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Aviation History
1954
1954 - 0959.PDF
FLIGHT, 9 April 1954 i UNSTON V Avro Canada Orenda in test cell. T. HIS is the first occasion on which Flight—or to the best of our know ledge, any other aeronautical journal—has produced a special issue reviewing the work of the world's aero-engine manufacturers. The appearance of this issue has not been timed to coincide with any particular development in the field of aircraft propulsion: indeed, to do so would not be easy, for each day marks a further advance in man's inexorable quest for power. Many companies throughout the world are each making a special contribution to this quest and, so mat they may have a place in this issue, some of the work of each company in relation to engine manufacture is briefly noted in a special column on each of the following 15 pages. This condensed review of the contributions of the more important ancillary firms is a particuJ j"ly potent indication of the enormous scale of aero-engine development today. The main story which follows is intended to satisfy a wide field of interests. It is an outline of the broad principles along which modern aero engines are developed. Great Britain is proving herself particularly capable in this highest of all branches of engineering, which calls for the utmost skill and experience in many scientific fields. That we have many engineers with such skill and experience is not only a cause for satisfaction, but also, if this narrative is to have
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