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VTOL Aircraft: A Survey of Some of Their Characteristics with Special Reference to Civil Use*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

I. C. Cheeseman
I. C. Cheeseman*
Affiliation:
National Gas Turbine Establishment
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Summary

A review of the various means of producing vertical take-off is made and the salient advantages and disadvantages of each type discussed. The place of the vertical take-off aircraft in the air transport picture is considered and the optimum type of aircraft for each role suggested.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 67 , Issue 631 , July 1963 , pp. 413 - 420
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1963

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Footnotes

*

The first lecture to be awarded the Australian Division Prize and Medal. Dr. Cheeseman was in Australia at the time on a Nuffield Foundation Travelling Fellowship.

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