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Aeronautics and Cranfield—why, — what and whither? —

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

D. Keith-Lucas*
Affiliation:
College of Aeronautics, Cranfield

Extract

It is a sign of greatness in a man that he leaves footprints like those of Good King Wenceslas to guide and invite others to follow. Sir Frederick left his boldly in the Aircraft Industry, SBAC, Cranfield, Royal Aeronautical Society, Air Registration Board and many other places. Not in every place but in all those I have named he has been my Good King Wenceslas and I his page.

In this lecture I could choose to follow any one of these tracks but they are not divergent but criss-cross and intertwine with the result that in starting along one I may well switch onto another. The track I shall start to follow is aeronautics at Cranfield.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1975 

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References

The 12th Handley Page Memorial Lecture given on 28th May 1975 at the Cranfield Institute of Technology. Paper No. 262