TOOLS OF SCIENCE
A series of meetings
hosted by The Physics Museum,
The University of Queensland
For students, scientists,
engineers, historians of science and technology, teachers,
collectors, and all those fascinated by old scientific instruments
| March
25 Alan Emmerson |
Air Data Instruments for Aeroplanes. Your life in their hands. |
| The lecture
will include a brief history of the development of aircraft instruments
leading to the concept of an air-data system. The design principles of the
aneroid instruments will be outlined and the critical importance of two
of those instruments will be illustrated with extracts from the accident
record and a garnish of aviation lore. Alan is an aeronautical engineer of some 38 years standing and was , variously, Wing Commander RAAF, chief engineer Civil Aviation Authority, and airworthiness advisor to the International Civil Aviation Organisation. . |
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