done by the Aeronautical Research Committee's Predecessor
R.T. GlazebrookTHE Advisory Committee for Aeronautics was appointed on April 30, 1909. The twenty‐one years since that date contain nearly the whole history of flight by men. To quote from Sir…
The Loth Navigation System: A Twin Rotating Beacon Method of Emitting Wireless Signals that can be Picked up on an Ordinary Receiver
R.J. de MarollesA NEW method of navigation has been evolved by the “Société Industrielle des Precédés Loth,” and was recently demonstrated at the experimental station installed at Vaux‐sur‐Seine…
The Lubrication of Engines—II: Important Conclusions Reached as a Result of Extensive Experiments with Specially Designed Apparatus
O. Thornycroft, C.H. BartonIN an article published in the February issue of AIRCRAFT ENGINEERING the writers discussed the influence upon lubrication of various physical and chemical characteristics of…
A One‐Third Scale Model: Burnelli Tries Out in Miniature a Design for a Large Transport Monoplane with Variable Wings
MR. J. BURNELLI has lately produced a fresh example of the aerofoil‐fuselage type of monoplane for which he is well known and which he was probably the first to introduce, his…
A Course for Ground Engineers: IX.—Hints on the Care and Inspection of Instruments for Applicants for “A,” “B,” “C,” and “X” Licences
R.W. SloleyTURN INDICATORS TURN indicators are primarily used to indicate deviations from a straight course. When flying in fog, it is practically impossible to keep to the course by the…
Research Work in Germany: Surveying the Important Results on the Motion of Incompressible Fluids Recently Achieved by Aerodynamic Research Workers
J.W. MaccollTHIS paper aims at giving the most important results of modern German research upon the motion of incompressible fluids. Before dealing with the latest developments, I have…
Recent Technical Developments: A German Non‐Periodic Compass—Light on the Life of Aero Engines—A New Tinning Compound with Cleansing Properties—The Pioneer Instrument Company's Sun Compass
New Light Aeroplane Compass An interesting light aeroplane compass has just been introduced to this country by E. F. Stephen, of 141, Bond Street, who will be the sole…
Research Reports and Memoranda
[Under this heading are published regularly abstracts of all Reports and Memoranda of the Aeronautical Research Committee, Reports and Technical Notes of the U.S. National…
Month in the Patent Office: A Selection from Important Aircraft and Aero Engine Specifications Recently Published
No. 324,409. Internal‐combustion engines. Ricardo, H. R., 21, Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, London. Oct. 27, 1928, No. 31, 249. [Classes 7 (ii) and 7 (vi).]
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- Prof Phil Webb