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Modern Experimental Work on Aeroplane Structures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

A. G. Pugsley
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A meeting of the Society was held in the lecture hall of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers at Storey's Gate, St. James's Park, Westminster, London, S.W.1, on Thursday, April 5th, 1945, at which Dr. A. G. Pugsley, F.R.Ae.S., presented a paper entitled “Modern Experimental Work on Aeroplane Structures.”

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Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 49 , Issue 417 , September 1945 , pp. 566 - 598
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1945

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