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Looking ahead in aeronautics—1. An Aerodynamicist's Prospect of the Second Century

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

D. Küchemann
D. Küchemann*
Affiliation:
Royal Aircraft Establishment
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Abstract

This is a personal attempt to take a long view into the Second Century and to describe prospects for further possible developments in aviation, with particular emphasis on the part played by aerodynamics in the evolution of aircraft. The overall view is necessarily broad and wide, and the material is taken from the results of earlier papers(1-2). An attempt is made to put the future prospects into the perspective of past developments, and it is concluded that aviation can look forward not only to a vast expansion on the technical side into most promising and as yet unexplored fields, but that it may also be built into a more rational social system with the aim of serving mankind as a whole.

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Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 72 , Issue 686 , February 1968 , pp. 109 - 114
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1968 

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