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 ...TEST PILOTS REPORT
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F/A-18E/F EXPERIENCE
NASA, THE US NAVY and Boeinghave teamed on a long term study effort to
develop tools that will help predict the
costly phenomenon of wing drop on...
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 ...GENERAL AVIATION
NEWS IN BRIEF
• CENTURY FALCON
The 100th re-engined Das
sault Falcon 2 OB has been
handed over by AlliedSignal
and Garrett Aviation Services
to a South Carolina-based
company....
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 ...HEADLINES
SPACEFLIGHT STEPHEN TRIMBLE / WASHINGTON DC & TIM FURNISS / LONDON
Rutan confident of September success
As Scaled Composites prepares to bid for the X-Prize, US Congress debate rages over...
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 ...rs should note that we will be starting our next feature fiIm in
around 15min, after your cabin crew have taken a short break." Yes, says
Monty, all of them!
Space on the cheap
Civilian astronaut Mike Melvill on the eve of colleague Brian Binney's X-Prize-
winning 4 October SpaceShipOne flight, which broke the X-15 rocket aircraft's
unofficial world altitude record of 354,200ft: "Burt [Rutan]...
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 ... sandwich skins, more
like Voyager. The cabin windows are
bulged to allow a downward view
between the wings, an indication of
the very low forward speeds of which
the Grizzly should be capable.
Mike Melvill of RAF stresses to
Flight that the Grizzly has "very low
priority. We work on it when we have
nothing else to do, and if we run into
serious aerodynamic problems it may
be some time ...
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 ...n which the whole engine/propeller
combination would be retracted.
Solitaire itself has docile qualities both
on and off tow and is designed to be
flown by relatively low-time pilots. Test
pilot Mike Melvill had limited gliding
experience when he took Solitaire on its
first flight, and says its general handling
is comparable to the popular Blanik two-
seater but with better performance. Th...
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 ...OSHKOSH 83
Rutan canards stay ahead
Out of some 500 homebuilts
on display at Oshkosh, nearly
70 were designs by Burt
Rutan, not counting some
further 15 tandem-wing light
weight Quickies, in wh...
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 ...DECEMBER 10, 1925
THE CONTROL OF STALLED AEROPLANES
subject was read by Professor Melvill
J-J -Royal Aeronautical Society on December 3
TwnM e fOt g° ^t0 great technical detail concerning theproblems ...
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 ...R.Ae.S. AWARDS
PRESENTED
SUMMARIZED in last week's issue of Flight (and continued on pages 701-704 of this issue) is the paper The Choice of Power Units for Civil Aeroplanes, by Dr. A. E. Russell,
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 ...258 FLIGHT. SEPTEMBER 29, 1938.
enough to overwhelm the smaller country most people
will consider certain, even though the Czecho-Slovak
army is well trained and very well equipped. Its
weapons ar...
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AUGUST 12, 1911. LfilCHT]
WOMEN'S AERIAL LEAGUE AT HENDON.
RECENTLY a special demonstration was arranged to be given at
Hendon by Mr. Grahame-White before the members of the
league, but as luck...
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 ...JAITOARY 31, 1929
THE FAIREY LONG-RANGE MONOPLANE
Napier " Lion " Engine
DURING the discussion of Prof. Melvill Jones's paper on " The
Streamline Aeroplane," read before the Royal Aeronautical
Society...
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 ...SPPPLEMENT TO
FLIGHT
JANUARY 31, 1929
THE AIRCRAFT ENGINEER
Similarly, for a material of ft = 55 tons • ins. ;—55
ft of |-in. bolt = JQ- X 2,474 = 13,607 lbs.
Example 2.
Required : Bearing strength of...
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 ...FLIGHT, DECEMBER 25, 1931
times the total travel (actually even more) would be re-quired to make the fully-stalled landing a feasible pro-
position."
A modification of the fully-stalled landing was th...
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 ...FLIGHT, JUNE 7, 1934
A REWARD : Mrs. C. C. Walker making Mr. P. G. Lucasa presentation in recognition of his display in the Hawker
" Haxt." (FLIGHT Photo.)
manoeuvres should be made, but also how they...
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 ...•FLIGHT. JULY 26, 1934
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THE CHIEF INSTRUCTOR: Sqd. Ldr. Chick in an Avro " Tutor." (Flight Photo.)
member is in his fifth year. After taking first-class honours
in Mechanical...
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 ...OCTOBER 8, 1936. FLIGHT. 361
RESEARCH
at
DUXFORD
A Laboratory House-
warming
PLASTICS and their applications to aircraft construction form the immediate subject for treatment at the new research ...
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 ...DECEMBER 17, 1936. FLIGHT.
THE FOUR WINDS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM ALL QUARTERS
PROTOTYPE I. The new Armstrong Whitworth P. 27 32 medium bomber with Siddeley Tiger VIII fourteen-cylinder engine.
The...
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 ...DECEMBER 31, 1936. FLIGHT. 689
The Outlooks
All-in-one ?
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S it possible to combine in one aircraft all the most
desirable features of the aeroplane, the Autogiro and
the helicopter? Mr. Peter Ca...
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 ...i38 FLIGHT. AUGUST 5, 1937.
Members of the U.L.A.S. and their officers on the steps of their somewhat luxurious mess tent at Halton. Fourth from the
right is the Chief Instructor, Wing Cdr. Thompson...
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