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Problems in the Development of a New Aeroplane

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

George R. Edwards
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The title of this paper clearly has a wide scope. None will dispute the presence of many problems in aircraft development. It was suggested in the first place that this paper might take the form of a description of the workings of a chief designer's mind when a new aeroplane is conceived. Such a paper would deal largely with technical considerations, such as choice of engines, wing loading, plan form and so on.

The diversity of uses to which the modern aeroplane is put gives rise to great differences between types. A jet fighter, for example, will be influenced by considerations far removed from those controlling the design of a long—range civil transport. To attempt to cover in detail such a wide field would result in an encyclopaedia rather than a paper; to tackle it in general terms would beget a vagueness lamentably devoid of interest.

Therefore, it has been thought wiser to attempt an assessment of some of the more fundamental problems confronting aviation.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 53 , Issue 459 , March 1949 , pp. 197 - 252
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1949

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Note on page 198 * Masefield, P. G., M.A., F.R.Ae.S., M.I.Ae.S. Some economic factors in civil aviation—Fourth British Commonwealth and Empire Lecture. Journal R.Ae.S., Oct. 1948.

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