Some difficulties with which British aircraft industry are faced in developing all-metal construction for airplanes are discussed; steel fuselage construction developed by Handley-Page; circular-section steel tubes joined by welding; where two tubes are joined together sleeve is slipped over joint; duralumin wing construction; attaching fittings for inter-plane struts. (see also Flight, vol. 21, no. 19, May 9, 1929, pp. 375-377, 19 figs. and Italian translation in Notizario Tecnico di Aeronautica, vol. 7, no. 6, June 1929, pp. 53-56, 19 figs)


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    Title :

    Handley-page metal construction


    Additional title:

    Nat Advisory Committee Aeronautics -- Tech Memo



    Publication date :

    1929


    Size :

    8 pages


    Remarks:

    19 figs. on supp. plate


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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