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Engineering Aspects of Commercial High Altitude Flying

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

John E. Younger
John E. Younger*
Affiliation:
Mechanical Engineering, University of California
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Summary

This paper presents the twenty or more principal problems encountered in the designing of aeroplanes for passenger service at altitudes of about 20,000 to 30,000 feet, together with a discussion of the recent attempts made in the United States to solve these problems. Particular attention is given to the design features of pressure cabins for maintaining low altitude air pressure at high altitudes.

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Proceedings
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 42 , Issue 336 , December 1938 , pp. 1055 - 1083
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1938

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References

Page 1058 note * The complete report on the first two phases is contained in “ Pressure Cabin Investigations,“ Air Corps Technical Report No. 4220, by the author, as project engineer, and eight collaborators, 250 pages.

Page 1058 note † “ Supercharging a Pressure Cabin Airplane “ by Capt. A. H. Johnson, Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, March, 1938.

Page 1058 note ‡ “ Nearing the Stratosphere” by D. W. Tomlinson, Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, February, 1938.