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Atmospheric turbulence loads on aircraft

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

J. Taylor
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The problem of flying in rough air has been appreciated since aircraft were first produced and I can best lead up to the position from which I intend to start by selecting information from summary documents by Donely in 1950 and Zbrozek in 1964. Philip Donely was a leading figure in the field of atmospheric turbulence loads before the 1939–45 war and probably the one most highly regarded in the world when he gave the keynote address to the Royal Aeronautical Society Conference on Atmospheric Tubulence in 1971. George Zbrozek had been an international authority for many years when he presented his main lecture to the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1964 and but for his untimely death whilst on an international mission might still be a leading figure.

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Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 81 , Issue 804 , December 1977 , pp. 528 - 553
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1977 

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