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Navigation of Helicopters
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 October 2023
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The Chairman, in introducing the Lecturer, said Mr DAVIES was a member of the Association and had been interesting himself for many years in operational, navigational and other problems associated with the helicopter He took first class honours in the Mechanical Sciences Tripos at Cambridge in 1942, and for four years afterwards was with the Ministry of Aircraft Production, mainly on project and performance analysis of high-speed Aircraft
He left to join Mr N E Rowe in his research and special development department at British European Airways in 1946 Later he was in charge of a great deal of experimental work on the Clear Air Gust Project, and during this investigation he flew some 40 hours as navigator-observer on high-altitude flights in Mosquito and other aircraft
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- Research Article
- Information
- The Journal of the Helicopter Association of Great Britain , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , July 1954 , pp. 24 - 37
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- Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1954
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