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Aviation History
1938
1938 - 1395.PDF
AY 19, 1938. FLIGHT, c AREER Engineering Section of College tht" Photographs (Top Right). Experience of modern aircraft construction isgained from the Blackburn H.S.T.10. (Centre). In the aero- dynamics laboratory is a wind tunnel, built by the students.(Above). Instruction in the assembly and operation of a De Havilland v.p. airscrew. (Left). The aero engine sectionwitnesses Loughborough's belief that in aeronautics know- ledge of out-of-date designs is of very limited value. Aerodrome, but the College has obtained a twenty-year leaseof the new municipal aerodrome now under construction, and is to have hangars, test-beds, and modern equipment there. Turning again to the College in general, at which there aresome 500 engineering students, accommodation is provided at six establishments within walking distance of the mainbuildings. There are full games facilities, including a large number of tennis courts, a first-class pavilion built by students,an outdoor swimming pool, and—at present under construction —an indoor swimming pool and gymnasium. The College meteorological station produces weather reportsfor the local newspaper. General engineering and first- and second-year aeronauticalstudents work together in the various machine shops in the main buildings. Practically all the work carried out is used inthe industry and makes these shops almost self-supporting. Some years ago, with Admiralty permission, a party ofengineering students removed the engines and generators from two ex-German submarines and took them back to Lough-borough, where they were reassembled and have since supplied current for lighting and power to all the College buildings.
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