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Note on the Comparison of a “Wake Brake” and a Parachute for the Landing of Aeroplanes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

D. M. Heughan
D. M. Heughan*
Affiliation:
de Havilland Aircraft Co. Ltd.
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The available methods of braking a modern aeroplane with its high landing speed are not entirely satisfactory. This difficulty in braking is particularly noticeable with pure jet aircraft. Owing to the absence of propellers, reversible pitch propellers are no longer a solution to this problem and the under-carriage can be simplified so that it occupies a smaller fraction of the all-up weight of the aeroplane.

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Technical Notes
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 58 , Issue 519 , March 1954 , pp. 201 - 205
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1954

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