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Aeronautical Research in the Netherlands

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H. J. Van Der Maas
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It is a great honour to be invited to present a survey of the aeronautical research in the Netherlands to this distinguished audience and I wish to express my thanks to the Council of the Royal Aeronautical Society for giving me the opportunity to deliver this lecture. The more I appreciate it in view of the friendship between our two countries, between the Society and its Dutch counterpart and the personal friendship with so many present on this occasion.

It is my intention to give a survey of some of the work performed in the Netherlands in the post-war period and to describe briefly the main installations which are now available or under construction. I hope that I will be able to give you an impression of the scope and the nature of the aeronautical research activities in the Netherlands. These activities are being directed in the first place by the immediate needs of the industry and the aircraft operators; and in the second place by the desire to contribute to the general development of the art, thereby also supporting the exchange of results on an international basis, even more essential than before, considering the rapidly growing importance of aviation in its broadest sense.

Before entering into more technical matters it may be worthwhile to give very briefly an outline of the present organisation of aeronautical research and development in the Netherlands.

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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 61 , Issue 557 , May 1957 , pp. 295 - 334
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1957

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