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Is Man-Powered Rotating-Wing Flight a Future Possibility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2023

E R Kendall

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The Association is pleased to announce that the prize of £50 for the 1958 Cierva Essay Competition has been awarded to Mr E R Kendall

Mr Kendall, who is 25 years of age, is a Project Aerodynamicist with the Helicopter Division of Saunders-Roe Ltd He served his apprenticeship with that Company and in 1955 was nominated by the S B A C for a two year course at the College of Aeronautics, where he specialised in helicopter aerodynamics For his exceptional ability in technical study whilst at the College, he received the 1957 Alan Marsh Memorial Award which enabled him to take a short course of helicopter piloting instruction at Air Service Training He is an Associate Member of the Association

Type
1958 Cierva Memorial Prize Essay Competition Prize Winning Essay
Information
The Journal of the Helicopter Association of Great Britain , Volume 13 , Issue 2 , April 1959 , pp. 100 - 129
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1959

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