Key Information
Reference code
DEAN 3/2/14
Title
Papers, 1960-1961, relating to Lord Cherwell's early research on the possibility of recovery from aircraft spin (tailspin)
Date(s)
- 1960 Oct 13 - 1961 Nov (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
Papers produced by Air Historical Branch of the Air Ministry relating to aircraft spinning and in particular the legend of Dr Frederick Alexander Lindemann (later 1st Viscount Cherwell of Oxford) and his pre-1916 experiments on 'spinning'. With articles 'the spin' by Wg Cdr Norman Macmillan in Aeronautics, Jul 1960; 'spins and things' by Frank T Courtney in Aeronautics Nov 1961; 'Lindemann's work on aerodynamics' by Sir William Scott Farren. 1 file