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Aviation History
1944
1944 - 2374.PDF
s*o FLIGHT A COLLEGE of AERONAUTICS SLeciure Theatre. Library and Museum. THE report of the Inter-departmental Committee on the Establishment of a School of Aeronautical Science is now available from H.M. Stationery Office, price 2S. It is a most comprehensive and detailed report and, furthermore, one that we very seriously commend to the most careful study of everyone in any way connected with the field of aviation. The Committee, under the chairmanship of Sir A. H. Roy Fedden, had as its members Sir Alan Barlow (Treasury), Commodore M. S. Slattery, R.N. (Admiralty), W. P. Hildred, Esq. (Air Ministry), Air Marshal Sir Ralph Sorley (M.A.P.), Sir John Stephenson (Dominions Office), Dr. W. Abbott (Ministry of Education), Sir Charles Darwin (Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research), and Sir Mel- vill Jones (Aeronautical Research Committee). Terms of Reference were "The preparation and submission to the Minister of Aircraft Production of detailed proposals for the establishment of a school of aeronautical science within the general framework of the recommendations made by the Aeronautical Research Committee in their report of the 10th August, 1943." Recommendations in the preparation of its report the committee consulted the widest possible sources of information, and the recom mendations finally made are summarised hereafter: (i) The primary purpose of the College should be to provide a high-grade engineering, technical and scientific train- • ing in aeronautics to fit students for leadership in the aircraft industry, civil aviation, the Services, education and tesearch. (ii) The College should also provide shorter courses for specialists in particular subjects, refresher courses and a general " staff course " aimed at giving broad knowledge of aeronautics. These courses, especially, should cater for students from industries associated with the aircraft industry as well as for those from that industry, the Services and the other fields referred to above. (iii) The College should be planned on the basis of an entry of 50 students annually on a two-years' course and 200 students at any one time on shorter courses, i.e., a total of 300 students at any one time. It should be started, however, on a similar scale (as to numbers of students, stafi, equipment, etc.), and be built up rapidly. (iv) The instruction should be at post-graduate level or its equivalent, research should be undertaken by stafi and selected students, and attention should be paid to the technology as well as the science of aeronautics. (v) The College should not be affiliated to any one uni versity but should collaborate closely with the univer sities, technical colleges, research establishments and industry. (vi) There should be five main subjects: (a) Aerodynamics; (b) Aircraft Structures, Engineering and Design; (c) Air craft Equipment; (d) Engines and Systems of Propul sion; (e) Production, Administration and Maintenance, and there should be a department concerned with Flight and Operations, including full-scale experimental work (viii (ix) Administrative Wing. Principal's Entn > and flight testing. Adequate provision should also bv made for ancillary subjects. (vii) The conditions of service of the tutorial staff should be comparable with those of university staffs. Some should hold permanent appointments, others appoint ments for three to five years. The ultimate responsibility for the College should rest with the Ministei of Education, but the control should not be meticulous. The College should have a Govern ing Body of its own, representative of all the interests concerned. The institution should be called "The College of Aero nautics." (x) The College should be situated close to its own airfield and within reasonable distance of London and the prin cipal aeronautical research establishments. The most suitable permanent site is Alder- maston, Berkshire. (xi) If it is impracticable otherwise to ensure an early start, the adapta tion of existing buildings at an R.A.F. Station is recommended. The most suitable Station is Abingdon, Berkshire. (xii) Layout plans lor the permanent buildings and memoranda on the equipment of the Departments are submitted. ADVISORY COMMITTEE PUU> SUILC BOARD OF STUDIES CURRICULUM SYLLABUS FLIGHT AIRCRAFT EQUIPMENT ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS t EQUIPMENT AIRLINE OPERATION AIRPORT PLANNING E MANAGEMENT 3XNOMICS OF AIP TMN5PCR! PRACTICAL ASPECTS Of MAINTENANCE ASSISTED TAKE •OFF E WESTER GEAS AVIATION MEDICINE tf- PSYCHOLOGY FUGHT TEST C RESEARCH ENGINE ACCESSORIES t IGNITION INSTRUMENTA TION OF TEST FLYING NAVIGATION! • , FLYING INSTRUCTION JMETEOPOLOGYf- -*—fcffcnt»*CATio«l | The suggested organi sation chart showing the multitudinous de partments all of which have a large part to play in the design of modern aircraft. For instructional purposes they have been grouped under five main subjects.
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