Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 3 Issue 11

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An International Journal
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Table of contents

The Evolution of History: A Matter for the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale

LAST month we wrote of the value to the development of aircraft of the now defunct Schneider Trophy Contest, setting forth as far as possible on the one hand the benefits in the…

The Latest Rigid Airship: The Goodyear‐Zeppelin Akron Built for the U.S. Navy Fully Described and Illustrated

STRUCTURALLY the Akron (Z.R.S 4) may be said to constitute a compromise between standard Zeppelin practice and the innovations introduced by Colonel Richmond in R.101. The…

A New Tail‐less Aeroplane: A Step towards the Development of a Large Passenger‐Carrying “All‐Wing” Aircraft

IN 1929 Herr A. Lippisch produced a tail‐less liglit‐engined machine known as the Stork, which was the result of a succession of experiments started in 1926 by the Research…

Building Amphibians at Cowes: Cantilever Three‐Ply Wings on Straight Frame Metal Hulls Produced by Saunders‐Roe

G.H. Handasyde

THE firm of Saunders‐Roe under its present title is of comparatively recent date, being probably better known as S. E. Saunders, under which name it has been established many…

A Spring Hub for Aero‐Engines: A Flexible Airscrew Drive Damping Out Torque Variation which also Forms a Transmission Dynamometer

AN airscrew hub embodying a spring drive and a vibration damper has been evolved by Major B. C. Carter in the course of torsional vibration investigations at the Royal Aircraft…

The Design of Injection Nozzles: A Summary of Five N.A.C.A. Reports on Systematic Investigations of Practical Use for Engineers

THE staff of the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, working under the direction of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics of America, have recently been…

U.S. Aerodrome Lighting: Details and Characteristics of the Various Types of Aerodrome Lights in Current Use

K.W. Mackall

DURING the past few years, air transport companies have found it necessary to operate on 24‐hour schedules in order to compete successfully and economically with other…

A German Freight‐Carrier: A Description of the New Junkers Ju.52 with B.M.W.VII or Leopard Engine

SOME four years ago the Junkers Flugzengwerk A.G. of Dessau produced the W.33 type as a single‐engined freight‐carrier, of which an example was the “Bremen” on which Herr Kohl…

Air Ministry Official Notices: Instructions to Aircraft Owners and Ground Engineers Regarding Essential Modifications

No. 39 of the year 1931 As the result of failures of main‐plane ribs to Drawings Nos. F. 1293 and 1295, in Avian aircraft, such ribs must either be modified in accordance with…

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 Advisory…

Month in the Patent Office: A Selection of the More Important Aircraft and Engine Specifications Published Recently

A device for automatically stabilising an aircraft or other vessel and keeping it on a straight or a curved course comprises a main gyroscope adapted to swing the rudder…

Recent Technical Developments: Petrol Storage—An Engine Starter for Pilots—High‐Speed Magnetos—Uses of Rubber

Bywater's hydraulic petrol storage system, as its name implies, is based on the use of water power, and the method adopted is to displace the liquid in storage by water, thus…

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ISSN:

0002-2667

Online date, start – end:

1929

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Prof Phil Webb