IT was a strange coincidence that took us last month to the geographical ends of the British aircraft industry, to the homes of two former stalwarts of the flying boat era. With mixed feelings, we stood beside the lapping water on the concrete slipways, which once facilitated the passage of the giant hulls, and reflected upon the re-orientation of this part of the industry.


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    Title :

    Changes on the Slipways



    Publication date :

    1962-07-01


    Size :

    1 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Marine slipways

    Glover, W.G. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1946


    Ship slipways

    Bailey, S.C. | Engineering Index Backfile | 1939



    The design and consgruction of some slipways up to 1200 tons

    Grove, George Colin / Little, Donald Hamish | TIBKAT | 1951


    Changes

    George W. Sutton | AIAA | 1984