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The Story of Air Accident Investigation by a Onetime Inspector

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

Extract

This is not intended to be a treatise on the way to investigate air accidents. That story has been told many times and there is much authoritative literature on the subject already—besides I am thirteen years out of date. My aim is to tell something about the way it began and how, in little more than 30 years, it has become a really scientific art, always keeping step with the advance of aircraft and powerplant design and yet never gaining a sufficient lead to put a stop to accidents.

Type
A Century of British Aeronautics
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1966

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References

Note on page 243 * Messrs Davy, Fill, Hellyer and Wilkins.

Note on page 244 * Later Lord Brabazon of Tara and Sir Charles Inglis, FRS.

Note on page 245 * Lord Nathan.

Note on page 245 † M. Bellonte and M. Hymens.

Note on page 245 ‡ Lord Packenham (The Earl of Longford).

Note on page 246 * The Hon. Leslie Runciman (Viscount Runciman).