Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 5 Issue 2
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An International JournalTable of contents
The Light Aeroplane Defined: New F.A.I. Regulations Regarding Weight Limits
THE decisions reached at an important meeting of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale held at The Hague on September 6, 1932, are reported in the January issue of the…
Hull and Float Maintenance: Notes on the Care and Repair of Timber and Metal Components for Ground Engineers
J. JarvisCAREFUL inspection and maintenance of hulls and floats is of the utmost importance, as a forced or heavy landing with a hull or float which is in a doubtful seaworthy condition…
The Theory and Practice of Air Cooling: A Correlation of the Problem of Design with Researches on the Boundary Layer
D.R. PyeTHE title of this article requires a few words of explanation. In a study of the principles of air cooling, theory by itself takes us only a very little way. On the other hand…
A German Metal Airscrew: The Successful R.S. Type of the Vereinigte Deutsche Metallwerke Described
CONSIDERABLE attention has been devoted in the Press to the technical details of the aeroplanes which took part in this year's Europa Rundflug,† but one important point seems to…
Control Over Foreign Flights: An American Example that may set a Lead for other Countries
THE following extract from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Aeronautics Branch, Air Commerce Bulletin, Vol. IV, No. 11, December 1, 1932, is reprinted as of general interest owing…
The Estimation of Performance: An Account of a Practical Method by General Curves which has been Proved Accurate
Richard M. ClarksonPART II.—PERFORMANCE ESTIMATION (a) Absolute Ceiling.—This will be dealt with first, as it is, in many respects, the most fundamental and the easiest to deal with of all items of…
The Georges Renard R.31: A Belgian Two‐Seater Observation Type with 480 h.p. Rolls‐Royce Kestrel Engine
A NEW two‐seater military monoplane, equipped with a British engine, has lately been produced by Constructions Aéronautiques G. Renard, of Brussels.
U.S. Air Line Accidents: A Detailed Analysis of Causes of Air Transport and Miscellaneous Flying Accidents
AMERICAN‐OPERATED air transport services flew 24,668,414 miles in the first six months of 1932 with 67 accidents, or 368,185 miles per accidentit is shown in the semi‐annual study…
Research Reports and Memoranda
The usual method of determining the characteristics of an airscrew by the curves of ? and x as a function of the advance/ diameter ratio neglects the deformations to which an…
Month in the Patent Office: A Selection of the More Important Aircraft and Engine Specifications Published Recently
The wing or upper wing of an aeroplane is disposed directly on the fuselage and is stepped down‐wardly at its central portion a, b adjacent the longitudinal axis of the aeroplane…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb