Recent technical developments in the field of hydrodynamic sustentation, resulting from the unique techniques associated with the free-body testing of self-propelled dynamically similar models, has resulted in a great resurgence of interest in the use of water-based aircraft in the National Defence. This paper describes some of the more important aspects of this research and discusses possible trends in military water-based aircraft development. In addition to the military applications of the new high-speed hydrodynamic developments, consideration is given to the development of transonic water-based transport designs. Since the days of the famous flying-boat clippers, over-ocean transport has all but succumbed to the faster landplane. It is shown that an all-jet water-based transport, incorporating unusual safety and performance, is now a practical and logical development.
High-Speed Water-Based Aircraft
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology ; 25 , 2 ; 43-50
1953-02-01
8 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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