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A Young Man's View of the Aerospace Profession

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

H. M. Fincher
H. M. Fincher*
Affiliation:
Rolls-Royce Limited
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When one talks of the difficulties of the aerospace industry in this country, it is all too easy to point a finger westwards to the United States. It then seems right to talk of long production runs and large home markets. One can then turn to our own industry and to its output since the last War, and perhaps forgive.

But should we?

In this short paper, a young author intends to examine professional education and manpower in aeronautics, because herein must be the reason for any future success or failure of the products of the industry, and the pointer to the future level of expertise in the art.

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Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 70 , Issue 670 , October 1966 , pp. 936 - 943
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1966

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