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Top: Hawker Siddeley HSA1011 ‘no boom’ supersonic airliner project.Bottom: Armstrong Whitworth AW171 Narrow-delta wing aircraft to SpecER 161T. RAeS (NAL) photos.

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Aircraft Project DesignsCollectionIn May 2011 David Clarke

presented the NationalAerospace Library at Farnboroughwith an extensive collection ofmaterial accumulated by his latefather, C F D ‘Dave’ Clarke, duringhis long aviation career fromstarting as an apprentice atArmstrong Whitworth in Coventryjust after WW2 through to hisretirement from the BritishAerospace Future ProjectsDepartment at Hatfield in 1986.

The collection contains awealth of original material andproject design outlines of a widevariety of civil and military aircraftconcepts from supersonic airlinersthrough to V/STOL transports —many of which were never built andare little previously recorded butwere the basis of later aircraftdesigns which were produced —conceived by the design offices ofArmstrong Whitworth, de Havillandand Hawker Siddeley Aviationamong other companies from themid-1950s through to the mid-1980s.

Cataloguing the collection isongoing but some of the‘highlights’ recorded so far aresummarised below:

VC10: Reprinted from AircraftEngineering Vol 34 June 1962.Bunhill Publications, London.1962. 30pp. Illustrated.A compilation of illustratedarticles describing the aircraft’saerodynamic and structuraldesign, systems (automatic landing(autoland)/flying control/hydraulic/electrical/pressurisation/airconditioning/fuel/anti-icing/firewarning) and its Rolls-RoyceConway RCo42 bypass turbojetengine.

Hawker Siddeley Trident 2E:Reprinted from AircraftEngineering April 1969. BunhillPublications, London. 1969.23pp. Illustrated.Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B:Reprinted from AircraftEngineering February 1971.Bunhill Publications, London.

1971. 24pp. Illustrated.A compilation of illustratedarticles describing the aircraft’shistory, development and variantsthrough to the Trident 3B,structural design (including acutaway diagram), systems(automatic landing [autoland]/flying control [rudder/tailplane/flaps/leading-edge]/hydraulic/electrical/pressurisation/airconditioning), flight deck landinggear and its Rolls-Royce SpeyMk512 and RB162 booster engine.

Spec ER161T Narrow Delta WingResearch Aircraft — Type A —AW171; Type B — AW172. Sir WG Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft,Coventry. Unpaginated. 1956.

A Medium-Range M = 1.2 Swept-Wing Airliner. Report No R240. SirW G Armstrong WhitworthAircraft, Coventry. 1958. 14pp.Illustrated. Describes a project study of theAWP14001 supersonic medium-range transport design to carry100 passengers over a stagelength of 1,500 nautical miles.

AWP15 NATO Medium RangeMaritime Patrol Aircraft. Sir W GArmstrong Whitworth Aircraft,Coventry. 1958. 30pp. Illustrated.Includes arrangement diagrams/data and fuselage cross-sectionsfor the AWP15001 design project.

Subsonic VTOL Aircraft Summary.Report No R248. Sir W GArmstrong Whitworth Aircraft,Coventry. 1958. 16pp. Illustrated.Includes arrangement diagrams/data for the AWP8001/AWP9001/AWP11001/AWP17001/AWP18001/AWP18002/AWP19001/AWP20001/AWP20002/AWP21001 andAWP24001 design projects.

A Long-Range, M = 1.2, M-WingAircraft. Report No R252. G DNash et al. Sir W G ArmstrongWhitworth Aircraft, Coventry.1958. 15pp. Illustrated.Preliminary study of a M-Wing

supersonic airliner projectdesigned to carry 110passengers.

Short Range Car-Ferry Aircraft(AWP23/AWP23001). Sir W GArmstrong Whitworth Aircraft,Coventry. 1958. 6pp. Illustrated.

General Purpose and AgriculturalAircraft. Sir W G ArmstrongWhitworth Aircraft, Coventry.1958. 39pp. Illustrated.

AW670 Freighter Data. Sir W GArmstrong Whitworth Aircraft,Coventry. c.1959. Includes three-view diagrams andcross-sections of fuselage andcargo bay.

AWP13/AWP13003 MediumRange M = 1.2 M-Wing Airliner.Report No R261. G D Nash et al.Sir W G Armstrong WhitworthAircraft, Coventry. 1959. 17pp.Illustrated.Describes the AWP22001supersonic transport projectdesigned to carry 126 passengers.

Collection of detailed diagrams ofthe AW681 short-/medium-range

STOL freighter project design. SirW G Armstrong WhitworthAircraft. 1961. 27pp. Illustrated.Describes/illustrates the aircraft’sfuselage/tail/wing structure,paratroop door, crew compartment,landing gear, engine installation,systems (hydraulic/electrical/fuel/air conditioning/anti-icing/oxygen),troop/paratroop/vehicle transportand other data/dimensions.

The Beagle 206: Powered byRolls-Royce. Beagle AircraftLimited, Kidlington. c.1960. 4pp.Illustrated.The Beagle 218: Powered byRolls-Royce. Beagle AircraftLimited, Kidlington. c.1960. 4pp.Illustrated.Describes the Beagle B206 andBeagle-Miles 218.

The Beagle-Auster Terrier 2.Beagle Aircraft Limited, Kidlington.c.1962. 12pp. Illustrated.

The Buccaneer. Blackburn AircraftLimited, Brough. c.1958. 8pp.Illustrated.

British Aerospace 748 Series 2BTechnical Data. British Aerospace

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ARA Transonic wind-tunnel model of the AWP13 medium-range M-wingairliner. c.1960. RAeS (NAL) photo.

— Aircraft Group, Manchester.1980. 25pp. Illustrated.Describes/illustrates the aircraft’scabin layout, structure, Rolls-RoyceDart RDa7 Mk536 turbopropengine, landing gear, engineinstallation, systems (fuel/watermethanol/hydraulic/electrical/airconditioning/anti-icing/flyingcontrols), maintenance and otherdata/dimensions.

British Aerospace 146 DesignFeatures. British Aerospace —Civil Aircraft Division, Stevenage.1986. 48pp + two leaflets.Illustrated.Describes/illustrates the aircraft’sdesign philosophy, passengeraccommodation, freight holds,flight deck, Avco LycomingALF502 engine, structure, landinggear, brakes, engine installation,systems (fuel/hydraulic/electrical/environmental control/anti-icing/flying controls), auxiliary powerunit, performance and other data/dimensions.

Variable Sweep and the Aeroplaneof the Future. British AircraftCorporation — Military ProjectOffice, Weybridge. c.1962. 23pp.Illustrated.Describes the BAC Type 583Multi-Role Naval Aeroplane/Type584 V/STOL, transonic short haultransport, transonic maritimereconnaissance aeroplane andMach 2 military transport amongother designs.

BAC One-Eleven: Reprinted fromAircraft Engineering May 1963.British Aircraft Corporation,London. 1963. 32pp. Illustrated.A compilation of illustratedarticles describing the aircraft’sdesign philosophy, aerodynamicand structural design (includingcutaway diagrams of its fuselagewing and tail structures), flightdeck, systems (hydraulic/electrical/pressurisation/air conditioning/fuel/anti-icing/fire warning), landinggear, operating costs and its Rolls-Royce Spey engine.

BAC X-11: Technical Report 200Series. British Aircraft Corporation— Commercial Aircraft Division,Weybridge. 1977. 44pp.Illustrated.Includes dimensions/data and anumber of performance charts forthe design development of theBAC One-Eleven.

Comet Experience: a survey of theComet 4 series in service. De

Havilland Aircraft Company,Hatfield. 1960. 41pp. Illustrated.Following a concise history of theComet programme, a descriptionthen follows of the Cometoperations of AerolineasArgentinas, Royal Air ForceTransport Command and theaircraft’s flight training, loadfactors, recurring defects,maintenance and overhaul.

De Havilland Comet 4B and 4C:Information for Airport Operators.De Havilland Aircraft Company,Hatfield. 1960. 38pp. Illustrated.Includes a number of detaileddiagrams recordingdata/dimensions, turning radii,servicing points, landing gear andfire protection systems.

The Structural Design of theTrident. De Havilland AircraftCompany, Hatfield. 1960. 28pp.Illustrated.Includes a number of detailedcutaway cross-section diagramsof the DH121 wing, fuselage, tail,pod engine mounting structureand landing gear concluding withperformance graphs for its flightenvelope and gust loads.

de Havilland 126 Small TurbofanBranchliner. De Havilland AircraftCompany, Hatfield. 1961. 67pp.Illustrated.

Air Terminal Handbook — deHavilland Trident. De HavillandAircraft Company, Hatfield. 1963.59pp. Illustrated.

The de Havilland Caribou: at28,500lb Gross Weight. The deHavilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd,Ontario. 1961. 33pp. Illustrated.

Caribou Battlefield Mobility. Thede Havilland Aircraft of CanadaLtd, Ontario. c.1961. 8pp.Illustrated.Describes the Caribou YAC-1military variant.

An introduction to the new JointEuropean Transport. EuropeanCommercial Aircraft Study (ECAS)— Joint Engineering Team,Weybridge. 1978. 32pp.Illustrated.Design features of the JET (JointEuropean Transport). EuropeanCommercial Aircraft Study (ECAS)— Joint Engineering Team,Weybridge. 1978. 63pp.Illustrated.Describes the aircraft’sdimensions, interior layout,performance, operating costs,flight deck, noise characteristics,wing, power plants, systems (fuel/air/hydraulic/navigation/flyingcontrols) and turning radii for JET2 and the smaller JET 1 variant.Based on a joint design study of aconsortium of Aerospatiale, BritishAerospace, MBB and VFW-Fokker.

Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Co Ltd —War Record. Hawker SiddeleyAircraft Company. 1945. 22pp.Illustrated.Records statistical data of thenumber of employees (male/female),salary levels, wartime production,

deliveries, numbers of restoredaircraft/engines attributable to theHawker Siddeley Group during1939-1945 — which at that timecomprised of A V Roe and CoLimited, Sir W G ArmstrongWhitworth Aircraft Ltd, HawkerAircraft Limited, Gloster AircraftCo Limited, Armstrong SiddeleyMotors Limited, A W HawksleyLimited, and Air Service TrainingLimited — concluding with a mapof their various site locations andaircraft output statistics.Introduction by T O M Sopwith.

Hawker P1127 V/TOL TacticalStrike Aircraft: Bristol SiddeleyBS53/5 Lift/Thrust Turbojet.Hawker Aircraft, Kingston-upon-Thames. 1960. Unpaginated.Illustrated.Describes/illustrates the aircraft’sstructure, nozzle actuationsystem/position controls, cockpitlevers, engine intake, fuel/hydraulic/electrical systems, cockpit,performance data and dimensions.

Hawker P1127: with BSE Pegasus5 (18,000lb rating). HawkerAircraft, Kingston-upon-Thames.1963. 7pp. Illustrated.Summarises the aircraft’sstandard characteristics includingweapon loads, typical missionloading and performance andother dimensions/data.

The Argosy AW650 TurbopropFreightercoach: Designed andBuilt by Sir W G ArmstrongWhitworth Aircraft Ltd. - Thirdedition. Hawker Siddeley Aviation,London. 1960. 22pp. + 4pppamphlet. Illustrated.

AW660 Military Transport Aircraft:Designed and Built by Sir W GArmstrong Whitworth Aircraft Ltd.— Third edition. Hawker SiddeleyAviation, London. 1960. 18pp +six data sheets. Illustrated.Describes the aircraft’s potentialroles as a freight carrier,casualty/paratroop/missiletransport and for air droppingheavy equipment.

The de Havilland Comet: themodern airliner of universalapplication. Hawker SiddeleyAviation. c.1960. 13pp.Illustrated.The de Havilland Comet: theincomparable medium-stageairliner. Hawker Siddeley Aviation.c.1960. 23pp. Illustrated.Describes the Comet 4/4B/4C

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Feasibility Study on SupersonicTransports. APG1000/2305.Hawker Siddeley Aviation Ltd —Advanced Projects Group. 1960.110pp. Illustrated.Includes detailed studies of the M= 2.2 Aluminium Aircraft and M =2.7 Steel Aircraft projects within afeasibility analysis of the UKembarking on the design,development and manufacture of atransatlantic supersonic transport.

Type 1011 Variable GeometryTransonic Transport.APG1011/0104. Hawker SiddeleyAviation Ltd — Advanced ProjectsGroup. 1961. 67pp. Illustrated.

Type 1023 — BEA TransonicTransport. Hawker SiddeleyAviation Ltd — Advanced ProjectsGroup. 1962. 20pp. Illustrated.Describes the dimensions/data,arrangement/interior layout,weight, operating costs, dragbreakdown and payload range —for a proposed transonic, variablegeometry transport designed tocarry 117 passengers for aperceived BEA requirement for theearly 1970s and how it comparedto the Trident IC/IE/IF and the Type1011A.

Feasibility Study for a MaritimeReconnaissance Aircraft: Vol 1 —Comparative Studies of MaritimeAircraft using Air Staff TargetOR350 as the Basis. HawkerSiddeley Aviation — AdvancedProjects Group. 1962. 31pp.Illustrated.

Trident 1E Design Features.Hawker Siddeley Aviation Limited— De Havilland Division, Hatfield.1964. 284pp. Illustrated.Describes/illustrates the aircraftaerodynamics, structure, flyingcontrols, cockpit, autoland/electrical/radio/radar/hydraulic/fuel/air conditioning/oxygen systems,landing gear, auxiliary power unit,engine installation, groundhandling, seating and furnishings.

HS132. Hawker Siddeley Aviation,Hatfield. 1965. 44pp. Illustrated.Describes a proposed twin-turbofan development of theTrident.

DH129 V/STOL Medium RangeTransport. Hawker SiddeleyAviation. c.1968. 30pp.

Illustrated.Describes the design’s potentialmilitary payloads, performance,systems (hydraulic/electrical/fuel/navigation), flight deck andpropulsion system.

High Speed VTOL: the ComingRevolution in Transport. HawkerSiddeley Aviation. 1968. 58pp.Illustrated.

V/STOL Strike Fighter Aircraft: aSelection of HSA Project 1956-1968. Hawker Siddeley Aviation,Kingston-upon-Thames. c.1968.Unpaginated. Illustrated.Records details of the ArmstrongWhitworth AW171; BlackburnB123; de Havilland DH128;Hawker P1126/P1127/P1132/P1137/P1139/P1140/P1143/P1149/P1150/P1152/P1154/P1155/P1156, Harrier T2,HS175/HS1177/HS1179/HS1181/1017B/C variablegeometry aircraft/SP110-1/SP110-2 and their numerousvariants among other projectdesigns.

Hawker Siddeley V/STOL. HawkerSiddeley Group. c.1970. 4pp.Illustrated.Describes the HS141 high-speedfan lift V/STOL airliner project.

The Hawker Siddeley Harrier: atechnical description andengineering appraisal of the firstoperational jet V/STOL tacticalweapons system. Reprinted fromAircraft Engineering December1969 to April 1970. HawkerSiddeley Aviation, Kingston-upon-Thames. 1970. 96pp. Illustrated.A compilation of well-illustratedarticles describing the aircraft’saerodynamic design, air intake,structure, Pegasus powerplant,cockpit, flying controls, hydraulic/environmental/electrical/navigation/attack/armament/communicationsystems, maintainability and theHarrier TMk2/GR1 variants.

Buccaneer (Rolls-Royce SpeyEngines): Low-levelstrike/reconnaissance aircraft.Publication YBS101/1. HawkerSiddeley Aviation, Brough. 1970. Describes/illustrates the aircraft’sstores, weapons, cockpit,maintenance access panels,structure, rocket installation,engine air bleed/fuel/hydraulic/electrical generation/crew escapesystems and flying controls.

The HS1182 Strike/Trainer:Engineering Description andDevelopment Plan. HawkerSiddeley Aviation, Kingston-upon-Thames. 1972. 109pp. Illustrated.Hawker Siddeley HS1182 GroundAttack/Trainer Aircraft. HawkerSiddeley Aviation, Kingston-upon-Thames. 1972. 30pp. Illustrated.Describes the aircraft’sdimensions, structure, flight deck,systems (fuel/air/hydraulic/electrical/radio/navigation/flying controls),powerplant, aerodynamicperformance and maintainabilityof the trainer design produced inresponse to ASR397 that evolvedinto the Hawk.

Hawker Siddeley Hawk GroundAttack Trainer Aircraft. HawkerSiddeley Aviation, Kingston-upon-Thames. 1976. 42pp. Illustrated.Describes the aircraft's systems(electrical/fuel/conditioning/oxygen/escape), cockpit, access panels,armament, external stores,performance and other data/dimensions.

HS146 Possible Military Variants.Hawker Siddeley Aviation,Hatfield. 1976. 13pp. Illustrated.Describes payload versions, rangeand performance.

HS146 Design Features. HawkerSiddeley Aviation. 1977. 34pp.Illustrated.

Miles M.100 Student Basic JetTrainer. F G Miles Ltd, Shoreham.c.1957. 31pp. Illustrated.

CF-105 Supersonic All-WeatherFighter: USAF Presentation,August 1954. A V Roe CanadaLimited, Ontario. 1954. 47pp.Illustrated.A detailed analysis of the proposedaircraft design which was to evolveinto the Avro Arrow illustrating itsarmament (Falcon GAR1 andSparrow 2 missiles) and equipment/engine installations, performance,interception and combat procedureand how the CF-105 comparedwith the RCAF specification for asupersonic all-weather interceptorand the USAF specification for along-range interceptor.

Scottish Aviation Bulldog Series200: Now in Design andDevelopment. Scottish AviationLimited, Prestwick. c.1974. 4pp.Illustrated.

Jetstream Series 200. ScottishAviation Limited, Prestwick.c.1974. 4pp. Illustrated.

This collection complementsthe National Aerospace Library’sexisting holdings of the extensiveDerek Wood Collection of companybrochures from the 1940s-1960srelating to specific aircraft andengine types (some of which werenever built or built in limitednumbers) described in TheAerospace Professional December2004 and May 2005.

For any enquiries regarding thismaterial, please contact thelibrarians at Farnborough (T +44 (0)1252 701038/701060;E hublibrary@aerosociety.com)

Top: Cover of brochure for the de Havilland DH129 V/STOL medium rangetransport.Bottom: Armstrong Whitworth AW681 STOL military transport project..RAeS (NAL) photos.

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de Havilland Comet

director of the collaborativeInstitute of Engineering andMedicine — working with Benadrylinventor George Rieveschl, UC VPof special projects; Henry Heimlich,the man who invented the choking-rescue manoeuvre and was directorof surgery at Cincinnati’s JewishHospital; and Edward Patrick,Purdue University professor ofelectrical engineering. The teamattempted to apply NASA advancesto develop a miniature human heart-lung implant.

On 1 January 1980, Armstrongresigned from UC. “I stayed in thatjob longer than any job I’d ever hadup to that point, but I decided itwas time for me to go on and trysome other things,” he later said.

In 1982, he came back as UC’scommencement speaker and therecipient of an honorary degree.

In 1985, President RonaldReagan named him to acommission to devise a spaceagenda for the 21st century and,the next year, he was named ViceChairman of the Presidential

Commission on the Space ShuttleChallenger Accident.

Following his academic career,Armstrong entered the businessworld, serving for ten years aschairman of ComputingTechnologies for Aviation and lateras chairman of AIL Systems, a NewYork electronic systems company.

A Fellow of the RoyalAeronautical Society, Armstrongwas decorated by 17 countries.Internationally, he received theRoyal Geographic Society’s GoldMedal, the FederationAeronautique Internationale’s GoldSpace Medal and the HarmonInternational Aviation Trophy. Inthe US, he received the firstCongressional Space Medal ofHonor, presented by PresidentJimmy Carter; the CongressionalGold Medal, presented byPresident Barack Obama as thehighest civilian award bestowed byCongress; the Presidential Medalof Freedom; and the NASADistinguished Service Medal.

When the American hero died,

On 5 October filming was undertaken at the National Aerospace Library at Farnborough as part of aforthcoming new Channel 4 documentary on the pioneering de Havilland Comet jet airliner. Produced by

Darlow Smithson Productions, the documentary aims to portray the history of the Comet and its role as aforerunner of British post-WW2 civil aviation.

A focus of the documentary will be the tragic Comet accidents of the 1950s and at the National AerospaceLibrary the aviation historian Brian Rivas (author of the recent book A Very British Sound Barrier — the DH108:a Story of Courage, Triumph and Tragedy [Red Kite. 2012] and co-author with Annie Bullen of the biographyJohn Derry: the Story of Britain’s First Supersonic Pilot [William Kimber & Co Ltd. 1982]) was filmed lookingthrough the Library’s copy of the Report by the de Havilland Engine Company Ltd, on engines recovered fromComet aircraft G-ALYP which crashed south of Elba — 10 January 1954 (six Parts).

This rare report complements the major Report on Comet Accident Investigation (12 Parts) whichsummarised the brilliant detective work undertaken by Sir Arnold Hall and his team at the Royal AircraftEstablishment at Farnborough, both intensive investigations being completed in a matter of a few monthsbefore the Court of Inquiry into the accidents to Comet G-ALYP on 10 January 1954 and Comet G-ALYY on 8April 1954 opened on 19 October 1954 at the assembly hall of Church House, Westminster, with Lord Cohenacting as Commissioner.

The National Aerospace Library holds a wealth of original documents relating to the design and operation ofthe Comet airliner which the documentary will draw on including Type Specification of the de Havilland CometFour Turbo-Jet Airliner (Type D.H.106-10-01) for British Overseas Airways Corporation (Issue No2 — October1951), de Havilland Comet — Preliminary Pilots’ Notes [Hatfield: de Havilland Aircraft Company. 1950],performance and flight test reports on the DH Comet I and II 1951-1954 (15 folios), various de Havillandbrochures for the Comet and its variants through to Comet 5 — Project Statement (‘Confidential’) [Hatfield: deHavilland Aircraft Company. 1956] which was never built, in addition to the Comet accident reports and thecompany journal de Havilland Gazette 1937 No1 – 1961 No124.

For any enquiries regarding this material, please contact the librarians at Farnborough (T +44 (0)1252701038/701060; E hublibrary@aerosociety.com ).

Brian Rivas and his publisher Red Kite will be present at the forthcoming Aerospace and Aviation Book Fair tobe held at the Royal Aeronautical Society’s headquarters at No.4 Hamilton Place, London W1

on Monday, 19 November 2012.

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President Obama said via Twitter,“Neil Armstrong was a hero notjust of his time, but of all time.Thank you, Neil, for showing us thepower of one small step.”

“As long as there are historybooks, Neil Armstrong will beincluded in them, remembered fortaking humankind’s first small stepon a world beyond our own,” addedNASA administrator and formerastronaut Charles Bolden. “As weenter this next era of spaceexploration, we do so standing onthe shoulders of Neil Armstrong.We mourn the passing of a friend,fellow astronaut and trueAmerican hero.”

Armstrong was living in theCincinnati suburb of Indian Hillwhen he died of complicationsresulting from cardiovascularprocedures. He is survived by hiswife, two sons, a stepson, astepdaughter, ten grandchildren, abrother and a sister.

Based on an article by DebRieselman, Editor, University ofCincinnati Magazine

Neil Armstrong is seen here next tothe X-15 ship #1 (56-6670) after aresearch flight. NASA photo.

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Air Horse: Detailed Analysis ofthe Largest and HeaviestHelicopter in the World. Reprintedfrom Flight, 7 and 14 April 1949.Cierva Autogiro Co, Southampton.1949. 12pp. Illustrated.

Concordia (Company brochure).Cunliffe-Owen Aircraft,Southampton. c.1947. 21pp.Illustrated.

DH98 de Havilland Mosquito(Merlin 21) (also Merlin 23 and31) Operational PerformanceNotes [‘Secret’]. de HavillandAircraft Company, Hatfield. c.1943.14pp.

The de Havilland Mosquito. deHavilland Aircraft Company,Hatfield. c.1947. 32pp. Illustrated.Records technical performancedata of the FB6, B16 and TR33variants, concluding with adescription of each variant type(including production types built inAustralia and Canada) from thePR1 through to FB41. Includesdiagrams of the aircraftfuselage/wing construction, tailunit structure, undercarriage,tailwheel and engine installation.

The de Havilland Vampire DH100.de Havilland Aircraft Company,Hatfield. c.1949. 37pp. Illustrated.Records technical data (includingperformance graphs) for theVampire Mk5 (Goblin 2), VampireMk6 (Goblin 3) and Sea Vampire

Mk20 (Goblin 2). Includes diagramsof the aircraft's undercarriage, tailunit/wing structure, nose-wheel,flying controls, fuel system andengine cowling/installation.

de Havilland Vampire NightFighter DH113 de HavillandGoblin Engine (Secret) — May 1950.de Havilland Aircraft Company,Hatfield. 1950. 21pp. Illustrated.

de Havilland Vampire All-Purpose Jet Trainer DH115 (deHavilland Goblin Engine). deHavilland Aircraft Company,Hatfield. 1951. 24pp. Illustrated.

Airco DH121 — August 1959. deHavilland Aircraft Company,Hatfield. 1959. 39pp. Illustrated.Specification for the aircraft designthat evolved into the Trident airliner.

The New Comet. de HavillandAircraft Company, Hatfield. c.1959.32pp. Illustrated.Brochure for the Comet 4 and 4Bwhich includes various cabin layoutarrangements.

de Havilland Firestreak GuidedWeapon. de Havilland AircraftPropellers, Hatfield. c.1957. 4pp.Illustrated.

Sprite: Assisted Take-Off Rocket— Second edition. de HavillandEngine Company, Hatfield. c.1953.23pp. Illustrated.

“It is a matter of somewhatdaunting fact that at the end

of World War II, there were twenty-seven British airframe designcompanies, and eight Britishaircraft engine companies...” notedCharles Gardner at the beginningof British Aircraft Corporation: aHistory (London: B.T. Batsford Ltd.1981).

The aircraft and engine designsof a number of these companies(and their successors) arerepresented in an importantaviation collection which belongedto the aviation journalist andhistorian Derek Wood (author ofThe Narrow Margin and ProjectCancelled) that was kindly donatedto the Society in September by hiswidow, Lin Wood. The collectioncomprises over 500 companybrochures relating to specificaircraft and engine types (some ofwhich were never built or built inlimited numbers) and around 5,000photographs, being particularlystrong on British aircraft andengine designs of the 1950s and1960s with a number of Americanaircraft photographs of the sameperiod.

Cataloguing of the collection isongoing and some of the‘highlights’ recorded so far aresummarised below:

The Airspeed Consul. AirspeedLimited. c.1946. 24pp. Illustrated.

Ambassador — August 1950.Airspeed, Christchurch. 1950. 76pp.Illustrated.

Features of the Ambassador.Reprinted from The Aeroplane, 25July 1947. Airspeed, Christchurch.1947. 6pp. Illustrated.Includes detailed diagrams (and acutaway illustration) of theaircraft’s design and construction.

Mamba Unmasked: Details ofArmstrong Siddeley’s SmallAirscrew Turbine. Reprinted fromFlight, 18 March 1948. ArmstrongSiddeley Motors, Coventry. 1948.8pp. Illustrated.

Double Mamba. Reprinted fromFlight, 31 March 1949. ArmstrongSiddeley Motors, Coventry. 1949.6pp. Illustrated.

Viper Aero Engines. ArmstrongSiddeley Motors, Coventry. c.1957.42pp. Illustrated.

The Argosy AW650 SeriesTurboprop Freightercoach:Designed and Built by Sir W.G.Armstrong Whitworth,Coventry. Hawker SiddeleyAviation. c.1962. 22pp. Illustrated.

Auster Autocar. Auster Aircraft,Rearsby. c.1952. 6pp. Illustrated.

Accountant: Dimensions,Weights, Loadings and EstimatedPerformance Summary. AviationTraders (Engineering), London.c.1957. 30pp. Illustrated.

Nene Installation in the AvroLancastrian. Reprinted from Flight,13 March 1947. A.V. Roe & Co,Manchester. 1947. 7pp. Illustrated.

The Cirrus Major Aero EnginesSeries II and III. Blackburn andGeneral Aircraft, Brough. c.1947.8pp. Illustrated.

The Cirrus ‘Bombardier’ 702Direct Petrol Injection AeroEngine. Blackburn and GeneralAircraft — Cirrus Engine Section,Brough. c.1947. 8pp. Illustrated.

Blackburn B107: Tactical andStrategic Military TransportAircraft. Blackburn and GeneralAircraft, Brough. c.1956. 4pp.Illustrated.

Blackburn Tyne — BeverleyMilitary Transport Aircraft.Blackburn Aircraft, Brough. 1960.9pp. Illustrated.

Balliol — Built for Service. BoultonPaul Aircraft, Wolverhampton.c.1949. 11pp. Illustrated.

Orion Supercharged Turboprop.Bristol Aero-Engines. c.1956. 20pp.Illustrated.

The Bristol Type 170 TwinEngine Civil and MilitaryTransport Aircraft. BristolAeroplane Company, Bristol. 1953.46pp; 26pp. Illustrated.Includes ‘Bristol Type 170 Freighter(Mk31) and Wayfarer (Mk31E)Performance and Economic Data’.

TSR-2 Weapons System (‘Secret’).British Aircraft Corporation,Weybridge. 1962. 62pp. Illustrated.Summarises the aircraft’s structure,armament and systems (fuel/h y d r a u l i c / a n t i - i c i n g / a i rconditioning/electrical/navigation/attack/reconnaissance) among otherareas.

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Blue Water. English ElectricAviation Limited — GuidedWeapons Division. British AircraftCorporation, London. c.1960 12pp.Illustrated.

Jindivik Pilotless Target. FaireyAviation Company, Hayes. c.1956.6pp. Illustrated.

HPR3. Medium-Range TransportAircraft: Powered by Four AlvisLeonides Major Engines — June1954. Handley Page, London. 1954.46pp. Illustrated.Specification for the aircraft designthat evolved into the Herald airliner.

Hawker Fury Single-SeaterFighters. Hawker Aircraft Ltd.c.1944. 36pp. Illustrated.Illustrated by a number of black-and-white photographs, this is adetailed technical summary of theaircraft including diagrams of itsfuel/oil/coolant systems.

Hawker Sea Fury: GeneralDesign and Basic ProductionMethods. Reprinted from AircraftProduction, October, Novemberand December 1948. S.C. Poulsen.Hawker Aircraft Ltd, Langley. 1948.30pp. Illustrated.

Blue Steel: Reprinted from theHawker Siddeley Review, April1960. G. Travers. 6pp. Illustrated.

Trident: Reprinted from AircraftEngineering, June 1964. HawkerSiddeley Aviation. 1964. 42pp.Illustrated.A compilation of well-illustratedarticles which describe the aircraft’sdesign evolution, structure, flyingcontrols (including automaticlanding), systems, ground handling,interior design and its Spey powerplant among other areas.

Miles M100 Centurion. F.G. MilesLtd, Shoreham Airport. c.1959. 6pp.Illustrated.

Napier Nomad Compound DieselAero Engines. D. Napier & Son,London. c.1954. 8pp. Illustrated.

Napier’s Nomad Engine:Reprinted from The Aeroplane, 30April 1954. D. Napier & Son,London. 1954. 10pp. Illustrated.

The Napier Eland Convair. D.Napier & Son, London. c.1955.74pp. Illustrated.

The Percival Provost BasicTrainer. Percival Aircraft Ltd,London. 1951. 8pp. Illustrated.

The Aerocar. Portsmouth AviationLtd. c.1947. 25pp. Illustrated.

For Trans-Ocean Travel — theSaunders-Roe Princess (SR/45)

long range flying boat; ForMaritime Defence the SR/A1fighter flying boat. Saunders-Roe, East Cowes. c.1947. 6pp.Illustrated.

Saunders-Roe SR/45 and SR/A1(company brochure). Saunders-Roe,East Cowes. c.1947. 5pp. Illustrated.

The Saunders-Roe Skeeter.Saunders-Roe Ltd — HelicopterDivision, East Cowes. c.1954. 7pp.Illustrated.

The ‘Skeeter’ Mk6 Helicopter.Saunders-Roe Ltd — HelicopterDivision, Eastleigh. 1956. 22pp.Illustrated.

P531: The Saunders-Roe all-purpose helicopter. Saunders-Roe Ltd — Helicopter Division,Southampton (Eastleigh) Airport.1959. 19pp. Illustrated.

Short Mayo: The CompositeAircraft Described in Detail.Reprinted from Flight, 17 February

1938. Short Brothers. 1938. 10pp.Illustrated.Includes detailed diagrams(including a cutaway illustration) ofthe aircraft’s design andconstruction.

The Short Nimbus highperformance sailplane. ShortBrothers. c.1947. 8pp. Illustrated.

Short SC5/41 Civil Freighter.Report No PD 18/60 — December1963. Short Brothers and Harland,Belfast. 1963. 84pp. Illustrated.

Shorts Skyspy (‘Confidential’).Short Brothers & Harland Ltd,Belfast. 1972. Irregular pagination.Illustrated.A small remotely controlled droneintended primarily for military andnaval real time reconnaissance.

Supermarine Seafire: Folding-Wing Version of the Spitfire forthe Fleet Air Arm. Reprinted fromAircraft Production, April 1945.W.E. Goff. 12pp. Illustrated.

Vickers Supermarine AttackerRolls-Royce Nene Jet Engine:Reprinted from Flight, 15 May1947. Vickers-Armstrongs, London.1947. 9pp. Illustrated.

The Vickers VC-11 Specificationfor Trans-Canada Air Lines.Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft),Weybridge. 1961. Irregularpagination. Illustrated.

Westland-Sikorsky S-51Helicopter: Reprinted from Flight,1 April 1948. Westland Aircraft,Yeovil. 1948. 7pp. Illustrated.

Fairey Rotodyne: The World’sfirst vertical take-off airliner.Westland Helicopters. WestlandAircraft, Yeovil. 1960. 21pp.Illustrated.

All enquiries regarding thecollection should be addressedto: Brian Riddle, Librarian, RoyalAeronautical Society, 4 HamiltonPlace, London W1J 7BQ, UK. Tel:+44 (0)20 7670 4362. e-mail:brian.riddle@raes.org.uk.

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de Havilland Goblin and Ghost JetPropulsion Unit. de Havilland EngineCompany Ltd, Edgware. 1947. 8pp. Illustrated.

Hydrogen Peroxide as a Source of Energy.de Havilland Engine Company Ltd, LeavesdenAerodrome. c.1953. 15pp. Illustrated.Includes brief summaries of the de HavillandSprite, Super Sprite and Spectre rocketengines.

Fokker F27 Friendship. Reprinted from Flight,3 June 1955. Fokker. 1955. 8pp. Illustrated.

Avro 771 Twin Jet Airliner: with BristolSiddeley BS75 Engines. Hawker SiddeleyAviation. c.1962. 35pp. + 13pp. Illustrated.Includes performance data, proposed cabinlayouts and sectional views.

The Argosy Turboprop Freightercoach.Hawker Siddeley Aviation. c.1962. 5pp.Illustrated.

Napier Eland propeller-turbine. Publication208. D. Napier & Son, London. c.1955. 34pp.Illustrated.

Napier ‘Sabre’ Series VII 3,000 BHP. D.Napier & Son, London. c.1945. 14pp.Illustrated.

Napier Scorpion Rocket Power. D. Napier &Son, Luton Airport. c.1957. 9pp. Illustrated.

WE-01: a New Concept in Executive andLight Liaison VTOL Transport. WestlandAircraft, Yeovil. c.1969. 4pp. Illustrated.

All enquiries regarding the collectionshould be addressed to: Brian Riddle,Librarian, Royal Aeronautical Society,

4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 7670 4362.

e-mail: brian.riddle@raes.org.uk.

Blackburn Proteus-Beverley MilitaryTransport Aircraft. Publication Y.T.P. 71.Blackburn Aircraft, Brough. 1960. 29pp.Illustrated.

Britannia: Descriptive Notes andPerformance Data. Bristol Aircraft, Filton.1956. Irregular pagination. Illustrated.Summarises, with numerous diagrams, the air-craft's fuel/electrical/hydraulic/air condition-ing/ice protection/radio and radar systems,crew/passenger accommodation, engines andperformance.

Bristol Siddleley Proteus Civil Turboprop.Publication TJ 117. Bristol Siddeley Engines,Filton. 1961. 28pp. Illustrated.

Bristol Siddeley Rocket Engines. PublicationTJ 163/2. Bristol Siddeley Engines, Filton. 1964.16pp. Illustrated.Describes the Bristol Siddeley Stentor (powerplant for Blue Steel), Screamer, Super Sprite,Double Spectre and Gamma Mark 301 (powerplant for Black Knight).

Bristol Ramjets. Bristol Aero-Engines, Filton.1958. 20pp. Illustrated.Describes the Bristol Thor selected to powerthe Bristol Bloodhound surface-to-air missileand the Bristol High-Altitude Test Plant.

Project 201 Utility Transport Aircraft. BritishAircraft Corporation, Weybridge. c.1968. 4pp.Illustrated.

The de Havilland Ghost Jet PropulsionUnit 5,000lb, 2,270kg, static thrust — May1950. de Havilland Engine Company Ltd,Edgware. 1950. 41pp. Illustrated.

The de Havilland Goblin Jet PropulsionUnit: 3,500/3,600lb, 1,586/1,631kg staticthrust — August 1950. de Havilland EngineCompany Ltd, Edgware. 1950. 26pp. Illustrated.

As described in The Aerospace Professional,December 2004, pp 14-15, cataloguing of

the extensive collection of over 500 companybrochures relating to specific aircraft andengine types of the mainly 1950s and 1960swhich belonged to the aviation journalist andhistorian Derek Wood is ongoing. Summarisedbelow are some of the latest additions to theLibrary’s holdings:

Airspeed (AS57) Ambassador. Reprintedfrom Flight, 10 April 1947. C.B. Bailey-Watson.Airspeed, Christchurch. 1947. 6pp. Illustrated.

Cheetah Seventeen, Eighteen and Twenty-Seven Engines. Armstrong Siddeley Motors,Coventry. c.1948. 14pp. Illustrated.

Double-Mamba Power Group. Reprintedfrom The Aeroplane, 1 April 1949. ArmstrongSiddeley Motors, Coventry. 1949. 5pp.Illustrated.

P182 Mark II Turbo Propeller Engine —Issue No 2: Preliminary Performance andInstallation Data — December 1957.Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Coventry. 1957.39pp. Illustrated

The First Twin-Jet Tailless Aircraft — theArmstrong Whitworth AW52. Reprintedfrom The Aeroplane, 20 and 27 December1946. Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft,Coventry. 1946. 12pp. Illustrated.

The Armstrong Siddeley Viper. Reprintedfrom The Aeroplane, 31 July 1953. Sir W.G.Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft, Coventry.1953. 8pp. Illustrated.

The Avro Athena Mk 1 and Mk 2 AdvancedTrainer. A.V. Roe & Co., Manchester. c.1948.8pp. Illustrated.

The Avro Athena Advanced Trainer -Details of the Mk 1 Design with MambaAirscrew-Turbine. Reprinted from Flight, 8April 1948. A.V. Roe & Co., Middleton. 1948.8pp. Illustrated.Includes a detailed cutaway illustration andother diagrams.

Universal Freighter. Reprinted from Flight,23 March 1950. Blackburn and GeneralAircraft, Brough. 1950. 8pp. Illustrated.Includes a cutaway illustration of the aircraft’sstructure and diagrams of its flightdeck layout,aileron hydraulic-servo unit and flying controlsystem.

Progress Report on the UniversalFreighter. Reprinted from The Aeroplane, 24March 1950. Blackburn and General Aircraft,Brough. 1950. 10pp. Illustrated.Includes cutaway diagrams of the aircraft’sstructure and other photographs.

Blackburn ‘Universal’ Freighter. Reprintedfrom The Aeroplane, 9 and 23 November 1951.Blackburn and General Aircraft, Brough. 1951.9pp. Illustrated.

The Blackburn Universal. Blackburn andGeneral Aircraft, Brough. 1953. 27pp.Illustrated.

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The Derek Wood Collection

The extensive Derek WoodCollection comprising of

original company brochuresrelating to specific aircraft andengine types of the 1940sthrough to the 1960s (some ofwhich were unbuilt or built inlimited numbers) is an importanthistorical record of the Britishaircraft industry in the immediatepostwar years which, in retrospect,could be seen as a ‘golden age’ ofmanufacturing and design.

The collection, along with5,000 photographs, was originallydonated to the Library inSeptember 2004 by his widow,Lin Wood and the following is a listof further brochures from thecollection which have recentlybeen catalogued and were notpreviously recorded in TheAerospace Professional:

Alvis Leonides: Design Details —Batch Production of MajorComponents. Extract from AircraftProduction April 1948. AlvisLimited, Coventry. 1948. 8pp.Illustrated.

Alvis Leonides 500hpSpecification. Alvis Ltd, Coventry.c.1948. 11pp. Illustrated.Includes cutaway diagram,performance curves and enginedata for various variants.

Alvis Leonides Major. AlvisLimited, Coventry. c.1954. 8pp.Illustrated.Includes installation diagrams andsea-level/altitude performancecurves.

The Story of the Cheetah Engines.Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd,Coventry. c.1946. 12pp.Illustrated.Describes the Cheetah XV, 25 and26.

Sapphire Turbojet. ArmstrongSiddeley Motors Ltd, Coventry.1953. 4pp. Illustrated.

AW650 Series. Sir W G ArmstrongWhitworth Aircraft Ltd, Baginton.c.1958. 3pp. Illustrated.Describes the AW650/AW651freighter/coach aircraft,

AW660/AW661 militarytransport/AW670 unpressurisedcar ferry and AW671unpressurised passenger bus.

Auster Agricola: an Aircraft with aFuture in Farming. Auster AircraftLimited, Rearsby. c.1955. 4pp.Illustrated.

Auster Aiglet Trainer. AusterAircraft Limited, Rearsby. c.1951.4pp. Illustrated.

The Auster Sprayer. AusterAircraft Limited, Rearsby. c.1954.4pp. Illustrated.

The Avro Lancastrian: the InterimAnswer to the Pressing Demandfor a Long Range, High SpeedTransport Aeroplane. Reprintedfrom Flight 1 February 1945. 6pp.Illustrated.

The Avro Shackleton: Designed forMaritime Reconnaissance. A V Roeand Co Limited, Manchester.1949. 4pp. Illustrated.

The Avro York. A V Roe & Co Ltd,Manchester. c.1947. 4pp.Illustrated.

Athena Advanced Trainer. A V Roe& Co Ltd, Manchester. c.1949.4pp. Illustrated.Includes cutaway diagram.

Beechcraft Model 18. BeechAircraft Corporation, Wichita, KS.c.1946. 19pp. Illustrated.Includes performance, payloadand range data for theD18S/D18C variants.

50 Years of Bristol Engines. H W FBailey. Rolls-Royce (1971) Limited— Bristol Engine Division, Filton.1970. 44pp. Illustrated.A concise history of the BristolAeroplane Company’s developmentof poppet valve and sleeve valve,its gas turbine developmentsthrough to the Olympus 595produced on the 50th anniversaryof the formation of the BristolAero-Engine Department.

Type 171 Mark 3 Helicopter.Bristol Aeroplane Company

Limited, Filton. c.1951. 7pp.Illustrated.

Type 171 Mark 4 helicoptere civilet militaire. Bristol AeroplaneCompany Limited, Filton. c.1952.8pp. Illustrated.Includes cutaway diagram.

Type 173 Twin-Rotor Helicopter.Bristol Aeroplane CompanyLimited, Filton. c.1952. 7pp.Illustrated.

Britannia ... four-engined air-liner.Bristol Aeroplane CompanyLimited, Filton. c.1952. 9pp.Illustrated.Includes diagrams illustrating

typical loading cases(First/Second/Third Class).

The Bloodhound: Guided WeaponSystem. Bristol Aircraft Limited,Filton. c.1956. 12pp. Illustrated.Describes the Bristol Thorsupersonic ramjet engine.

Sycamore: Civil and MilitaryHelicopter. Bristol Aircraft Limited,Filton. c.1956. 20pp. Illustrated.Includes cutaway illustration ofthe Bristol Type 171 rotor headand gearbox.

Bristol Britannia: Long RangeAirliner. Bristol Aircraft Limited,Filton. 1956. 44pp. Illustrated.

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Bristol Aircraft. Bristol AircraftLimited, Filton. 1957. 8pp.Illustrated.Brochure for the Britannia 310(including various interiorarrangement layouts), Type 170Freighter, Sycamore (and itsvariants) and Bristol Type 173.

The de Havilland Dove: GeneralStatement — November 1947. deHavilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Hatfield.1947. 113pp. Illustrated.

The de Havilland Heron: GeneralStatement — October 1951. deHavilland Aircraft Co Ltd, Hatfield.1951. 86pp. Illustrated.

The de Havilland Comet JetAirliner: General Statement —March 1952. de Havilland AircraftCo Ltd, Hatfield. 1952. 65pp.Illustrated.

The de Havilland Ghost: the PowerUnit of the Comet jet Airliner. deHavilland Engine CompanyLimited, Leavesden. c.1953. 8pp.Illustrated.

Firestreak. de Havilland PropellersLimited, Hatfield. c.1958. 4pp.Illustrated.

de Havilland Engines —Farnborough 1960. de HavillandEngine Company Limited,Leavesden. 1960. 20pp. Describes the GnomeH1000/H1020/H1400/P1000,Gyron Junior DGJ2Mk101/DGJ10/Double SpectreDSpeD1, Gipsy Major 215 andGipsy Queen 70 Mk3.

Gnome. de Havilland EngineCompany Limited and BristolSiddeley Engines Limited. c.1961.6pp. Illustrated.Includes colour cutaway diagram.

Gloster Meteor Trainer. GlosterAircraft Company Ltd, Hucclecote.c.1946. 4pp. Illustrated.

Jet Provost: Hunting Percival’sNew Ab Initio Trainer. Reprintedfrom Flight 6 May 1955. HuntingPercival Aircraft Ltd., Luton.1955. 12pp. Illustrated.Includes cutaway illustration of T1variant and details of accesspanels.

Design and Development of theLockheed P2V Neptune:Preprinted for the Institute of theAeronautical Sciences. J B

Wassall. Lockheed AircraftCorporation, Burbank, CA.c.1949. 31pp. Illustrated.

Miles Merchantman Specification.Miles Aircraft Ltd, Reading.c.1946. 21pp. Illustrated.

Napier Ram Jet Development. DNapier and Son Limited, Luton.c.1956. 7pp. Illustrated.Describes the National GasTurbine Establishment RJTV 25test vehicle.

Napier Eland: for helicopterpropulsion and boundary layercontrol. D Napier & Son Limited,London. c.1954. 6pp. Illustrated.Includes data for the ElandN.E1.6.

Napier Gazelle free-turbine (twobrochures). D Napier and SonLimited, London. c.1957-1958.18pp; 28pp. Illustrated.

The Percival Prince: the mostmodern tributary air liner. PercivalAircraft Limited, Luton. 1950.8pp. Illustrated.

Services Rendered 1939-1945.Rolls-Royce Limited, Derby.c.1945. 12pp. Illustrated.Reviews Rolls-Royce’s engineproduction/repair and factoryexpansion during WW2.

Rolls-Royce Griffon 57 AeroEngine. Rolls-Royce Limited,Derby. 1952. 15pp. Illustrated.

Brochure for the SR/A1 JetPropelled Fighter Flying Boat andthe Beryl Jet Propulsion Unit.Saunders-Roe Ltd and MetroplitanVickers Electrical CompanyLimited. c.1946. 4pp. Illustrated.

Brochure for the SR/A1 fighter,Princess long range transport andDuchess medium range transport.Saunders-Roe Ltd, East Cowes.c.1950. 4pp. Illustrated.

Short Aircraft Data. ShortBrothers (Rochester & Bedford)Ltd, Rochester. c.1947. 19pp.Illustrated.Describes the Solent,Sandringham Shetland, Sealand,Sturgeon and Nimbus sailplane.

The Short Sealand. Short Brothersand Harland Limited, Belfast.c.1948. 24pp. Illustrated.Includes cutaway diagram.

Shorts Seamew light anti-submarine aircraft. Short Brothersand Harland Limited, Belfast.c.1953. 14pp. Illustrated.

Short SC5 Britannic. ShortBrothers and Harland Limited,Belfast. c.1958. 6pp. Illustrated.Describes the projected turboproptransport design (includingperformance graphs and potentialloads including the Thor IRBM)which was to evolve into the SC5Belfast.

Short SC7 — AdvanceInformation. Short Brothers andHarland Limited, Belfast. c.1959.4pp. Illustrated.

Describes the projected lighttransport design which was toevolve into the Skyvan.

Shorts Sherpa: the first aero-isoclinic aircraft. Short Brothersand Harland Limited, Belfast.c.1954. 12pp. Illustrated.

Le “Cormoran” NC211. SociétéNational de ConstructionsAeronautiques du Centre, Paris.c.1946. 12pp. Illustrated.

High Performance Aircraft.Vickers-Armstrongs Limited(Aircraft Section), London. 1947.12pp. Illustrated.Describes the Supermarine

Bristol Sycamore cutaway.

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Attacker/Spitfire two-seattrainer/Spitfire Mk24/Spiteful/Seafire Mk47/Seafang/Seagull/Sea Otter (Civil Version).

‘The Vanguard’ and ‘Vanguard —Two airliners in one’: Extract fromVickers Magazine. W T Gunstonand J H Stevens. c.1954-1956.12pp. Illustrated.Discusses the design evolution ofthe Vickers-Armstrong V850 andV900 Vanguard.

The Vickers Vanguard: Four Rolls-Royce Tyne Propeller-TurbineEngines. Vickers-Armstrongs(Aircraft) Limited, Weybridge.c.1957. 6pp. Illustrated.

Vickers Viscount: a High-SpeedPassenger Aircraft. Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Weybridge.c.1950. 8pp. Illustrated.Includes cutaway diagram.

The Viscount 700: the firstpropeller-turbine airliner. Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Weybridge.c.1951. 8pp. Illustrated.Includes cutaway diagram.

Brochure for the Vickers Viscount700 series/Vickers SupermarineSwift/Vickers Valiant/VickersVarsity/Vickers SupermarineAttacker. Vickers-ArmstrongsLimited, Weybridge. c.1951.12pp. Illustrated.

Vickers Viscount 700D Series: theMost Successful Aircraft in itsClass in the World. Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Limited,Weybridge. c.1957. 19pp.Illustrated.Includes data/description of theViscount 771D.

Introducing the 400mph Viscount:a Plane of Pedigree. Developmentof the Viscount 810-40 Series.Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft)Limited, Weybridge. c.1957. 9pp.Illustrated.Includes payload range andperformance graphs of the V810-840.

The Westland S51 Helicopter.Westland Aircraft Limited, Yeovil.c.1948. 7pp. Illustrated.Brochure for the design thatevolved into the Dragonfly.

The Westland S55 Helicopter.Westland Aircraft Limited, Yeovil.c.1952. 7pp. Illustrated.Brochure for the design thatevolved into the Whirlwind.

Westland Wessex Helicopter.Westland Aircraft Limited, Yeovil.c.1957. 4pp. Illustrated.

Westland Westminster Helicopter.Westland Aircraft Limited, Yeovil.c.1957. 4pp. Illustrated.

Westland Westminster. WestlandAircraft Limited, Yeovil. 1958.12pp. Illustrated.

Westland Westminster. WestlandAircraft Limited, Yeovil. 1959.11pp. Illustrated.

Westland Widgeon. WestlandAircraft Limited, Yeovil. 1958.14pp. Illustrated.

Westland Rotodyne. WestlandAircraft Limited, Yeovil. 1960.12pp. Illustrated.

Westland Helicopters Present andProjected. Westland AircraftLimited, Yeovil. c.1955. 4pp.Illustrated.Includes brief descriptions/data ofthe S51, S55, W80, W81 andW85.

A Preliminary Description of theWestland Group WG11. ProjectGroup Report No15. WestlandAircraft Ltd, Yeovil. 1965. 54pp.Illustrated.An advanced tandem rotorhelicopter project design study.

Earlier listings from the DerekWood Collection were previouslyrecorded in the December 2004and May 2005 issues of TheAerospace Professional; pdfs ofthese articles are available via theLibrary’s websitewww.aerosociety.com/About-Us/nal/speccollections along witha number of other articles whichrecord key aviation collections heldat the National Aerospace Library(www.aerosociety.com/nal).

For any enquiries regarding thismaterial, please contact the

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Handley Page Projects

One of the great names inBritish aircraft construction —

Sir Frederick Handley Page (1885-1962) — from the early crescent-wing design HP1 of 1909 formuch of his lifetime Handley Pagespecialised in large aircraft design,his WW1 designs the 0/100 and0/400 — among the first strategicbombers — being later adapted tocivilian use in 1919 when hefounded Handley Page AirTransport. Always keen to makeflying safer, the Handley Pageleading-edge slots achieved asignificant reduction in take-offand landing speed and were usedon the upper wing of the HP42four-engined biplane airlinersoperated by Imperial Airwaysdeveloping international civilaviation during the inter-war years.The Hampden, Halifax and Victorbombers continued the name ofHandley Page well into the post-war years, his company — one ofthe first to build aircraft in Britain— surviving its founder by justeight years.

In addition to numerous booksand articles on the company’saircraft designs over the years andits house journal Handley PageBulletin 1935 Vol 7 No 75 —1939 Vol 11 No 130; 1948 Vol14 No 160 — 1958 Vol 24 No231, the National AerospaceLibrary holds, as detailed below, ahistorically significant collection ofthe company’s project designs, anumber of which were presentedto the Library in September 2012by Stephen Cronbach havingbelonged to his father Peter LCronbach, CEng, FRAeS, (1919-2011) who had first joined thecompany as a technical apprenticein 1936 and who was to becomeits Future Project Designer 1952-1964 and later MarketingManager for the Jetstream havingearlier been Technical SalesManager for the Herald:

Some Notes Regarding TheHandley Page Automatic ControlSlots. Handley Page Ltd,Cricklewood. 1928. 8pp + fold-out diagram. Illustrated.Includes fold-out diagramillustrating the slotted wing flaps.

Military and Civil Aircraft. HandleyPage Limited, London. c.1930.17pp. Illustrated.Includes an article by H B Irvingentitled ‘Safety and Control’ andcolour artist impressions of thepassenger cabin interior of theHP42 airliner.

Handley Page Hampden: Day andNight Fighting Bomber. HandleyPage Limited. c.1936. 28pp + 2pull-out diagrams. Illustrated.Includes sectional cutawaydiagram of the aircraft and otherconstructional/production details.

High Speed Bomber (Type HP.65).Handley Page Limited,Cricklewood. 1943. 22pp.Illustrated.Describes the HP65 projectdesign developed from the Halifaxsummarising its weight, parasitedrag, bomb load, range andperformance.

Proposed ‘70 Ton’ Bomber.Handley Page Limited,Cricklewood. c.1944. 6pp + 2pull-out diagrams. Illustrated.Describes the swept-wing projectdesign and its variants (including ajet-propelled tailless version)summarising its parasite drag andother performance data.

The Handley Page (H.P.72) MilitaryTransport. Handley Page Ltd,London. 1945. 12pp. Illustrated.

H.P.76 24 Passenger Monoplane:Vol I — Description of Layout,Design and Construction; Vol 2 —

Performance and Weight Estimates(2 vols). Handley Page Ltd, London.1946. 55pp; 27pp. Illustrated.

Handley Page Four-Engined Jet-Propelled Bomber. Handley PageLimited, Cricklewood. 1946.23pp. Illustrated. Describes the HP80 swept wingdesign project which was to evolveinto the Victor.

Hastings Sonobuoy ResearchAircraft WD480: A.P.2979B Vol 1Sonobuoy Supplement(‘Restricted’). Handley Page Ltd,London. c.1953. Unpaginated.Illustrated.Describes the ground handling andservicing, electrical/radio/oxygen/hydraulic systems, emergencyequipment and exits, loads andother data of a modified HastingsCMk2 used as a flying laboratory.

H.P.R.3. Medium-Range TransportAircraft: Powered by Four AlvisLeonides Major Engines. HandleyPage Limited, London. 1954.37pp. Illustrated.Specification for the aircraftdesign that evolved into theHerald.

Victor: Construction, Maintenance,Repair (‘Secret’). Handley PageLimited, London. 1954. 37pp.Illustrated.

Victor II: Description andPerformance (‘Secret’). HandleyPage Ltd, Radlett. 1955. 184pp.Illustrated.

Victor II — Four Sapphire 9Engines: Summary of Structuraland Functional Tests. HandleyPage Ltd, Radlett. 1955. 38pp.

Victor B Phase 2B (‘Secret’).Handley Page Ltd, Cricklewood.1955. 23pp. Illustrated.

Victor BMk1 Servicing SchoolNotes. Airframe A.L.13 — FuelSystem (Handley Page Mods 141and 110 incorporated); A.L.17 —Electrical Course — Fuel System(Pre-Mods 141 and 110)(‘Restricted’). Handley Page Ltd,Cricklewood. c.1956.Unpaginated. Illustrated.

Victor B Phase 4 Supersonic High-Altitude Bomber: 4 Rolls-RoyceConway 31 Engines with Reheat(‘Secret’). Handley Page Ltd,Cricklewood. c.1956. 30pp.Illustrated.

H.P.97 — the Victor CivilTransport: 4 Rolls-Royce ConwayR.Co10 or Conway R.Co.30 TurboJet Engines. Handley Page Ltd,London. 1956. 9pp. Illustrated.

H.P. 97 — the Victor CivilTransport: 4 Rolls-Royce ConwayR.Co.10 or Conway R.Co.30 TurboJet Engines. Handley Page Ltd,London. 1956. 48pp. Illustrated.

Long-Range Transport (H.P.103).Handley Page Ltd, London. 1956.38pp. Illustrated.

A Design Study of the H.P. 108Laminar Flow Airliner. Handley

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Page Ltd, London. 1956. 93pp.Illustrated.

Handley Page H.P.106M LongRange Air-to-Surface GuidedMissile Addendum No.1: forCarriage By All ‘V’ Bombers to theRequirements of Air Staff TargetO.R.1149. 8 — R.R. RB93/4Turbo-Jet Engines with Reheat(‘Secret — Guard’) [Photostat].Handley Page Ltd, Cricklewood.1957. 30pp. Illustrated.

Dart Herald — BranchlineTransport: Rolls-Royce DartR.Da.7 Series, Mark 527,Turboprop Engines. Handley PageLimited, Radlett. 1957. 44pp.Illustrated.

Victor B. Mk.2: Brief descriptionand performance (‘Secret’).Handley Page Ltd, Radlett. 1958.44pp. Illustrated.

The H.P.111 General PurposeFreight and Personnel Transportfor Strategic and Assault Roles(Descriptive Brochure). HandleyPage Ltd, London. 1958. 144pp.Illustrated.

Handley Page 111 — Appendix 3to Descriptive Brochure: the H.P.111 Performance at Higher Take-Off Weights and with Rolls-RoyceConway Stage 4 Turbo Jets(Restricted). Handley Page Ltd,London. 1958. 11pp. Illustrated.

A Design Study of the H.P. 113Laminar Flow Aircraft for Researchand Executive Transport. HandleyPage Ltd, London. 1958. 129pp.Illustrated.

The HP115 Slim Delta ResearchAircraft: to Specification No.X.197.T (‘Confidential’). HandleyPage Ltd, Radlett. 1959. 43pp.Illustrated.

H.P.111C Turbo Jet Freighter: aStudy of the Civil OperatingCharacteristics (‘Restricted’).Handley Page Ltd, Radlett. 1959.13pp. Illustrated.

H.P.111C High Speed FreightAircraft — Descriptive Brochure.Handley Page Ltd, London. 1960.42pp. Illustrated.

A Design Study of the H.P.120Reconnaissance Vehicle: withV.T.O.L. and Flying Capability(‘Secret’). Handley Page Ltd,Radlett. 1960. 108pp. Illustrated.

Detailed description of ‘flying jeepcar’ project design.

HPR8 Car and Bulk Freighter:Rolls-Royce Dart. R.Da.10 SeriesTurboprop Engines. Handley PageReading Limited, Woodley.c.1960. 47pp. Illustrated.

Victor B. Mk.2: Brief descriptionand performance (‘Secret’).Handley Page Ltd, Radlett. 1961.49pp. Illustrated.Includes details of the aircraft’sstores, fuel/electrical/anti-icing/hydraulic/air conditioning systems,major structural components,equipment, service loads,performance data and generalarrangement diagrams of its WingTroop Carrier variant.

H.P.120 Mk.2: Supplement No.1to A Design Study of the H.P.120(‘Secret’). Handley Page Ltd,Radlett. 1960. 23pp. Illustrated.

H.P.120 Mk.3: Preliminary Studyof a Light Weight Scout CarCapable of Making Short Flightsand/or Hops (‘Secret’). HandleyPage Ltd, Radlett. 1961. 18pp.Illustrated.

H.P.119 Development Project: 1/3Scale Model of H.P.117. 3 B.S.Viper 20 Engines. Handley PageLtd, London. 1961. 17pp.Illustrated.

Pioneer Designers — ProductionBuilders of Aircraft 1909-1962.Handley Page Ltd, Cricklewood.1962. 18pp. Illustrated.Pictorial survey of the company’saircraft designs over the decades.

Introducing the Handley Page JetHerald. Handley Page Limited,Cricklewood. 1962. 16pp.Illustrated.Describes the HP127 projectdesign, a stretched fuselage variantof the Herald powered by two Rolls-Royce Spey Junior engines capableof carrying up to 70 passengers.Includes description of potentialmilitary variant.

A Project Study of a M=1.15Laminar Flow Aircraft: Comparisonwith the Hawker Siddeley VariableGeometry Project. Handley PageLtd, Cricklewood. 1963. 13pp + 3pull-out diagrams. Illustrated.

Gyrojet Feasibility Report. HandleyPage Ltd, London. 1963. 38pp.Illustrated.

Reviews the autogyro conceptinitiated by the Frazer WalkerCorporation and reviewed by G VLachmann.

F.H.P. Air-Portable Hangar:Designed and Manufactured by P.Frankenstein and Sons(Manchester) Ltd. and HandleyPage Ltd in co-operation. P.Frankenstein and Sons(Manchester) Ltd and HandleyPage Ltd, Cricklewood. 1964.27pp. Illustrated.

HP Jetstream 1 PerformanceData. Handley Page Ltd, StAlbans. 1969. 31pp. Illustrated.

Jetstream 200 Performance Data(Subject to Flight Test). HandleyPage Aircraft Ltd, St Albans.1970. 44pp. Illustrated.

HP120 reconnaissance vehicle flying jeep study.

For any enquiries regarding thismaterial, please contact thelibrarians at the NAL, FarnboroughT +44 (0)1252 701038/701060E hublibrary@aerosociety.com)

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Aircraft Company PublicationsThe National Aerospace Library at Farnborough holds an extensive collection of aircraft company publications (brochures, reports, manuals and journals) which have been donated over the decades, mainly by individuals who either worked for, or did business, with those companies.

The Librarians wish to acknowledge the latest additions to its holdings as detailed below which have been catalogued from the collections of Frank Henry Robertson AFRAeS (1912-1995) [presented by his son Malcolm Robertson CEng FRAeS] and Michael F Eacock (1928-2013) [presented by his sons Roger, Michael and Graham Eacock].

These publications are often a unique source of information and record of the evolution of that particular company’s products (including numerous unbuilt aircraft project designs), for the National Aerospace Library’s evolving collection being of particular importance as a historical record as the postwar rationalisation of the aircraft industry led to numerous aerospace company archives being broken up or disposed of.

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Phillips & Powis Aircraft (Reading) Ltd/Miles Aircraft Limited

Report on Design, Construction and Testing of Small Aircraft Designed on Miles X Principle. F H Robertson. Phillips & Powis Aircraft (Reading) Ltd, Reading. 1941. 14pp + 55pp of diagrams/plates. Illustrated.

X7 — Report on Preliminary Design for Large Transport Aeroplane. F H Robertson. Phillips & Powis Aircraft (Reading) Ltd, Reading. 1942. 15pp. Illustrated.

Describes eight-engined aircraft project design of transatlantic range.

Preliminary Design Specifi cation Miles X9. Phillips & Powis Aircraft (Reading) Ltd, Reading. c.1942.

Describes the Miles X.9 all-metal laminar fl ow long-range transport aircraft project design. Includes a number of detailed line arrangement diagrams and sectional views.

M.19 Mk.II — Report on Conversion from Day Trainer to Day and Night Trainer for RAF.

F H Robertson. Phillips & Powis Aircraft (Reading) Ltd, Reading. 1942.

HL18: Report on Design and Construction of Special M.18 with High-Lift Wings for the RAE. Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd, Reading. 1942.

Includes Royal Aircraft Establishment RAE Aero Report 1760 ‘Wind Tunnel Tests on the Experimental High Lift M.18’ (R Hills, E C Brown, M A Morrison and H V Becker) June 1942.

‘High Lift’ — M.18 — JN.703 (Cirrus Major). P. & P. 18/14. Phillips & Powis Aircraft Ltd, Reading. 1943. 14pp.

A.28 — Report on Conversion of M.28 I Aircraft to AOP Machine (M.38/28). F H Robertson. Phillips & Powis Aircraft (Reading) Ltd, Reading. 1943. 36pp + 16 pull-out diagrams. Illustrated.

Includes Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment Report No. A&AEE 802 on the Phillips & Powis M.38/28.

T.18 — Report on Design of Tricycle Undercarriage Conversion Set for M.18

Aircraft. F H Robertson. Phillips & Powis Aircraft (Reading) Ltd, Reading. 1943. 3pp + 4 pull-out diagrams. Illustrated.

Report on Preliminary Design Specifi cation for M.26 (X.11) Transport. Miles Aircraft Limited, Reading. 1945.

R.T. — Report on Preliminary Design for Glider Tug. F H Robertson. Miles Aircraft Limited, Reading. 1945. 9pp. Illustrated.

The HDM.106 Light Transport Aircraft: Two Lycoming GO-480 or GSO-480B Engines 8,000 LB AUW (Provisional Specifi cation). H D et M (Aviation) Ltd, F G Miles Ltd and Avions Hurel-Dubois, Shoreham. May 1957. 23pp. Illustrated.

A development of the HDM.105 Experimental Aerovan, describes short-haul freighter concept, including general dimensions, internal layout arrangements and estimated performance graphs.

Saunders-Roe Limited

Saunders-Roe Limited SR-A1/P.121 and their variants dimensions/weight estimate/performance estimate. Saunders-Roe Limited. c.1946. 30pp. Illustrated.

Describes the P.121.00.3/P.121.00.5 (a)/P.121.00.5 (b) variants and includes line arrangement diagrams.

Design Study of a Reconnaissance Flying-Boat for Tender to MOS Specifi cation R2/48

(‘Secret’). Saunders-Roe Limited. March 1949. 141pp. Illustrated.

Describes in detail the Saunders-Roe P.104 project, including the aircraft’s aerodynamic design, estimated weight/performance, production breakdown, structural strength and stiffness.

Addendum No.1 (As requested by MOS letter Ref.6/aircraft/3120/CB9(b)) to Design Study of a Reconnaissance Flying-Boat for Tender to MOS Specifi cation R2/48 (‘Secret’). Saunders-Roe Limited. June 1949. 47pp + blueprint arrangement diagram. Illustrated.

Describes the Saunders-Roe P.104 project.

Saunders-Roe Duchess. Saunders-Roe Limited. c.1950. 14pp. Illustrated.

Includes technical details of hull characteristics, beaching gear, performance, operating costs and other data/dimensions.

Preliminary Report on Design Study of a Small Twin-Engined Helicopter. F H Robertson. Saunders-Roe Ltd, East Cowes. August 1951. 14pp. Illustrated.

Includes line arrangement diagrams, weight breakdown and performance graphs of the P.500 project design intended to be larger than the Skeeter.

Design Study of a Naval Two-Seat All-Weather Fighter Landplane for Tender to MOS Specifi cation N.114.T (‘Secret’). Saunders-Roe Limited. July 1951. 145pp. Illustrated.

Describes in detail the Saunders-Roe P.148 project, including the aircraft’s aerodynamic design, estimated weight/performance, production breakdown, structural strength and stiffness.

Design Study of a Single-Seat Interceptor Fighter having Variable Wing Sweep to MOS Specifi cation ER.110.T. Saunders-Roe Limited. November 1951. 103pp + 3 blueprint arrangement diagrams. Illustrated.

Describes in detail the Saunders-Roe P.149 project, including the aircraft’s aerodynamic design, estimated weight/performance, production breakdown, structural strength and stiffness. Concludes with an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of variable sweep in comparison with fi xed wing designs.

Saunders-Roe Princess: Compilation of dimensions/weight estimates/range and take-off performance summary and various photographs. Saunders-Roe Limited. c.1952. 7pp + photographs.

Notes on Visit to USA in Connection with Helicopters and Seaplanes during March, April and May 1952 (‘Guard — Secret’). F H Robertson. Saunders-Roe Limited. 1952.

Illustrated throughout by numerous photographs, this report reviews the latest designs of Hiller Helicopters, Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles Airways, McMulloch Motors Corp, American

The Miles X7 could carry up to 500 troops over short ranges. RAeS (NAL).

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The New Basic Trainer — Structural Analysis of the Percival Prentice: Simplicity, Inherent Strength and Ease of Production are Keynotes of Design. Reprinted from Flight 18 December 1947.

Includes cutaway and other sectional diagrams.

The History of Percival Aircraft Ltd. Reprinted from The Aeroplane Spotter Vol IX No. 206 7 February 1948.

Concludes with detailed Percival Type Number list.

Manufacturing the Percival Prentice: an Account by the Technical Editor of the Production of the New All-Metal Basic Trainer for the Royal Air Force. Extract from Aircraft Engineering May 1948. J H Stevens. pp 137-147. Illustrated.

Aerial Survey from Camera to Map: the Comprehensive Service of Hunting AeroSurveys Ltd. Supplement to the Hunting Aviation Review. c.1948. 8pp. Illustrated.

The Percival Prince: Britain’s 8-10 Passenger Air Liner. Percival Aircraft Limited. September 1948. 4pp.

The Percival P.56 (Provost): Design Analysis of the New Basic Trainer Adopted for the Royal Air Force. Reprinted from Flight 4 May 1951.

Includes cutaway and other sectional diagrams.

The Percival “Provost” New Basic Trainer for the Royal Air Force. Reprinted from The Aeroplane 4 May 1951.

Includes cutaway diagram

Helicopter Co, Rotorcraft Corp, Cessna Aircraft Company, McDonnell Aircraft Corp, Helicopter Air Service Inc, Doman Helicopters Inc., Sikorsky Aircraft Inc, Kaman Aircraft Corp, Piasecki Helicopter Corp, Kellett Aircraft Corp, Bell Aircraft Corp, Convair Ltd, Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp and The Glenn L Martin Co. Also summarises visits to the Boeing Airplane Co, United Air Lines Maintenance Base at San Francisco, Fairchild Aircraft Division, Bendix Aviation Corp, the US Bureau of Aeronautics, Naval Experimental Station at Patuxent, NACA Langley Field and Wright Field at Dayton, Ohio.

Some Notes on the Operational Advantages of a Flying Boat as an Anti-Submarine Reconnaissance Aircraft (‘Secret’). Saunders-Roe Limited. July 1953. 83pp. Illustrated.

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Percival Prentice: a New Basic Trainer to AM Specifi cation T23/43. Percival Aircraft Limited. c.1946. 9pp. Illustrated.

The Percival Prentice Basic Trainer: in Production for the Royal Air Force. The Principles which led to its adoption as the modern Basic Trainer. Percival Aircraft Limited. c.1947. 4pp.

Includes review of military fl ying training policy and techniques.

Flight 26 March 1954. pp 365-371.

Includes sectional diagrams of the aircraft’s cockpit, interior arrangements and cutaway by John Marsden.

Hunting Percival P.105 Helicopter. Hunting Percival Aircraft Limited. August 1955.

Describes the rotor-generator unit, dimensions, performance, payload and the helicopter’s potential use as an aerial crane.

Napier’s Oryx Gas Generator and Helicopters by Hunting Percival. Reprinted from The Aeroplane. 5 August 1955. D Napier and Son Limited, Luton. 12pp. Illustrated.

Includes cutaway diagrams of the Napier Oryx N.Or.I 750ghp Gas Generator and the Hunting Percival P.105 helicopter project powered by the Napier Oryx N.Or.4 825 gas horse-power generator.

Agricultural Aircraft Studies. Hunting Aircraft Limited. British Aircraft Corporation Ltd, Luton. September 1961. 37pp. Illustrated.

Describes the Hunting H.137/H.137R/H.142 project designs, their economics and loading sequences.

H145 Jet Trainer. P/51/W-3. British Aircraft Corporation — Hunting Aircraft Ltd, Luton. c.1962.

H145 Jet Trainer. TSL 033. British Aircraft Corporation — Hunting Aircraft Ltd, Luton.c.1963. 33pp. Illustrated.

A development of the Jet Provost T.Mk.4, this brochure presented basic performance data (including rate of climb, stalling speeds and landing distances), range, nose

compartment equipment, fatigue life, weight breakdown and armament.

H145 Jet Trainer: South African Air Force. TSL052. British Aircraft Corporation, Luton. April 1964. 38pp. Illustrated.

H.145 Jet Trainer Engineering Appraisal. TSL053. British Aircraft Corporation (Operating) Ltd, Luton. October 1964. Irregular pagination. Illustrated.

H145 Jet Trainer Viper 20: RAAF. TSL061. British Aircraft Corporation (Operating) Ltd, Luton. October 1964. 67pp. Illustrated.

BAC.145 Jet Trainer. 145/1/RB. British Aircraft Corporation, London. January 1965. 50pp. Illustrated.

Describes the aircraft’s dimensions, range, fl ight envelope (including stalling speeds and landing distances), typical training sortie, cockpit, armament, structure, fatigue life and other data.

BAC 164 Viper 20 Mk 522: Royal Malaysian Air Force. TSL074. British Aircraft Corporation (Operating) Ltd, Luton. February 1965. 50pp. Illustrated.

Describes the aircraft’s dimensions, range, performance, fl ight envelope (including stalling speeds and landing distances), typical training sortie, cockpit, armament, stores, weapon loads, fatigue life and other data.

BAC 167 Viper 20 Mk 522: Royal Malaysian Air Force. TSL073. British Aircraft Corporation (Operating) Ltd, Luton. February 1965. 56pp. Illustrated.

by J H Clark of Percival P.56.

Percival Provost in the Air: Flying Experience with the RAF’s Latest Trainer. Reprinted from Flight 14 September 1951.

Includes performance data for the P.56 Mk.1/Mk.2 and cockpit arrangement diagram.

The Percival “Provost” Basic Trainer: in quantity production for the Royal Air Force. Percival Aircraft Limited. October 1951. 8pp. Illustrated.

A Proven Combination. Reprinted from The Aeroplane 25 January 1952. 6pp. Illustrated.

Describes the evolution of the Percival P.50 Prince and its variants including the Sea Prince TMk1. Includes a number of sectional diagrams.

Percival Pembroke: High-Wing Versatility — Design and Construction of a “Prince-plus”. Extract from

The Saunders-Roe P104 was designed to Spec R2/48 for a reconnaissance and anti-submarine fl ying boat.RAeS (NAL).

Percival Prentice T1, VR190. RAeS (NAL).

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Developed from the BAC 145, describes the aircraft’s aerodynamic data, range, weight breakdown, fl ight envelope (including stalling speeds and landing distances), stores, weapon loads, fatigue life, cabin pressurisation systems and other data. Evolved into the Strikemaster.

BAC 167 Jet Trainer Viper 20. TSL081. British Aircraft Corporation (Operating) Ltd, Luton. May 1965. 60pp. Illustrated.

BAC 167 Jet Trainer Viper 20: Royal Saudi Air Force. TSL092. British Aircraft Corporation (Operating) Ltd, Luton. October 1965. 50pp. Illustrated.

Shorts

Various Possible approaches to the Design of a Two Seater Helicopter. S.P.H.100/1. F Robertson. Short Brothers and Harland Limited, Belfast. February 1953. 64pp. Illustrated.

Compares various contemporary hub driven/tip driven helicopters and the potential for ramjet and pulse jet propulsion, incorporating design analyses of the Hiller Hornet, American Helicopter XH26, McDonnell 79A, Sud Ouest So1120 Aeriel III, Bell 47, Saro Skeeter and the Hafner AR III gyroplane.

Design for an Ultra Light Weight Helicopter Tendered to Specifi cation H.R.144T (R.D.T.2 Ref: 7/Aircraft/11791). SPH.100/4. Short Brothers and Harland Limited, Belfast. December 1953. 55pp. Illustrated.

Includes a number of sectional diagrams of the

Handley Page Hermes 1/2/4, Bristol Brabazon Britannia 100/250/300/310, Saunders-Roe Princess, Short ‘C’ Class Empire fl ying boats/G-Class/Sandringham/Shetland, Armstrong Whitworth Apollo/Ensign, Airspeed Ambassador, Vickers Viscount, de Havilland Comet 1/1a/2/3/4, comparing them to the Lockheed Constellation, Douglas DC-3/DC-4/DC-6/DC-8, Sikorsky S.42, Boeing 314A/Stratocruiser and Convair 240/340/440.

Light and Executive Aircraft and their Future Prospects in the United Kingdom: Lecture delivered to the Royal Aeronautical Society — Christchurch Branch 12 December 1962. F H Robertson. 67pp. Illustrated.

The Robertson “Rotacoupe”. F H Robertson. c.1965. 23pp. Illustrated.

Describes a two-seat autogiro design powered by a 210hp piston engine and fi xed pitch propeller.

Autorotating Wings — Theory, History and Future Possibilities: Short Brothers Commemorative Lecture delivered to the Royal Aeronautical Society — Belfast Branch 1966. F H Robertson. 79pp. Illustrated.

Lycoming T53-L-15 engine installation, air conditioning/hydraulic/electrical/fuel systems, operating costs).

Proposal for a programme of work aimed at securing for Shorts a position in the world market for Rotary-Winged Aircraft, particularly in the private sector. PD.66/1. Short Brothers and Harland Limited, Belfast. September 1967. 47pp. Illustrated.

Includes as appendices descriptions of the F H Robertson ‘Rotacoupe’, the McCandless single-seat gyroplane, Short PD66.00.11 4-5 seat autogiro design, Short PD59 Rotobus (a 29-seat autogiro design with fuselage accommodation identical to the PD80) and a report on autogiros compiled by Arthur D Little for Shorts.

Other Papers

2-Seat Glider Type R.11. F H Robertson. Robertson Aircraft, Isle of Wight. 1947. Irregular pagination.

British Civil Transports: a History — an Inquest — and a Plan (‘Confi dential’). F Robertson. September 1956.

A detailed analysis of the comparative performance of the Avro York/Tudor 1/2/4,

PD65 jet-powered design considered as a replacement for the DC-3 (including general arrangement diagrams, aerodynamics, wing/fuselage structure, performance, passenger accomodation, fl ap system, air conditioning/hydraulic/fuel systems, operating costs).

Report on the Preliminary Design of a 29 Seat/3 Ton Feeder Line Aircraft. PD.80/2. Short Brothers and Harland Limited, Belfast. October 1967. 44pp. Illustrated.

Describes the Shorts PD80 low-wing turboprop design (including general arrangement diagrams, aerodynamics, aerofoil geometry, wing/fuselage structure, performance, passenger accomodation, slotted Fowler fl ap system,

helicopter’s rotor hub, gearbox, main rotor blade, tail rotor and engine installation.

Preliminary Report on Design Study of VTOL Strike Aircraft to GOR.339. PD.17/2. Short Brothers and Harland Limited, Belfast. April 1958. 65pp. Illustrated.

Describes the Shorts PD17 jet-lift aircraft design developed from an English Electric concept.

Preliminary Report on Design Study of General Purpose VTOL/STOL Lightweight Strike/Fighter. PD.25/4. Short Brothers and Harland Limited, Belfast. June 1958. 14pp. Illustrated.

Describes the Shorts PD25/4 single-seat delta-winged fi ghter design which was to be powered by eight Rolls-Royce RB108 engines mounted amidships to provide vertical lift and a Bristol Orpheus 12R mounted in the rear of the fuselage to provide horizontal thrust.

Report on the Design of the Short Skyvan Light General Purpose Transport Aeroplane. PD.36/3. Short Brothers and Harland Limited — Light Aircraft Division, Belfast. February 1961. 104pp. Illustrated.

Describes the Shorts SC7 Skyvan and records the design philosophy which led to the decision to proceed with the project.

Report on the Preliminary Design of a 40 Seat/4 Ton Feeder Line Aircraft. PD.65/4. Short Brothers and Harland Limited, Belfast. February 1966. 54pp. Illustrated.

Describes the Shorts

Short PD25/4 V/STOL light strike/fi ghter. RAeS (NAL).

Short PD17/2 a fully VTOL tactical strike bomber designed to Spec GOR339 (as was TSR2). RAeS (NAL).

For enquiries regarding this material please contact the librarians at the National Aerospace Library:T +44 (0)1252 701038 or 701060; E hublibrary@aerosociety.com

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The National Aerospace Library at Farnborough holds a historically important archive of original material relating to the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company and its successor the Bristol Aeroplane Company.

Included in the Library’s archives is ‘The British and Colonial Aeroplane Company Minute Book No.1’ (which contains the hand-written accounts of monthly meetings of Directors from its formation in February 1910 through to December 1919), the company’s record book of fuselage construction and repair 1911-1917, numerous internal company reports and a large number of original notebooks containing the design calculations for a variety of Bristol types compiled by F S Barnwell, A J Newport, W T Reid, G A Stephens, and W G Morgan.

In August 1912 the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company entered two aircraft designated GE2 (having been originally designed by E C Gordon England) for the War Offi ce Military Aeroplane Competition held at Salisbury Plain — Military Trials No.12 being piloted by C Howard Pixton and No.13 by Gordon England.

The National Aerospace Library holds 45 large original sheets (c.40 x 27 inches), hand-drawn by Barnwell and others, recording the company’s detailed engineering design calculations for the GE2 two-bay non-staggered biplane and its component parts, 31 of which have recently been conserved and individually encapsulated in a polyester laminate (housed in a made-to-measure archival storage boxes) which means that they can be handled and studied without damaging the originals.

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Above: Bristol Gordon England GE2 No103. RAeS (NAL).

Left: Brian Riddle, RAeS Chief Librarian, inspects one of the encapsulated drawings at the National Aerospace Library.Below: A drawing of the undercarriage of the GE2.

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The conservation of these historic drawings — which has been undertaken by the conservators Riley, Dunn and Wilson Ltd of Falkirk — has been funded from the sale of National Aerospace Library’s sales of donated aviation books at its annual Book Fairs.

The 2014 Aviation & Aerospace Book Fair will take place on Monday, 17 November (11 am-6 pm) at No.4 Hamilton Place, London W1J 7BQ, UK.

The National Aerospace Library will have available 100s of new/secondhand aviation books to sell on the day — a wide range of aviation history books, autobiographies, biographies, histories of individual aircraft/aircraft companies, old journals, ‘as new’ textbooks, etc. Most of the books will be sold between £1 and £5, the money raised from the Library’s stand to be used towards conserving further historic material held in the Library’s archives.

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The Aerospace Professional4

Society News

Included among the JamesGoulding aviation artwork

(described in The AerospaceProfessional February 2011p 22) presented to theNational Aerospace Librarywere a number of oversizeoriginal Westland AircraftLimited documents.

Further research hasrevealed these to hold aparticular historicalsignificance being theoriginal tender documentssubmitted in response to theAir Ministry specificationoperational requirements forvarious future militaryaircraft designs. Theyinclude the original conceptsfor the Westland Whirlwind,Welkin and the Lysanderprototype all designed underW E W (William EdwardWilloughby) Petter (1908-1968), the major aircraftdesigner who left theWestland company andjoined English ElectricCompany Limited (AircraftDivision) in July 1944 forwhom he was to design theCanberra and Lightning.

The details of these projectdesigns are as follows:

Westland Single Seat Dayand Night Fighter: Tender toSpecification F.37/35.Westland Aircraft Limited,Yeovil. c.1935. 8pp.Illustrated.Arrangement diagrams ofthe Westland P.9 projectdesign which evolved intothe Whirlwind.

Westland GeneralReconnaissance Aircraft:Tender to Specification No.G.24/35. Westland AircraftLimited, Yeovil. c.1936.13pp. Illustrated.

Westland A.39/34 - K.6127.

Westland Aircraft Limited,Yeovil. c.1936. 129pp.Illustrated.Detailed descriptionincluding numerous sectionaldiagrams of the prototypeWestland Lysander.

Amendment to WestlandTender for Torpedo BomberReconnaissance Aeroplaneto Specification S.24/37.Westland Aircraft Limited,Yeovil. 1938. 10pp + 5 pull-out blueprint diagrams.Describes the Westland P.10project design.

High Altitude Two-SeaterFighter Aircraft: Tender toSpecification F.4/40submitted by WestlandAircraft Limited. WestlandAircraft Limited, Yeovil.c.1940. 39pp. Illustrated.Description of the WestlandP.14 project design whichevolved into the Welkinfollowing the revised AirMinistry F.7/41specification.

The Whirlwind I Aeroplane —Two Peregrine I Engines:Cancelling Preliminary Issueof Draft A.P.1709A Vol.1 3-1940. Westland AircraftLimited, Yeovil. c.1940.Unpaginated. Illustrated.A compilation of numeroussectional and arrangementdiagrams of the Whirlwind.

A number of the colouroriginals of the originalJames Goulding aviationartwork are currently beingindividually archivallyencapsulated in a polyesterlaminate (so that they can behandled and studied withoutdamaging the originals) to behoused in a made-to-measure archival storagebox. The conservation of thisartwork has been funded

The National Aerospace Library

Westland Aircraft Projects

from the proceeds of theNational Aerospace Library’sstand at the Aviation BookFair held on 21 November2011 at which 100s of as-new/secondhand donatedaviation books were sold.

As part of a majordigitisation projectundertaken at the National

Aerospace Library in July2011, all the JamesGoulding aviation artworkwas digitally photographed.

For any enquiries regardingthis material, please contactthe librarians at FarnboroughT +44 (0)1252 701038 /701060; Ehublibrary@aerosociety.com

From: Westland Single-Seat Day andNight Fighter: Tender to SpecificationF.37/35. RAeS (NAL) photo.

James Goulding illustration of theWestland Whirlwind. RAeS (NAL) photo.

From: Westland General ReconnaissanceAircraft: Tender to Specification No. G.24/35.RAeS (NAL) photo.

The Aerospace Professional10

A D O P T- A - B O O K A P P E A L

‘Adopt-a-Book’ Appeal— Aerospace Company Journals

The worldwide coverage of itsjournal holdings — covering

developments in aeronautics,aviation, aircraft/aerospacetechnology from the 1860s to thepresent day — is a key strength ofthe Society’s Library and, as this hasbeen a policy of the Society since itsformation, it has resulted inprobably a unique collectionrecording the development ofaviation around the world.

Included in the collection are anumber of journals produced overthe years by aerospace companiesaround the world which are often aunique source of information andrecord of that particular company’sproducts and the people involvedin the company. Partly financed bydonations to the Library’s ‘Adopt-a-Book’ programme, a number of thepreviously unbound older pre-1950aircraft company journal titles havebeen archivally bound for theirconservation (including titles suchas Handley Page Bulletin, TheArmstrong Siddeley Air-Mail, SaroProgress, Douglas Airview, MartinStar, Junkers Nachrichten, BulletinFokker, Chronique des Avions LouisBreguet and Bulletin Techniquesdes Avions Potez).

However, there remains anumber of important titlesproduced by leading aerospacecompanies in Britain, Canada andthe United States during the post-war years that have yet to bearchivally bound. These journalsare a part of a major collection ofthe world’s aeronautical heritagewhich should be conserved forcurrent and future generations ofresearchers. The details of thejournals are as follows:

Air BP (British Petroleum CompanyLtd.)Nos 1–56 September 1956–c.1972[seven volumes to be bound — Costof conservation £210]

Avro 748 JournalVol 1 (1)–Vol 5 (1) 1960–1965[two volumes to be bound — Costof conservation £60]

Avro Aircraft Limited/AvroNews/Avro News Magazine (AvroAircraft Limited, Canada)Vol 1 (1)–Vol 5 (3) January 1955–February 1959[four volumes to be bound — Costof conservation £120]

Avro Canada Jet AgeSpring 1952–Spring 1956 [two volumes to be bound — Costof conservation £60]

Avro NewsVol 1 (1)–Vol 8 (3), Vol 9 (5)–Vol 12(3) August 1951–June 1962[six volumes to be bound — Cost ofconservation £180]

Beagle NewsNos 1–4, 6–7 1964–1968[one volume to be bound — Cost ofconservation £30]

The Bee Hive (The Pratt & WhitneyAircraft Co/United AircraftCompany/United Technologies)Vol 6 (8)–Vol 17 (10), Vol 23 (1)–Vol54 (5) August 1932–October 1942,January 1948–Fall 1979[22 volumes to be bound — Cost ofconservation £660]

The Bristol Quarterly (The BristolAeroplane Company Limited)Vol 1 (1)–Vol 3 (1) September 1953–Winter 1958-1959 [two volumes to be bound — Costof conservation £60]

Bristol Siddeley JournalVol 1 (1)–Vol 8 (3) Autumn 1959–1967[five volumes to be bound — Costof conservation £150]

Convair TravellerVol 12 (8)–Vol 21 (3) December1960–Winter 1969[five volumes to be bound — Costof conservation £150]

Dowty Group JournalNos 1–24 December 1954–Winter1960/1961[three volumes to be bound — Costof conservation £90]

de Havilland GazetteOctober 1955–December 1958 Nos89–100, 102–108[two volumes to be bound — Costof conservation £60]

(The Society’s Library holds acomplete run of de HavillandGazette from 1937–1961 with theexception of Issue Nos 79 and 101,including the original The DHGazette Vols 1–2 August 1926–May1930)

Hunting Aviation ReviewSpring 1948–Spring 1951[one volume to be bound — Cost ofconservation £30]

Lockheed Georgia Quarterly(Lockheed Aircraft Corporation —Lockheed-Georgia Company)Vol 1 (1)–Vol 2 (2), Vol 2 (4)–Vol 6(2) April 1963–June 1969[two volumes to be bound — Costof conservation £60]

Lockheed Horizons (LockheedAircraft Corporation — LockheedCalifornia Company)Nos 1–8 Spring 1965–January 1970[two volumes to be bound — Costof conservation £60]

Miles MagazineVol 3 (1, 3–5)–Vol 4 (1–4) October1945–October 1947[one volume to be bound — Cost ofconservation £30]

Northrop NewsVol 33 (5)–Vol 38 (9) May 1975–October 1980[six volumes to be bound — Cost ofconservation £180]

Rendezvous (Bell AerosystemsCompany/Bell Aerospace Textron)Vols 1–16 April-May 1962–Winter/Spring 1977[six volumes to be bound — Cost ofconservation £180]

Enterprise (de Havilland Companies)August 1949–October 1955[two volumes to be bound — Costof conservation £60]

Fairey ReviewVol 1 (1), Vol 2 (1, 3–4), Vol 3 (1–3)September 1958–September 1960[one volume to be bound — Cost ofconservation £30]

General Aircraft NewsNos 5-8, 10 April 1940–July 1942[one volume to be bound — Cost ofconservation £30]

Hawker Siddeley ReviewVol 1 (1)–Vol 13 (1) February 1948–April 1960[six volumes to be bound — Cost ofconservation £180]

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Ryan Reporter/Teledyne RyanAeronautical ReporterVol 12 (7), Vol 13 (3)–Vol 34November 1951–Spring 1973[ten volumes to be bound — Costof conservation £300]

SAAB SonicsNos 14–19, 21–29 April–June 1951–1961[two volumes to be bound — Costof conservation £60]

Shell Aviation News (Shell Group)Nos 34–98 March 1934–August 1939[ten volumes to be bound — Costof conservation £300]

Shorts Quarterly Review/ShortQuarterly ReviewVol 1 (1)–Vol 3 (11) January 1950–Summer 1965[five volumes to be bound — Costof conservation £150]

Short StoryNos 20, 22–32, 34, 37–41, 44, 47Easter 1975–Summer 1985[two volumes to be bound — Costof conservation £60]

Skyline (North American Aviation)Vol 12 (3)–Vol 13 (1), Vol 13 (3)–Vol23 (1), Vol 23 (3)–Vol 24 (4), Vol 25(2) June 1954–1967[seven volumes to be bound — Costof conservation £210]

If any individual member,company or organisation would

like to ‘adopt’ one of thesejournals (possibly in memory ofsomeone else) and so conservethem for the present and future,please contact: Brian Riddle,Librarian, Royal AeronauticalSociety, 4 Hamilton Place,London W1J 7BQ, UK. Tel: +44(0)20 7670 4362. e-mail:brian.riddle@raes.org.uk Anyonewho would like to contribute torebinding costs will have theirdonation recorded on thebookplate inside the particularbound volume(s).

The kind assistance of RobinAikman, CEng, MRAeS, in sortingthrough the above material onbehalf of the Society’s Library isgratefully acknowledged.

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