Aircraft and aeronautics

The Newcomen Society
for the study of the history of engineering and technology

From our Transactions

Some examples of papers on aircraft and aeronautics which can be purchased on the Internet from our online archive:

Volume Vol. Years Title Author

53 1981-82 The Engineering Development of Rigid Airships Pugsley, Sir A
3 1922-23 Notes on Sir George Cayley as a Pioneer of Aeronautics Hodgson, J E
8 1927-28 James Sadler of Oxford: Aeronaut, Chemist, Engineer and Inventor Hodgson, J E
17 1936-37 Joseph de Montgolfier et le Bélier Hydraulique Cabanes, C
20 1939-40 Automatic Control of Flying Machines Thurston, A P
22 1941-42 The Evolution of Rider Planes for Aircraft Thurston, A P
38 1965-66 Dr A P Thurston's Contributions to Aeronautics Young, A D
53 1981-82 The Aero Engine up to 1914 Hempson, J G G
55 1983-84 Developments in Aircraft Landing Gear, SOME ASPECTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE 1900-1939 Symposium Ellam, C
67 1995-96 Technology and air defence Burns, R W
67 1995-96 The V2 rocket: a convergence of technologies ? Becklake, J
68 1996-97 The heavy bomber aeroplane Ellam, C
69:1 1997-98 The development of methods of detecting hostile aircraft at night, 1935-1941 Burns, R W
69:1 1997-98 The British experience of the Salmson aero engine 1911-1918: a case study in technology transfer Hayward, A
70:2 1998-99 The rocket fighter Shusui, as redeveloped from incomplete and vague Me 163B data Yokoyama, T; Yuyama, K; Akojima, I and Moriya, S
71:2 1999-00 'When engineering was fun…': an apprentice's eye view of the Royal Aircraft Establishment, 1948-1953 Ellam, C
75:1 2003-04 The George Bennie Railplane and Hugh Fraser Airrail Systems of Transport Thwaite, M
76:2 2004-05 From Cayley to Concorde and Beyond: Two Centuries of Aeronautical Engineering Ellam, C

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Volume	Vol. Years	Title	Author
53	1981-82	The Engineering Development of Rigid Airships	Pugsley, Sir A
3	1922-23	Notes on Sir George Cayley as a Pioneer of Aeronautics	Hodgson, J E
8	1927-28	James Sadler of Oxford: Aeronaut, Chemist, Engineer and Inventor	Hodgson, J E
17	1936-37	Joseph de Montgolfier et le Bélier Hydraulique	Cabanes, C
20	1939-40	Automatic Control of Flying Machines	Thurston, A P
22	1941-42	The Evolution of Rider Planes for Aircraft	Thurston, A P
38	1965-66	Dr A P Thurston's Contributions to Aeronautics	Young, A D
53	1981-82	The Aero Engine up to 1914	Hempson, J G G
55	1983-84	Developments in Aircraft Landing Gear, SOME ASPECTS OF TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE 1900-1939 Symposium	Ellam, C
67	1995-96	Technology and air defence	Burns, R W
67	1995-96	The V2 rocket: a convergence of technologies ?	Becklake, J
68	1996-97	The heavy bomber aeroplane	Ellam, C
69:1	1997-98	The development of methods of detecting hostile aircraft at night, 1935-1941	Burns, R W
69:1	1997-98	The British experience of the Salmson aero engine 1911-1918: a case study in technology transfer	Hayward, A
70:2	1998-99	The rocket fighter Shusui, as redeveloped from incomplete and vague Me 163B data	Yokoyama, T; Yuyama, K; Akojima, I and Moriya, S
71:2	1999-00	'When engineering was fun…': an apprentice's eye view of the Royal Aircraft Establishment, 1948-1953	Ellam, C
75:1	2003-04	The George Bennie Railplane and Hugh Fraser Airrail Systems of Transport	Thwaite, M
76:2	2004-05	From Cayley to Concorde and Beyond: Two Centuries of Aeronautical Engineering	Ellam, C