Vickers, Ltd., at Weybridge works, has carried out long series of experiments, and evolved forms of duralumin construction; simplicity is keynote of design; construction forms are such that resulting structure is considerably lighter than corresponding wood structure for same strength; basis of system is novel form of spar web. (See also Nat. Advisory Committee for Aeronautics -- Tech. Memorandums, no. 440, Dec. 1927, 5 pp., 5 figs.)
Metal aircraft construction at Vickers
Flight
Flight ; 19 , n 37
1927
4 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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Metal aircraft construction at Vickers
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