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The Weight Aspect in Aircraft Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

L. W. Rosenthal
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This lecture does not set out any new method or offer any ideas to enable the design office to start cutting down the weights of new projects.

The last lecture dealing with the weight of aircraft was given by Major T. M. Barlow, M.Sc, M.Inst.C.E., M.I.Mech.E., F.R.Ae.S., in 1929.

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Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 54 , Issue 471 , March 1950 , pp. 187 - 210
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1950

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