Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 9 Issue 1
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An International JournalTable of contents
The Lessons of Paris: Reflections on an Unusually Important Exhibition
DETAILED descriptions of all the aeroplanes and aero‐engines exhibited at the Fifteenth Paris Aero Salon have appeared in varions of our contemporaries all over the world, and…
The Fifteenth Paris Salon: Trends of Aeroplane and Engine Development as Exemplified in the Exhibits
W.S. FarrenSO much has already been written about the Fifteenth Paris Salon that it may seem that at this date little more remains to be said. It is the purpose of these notes rather to…
Tension Diagonal Fields: The Effect of Boom End Load on Tension Diagonal Field Distribution
E.H. AtkinTENSION diagonal fields frequently occur in the webs of beams or the faces of hollow torsion members in association with considerable end loads in the booms at the corners.
High Octane Fuels: The Conditions Governing Their Use in Engines for Commercial Aeroplanes
E.L. BassTHE original work of Mr. H. R. Ricardo in 1919 showed some of the technical advantages of using fuels of high anti‐knock value. Since this time the development of aero‐engines in…
Loss of Momentum and Drag: A Method of Measuring the Drag by Exploration of the Wake Behind a Wing
J.E. SerbyIT has for a long time been realised that if a complete exploration is made of the wake behind a body and the loss of momentum suffered by the air flowing past it measured the…
Air Ministry Official Notices
In accordance with current airworthiness approval procedure for such instruments and equipment as are covered by Civil Specifications, duly authorised firms give a “certificate of…
Air Ministry Contracts
THE following list of contracts placed by the Air Ministry during October is extracted from the November issue of The Ministry of Labour Gazette:
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…
U.S. Patent Specifications
A flying machine having stationary wings and rotating wing systems, said stationary wings having openings corresponding to a part of said rotating wing systems, said rotating wing…
Month in the Patent Office
The pitch of the blades of an air‐screw is adjustable by means of a movable cylinder which is mounted beyond the end of the hub and moves over a fixed piston to either side of…
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- Prof Phil Webb