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Aerodynamics—Aircraft and Missiles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

P. J. Duncton
P. J. Duncton*
Affiliation:
Weapon Division, Fairey Aviation Co. Ltd.
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Many may expect the major emphasis to be given to problems of design of manned aircraft for supersonic flight. Of these, there will be some more qualified to speak on supersonic aircraft matters than I am, for my own experience in supersonic aerodynamics has been predominantly in the guided weapon field. Perhaps this is no disadvantage, for I believe that the aircraft designer has much that he can learn from the guided weapon designer.

Aircraft and missiles have much in common; for both are, or are intended to be, vehicles for conveying efficiently a payload through the air from one point to another. The fact that, in military applications at least, “efficiently” often means “as quickly as possible,” gives rise to a requirement for supersonic speeds in both aircraft and missiles.

Type
Supersonic Flight
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 60 , Issue 551 , November 1956 , pp. 697 - 705
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1956

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