Abstract AUTHOR'S NOTE In the comparatively short space of five years, the turbine power unit has established itself on military types, and its employment is now being extended to civil aircraft. Already the modern gas turbine is available in units of far greater power than are obtainable with orthodox reciprocating engines. After the successful early stage of development of turbine-jet units, the industry is now engaged on a second phase comprising turbines driving air-screws, which give improved...

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The Collection includes documents, 16mm film and 35mm film clips donated by AEHS Members, as well as 33 documents donated by George Martin and 100 documents donated by Saverio Morea. The AEHS collection includes subjects on aviation training, aircraft research and design publications, aircraft component service manuals, aircraft operating manuals, aircraft engines, reference books, standards and publications.

Abstract An Illuminating, Authoritative Text by the Inventor of the Supercharger (Dr. Sanford A. Moss, Ph.D.)(back cover). Foreword: Supercharging has such an important place with the modern internal combustion engine that the publication of the present book seems most timely. The material originally appeared in the weekly numbers of the aviation publication Aeronautics, issued under the auspices of the present publishers in 1941, but the author has considerably revised and extended this matter for...

Abstract PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION The wide use of the first three editions of the book, both by the general public and by schools and colleges, has indicated to the authors that their hope of meeting a definite need in aeronautical literature has been fulfilled. Like its predecessors, this edition is intended primarily for the reader who desires a sound knowledge of the basic principles and a broad view of the present development of the airplane and its power plant, without giving to the...