Major developments in design and in what manner certain early predictions dealing with ultimate size and speed of aircraft had been falsely conceived; two major discontinuities in that development relate to advent of monoplane and to discontinuity arising with availability of jet propulsion. Wilbur Wright Memorial Lecture. (See also Roy Aeronautical Soc -- J v 56 n 499 July 1952 p 493-510 Engineer v 193 n 5028, 5029 June 6 1952 p 767-8, June 13 p 785-8; Engineering v 173 n 4506, 4508 June 6 1952 p 711-2, June 20 p 793-5; Aeroplane v 82 n 2132 May 30 1952 p 663-7)


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    Title :

    Prophecy and achievement in aeronautics


    Additional title:

    Flight


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Flight ; 61 , n 2262 ; p 654-656


    Publication date :

    1952


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




    Prophecy and achievement in aeronautics

    Garner, H.M. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1952


    Prophecy and achievement in aeronautics

    Garner, H.M. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1952


    Prophecy and achievement in aeronautics

    Garner, H.M. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1952


    Prophecy and achievement in aeronautics

    Garner, H.M. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1952


    Aeronautics

    Engineering Index Backfile | 1923