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Fuel Systems for Turbine-Engined Aircraft

Part of: Sustainable Aerospace

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

J. E. Walker
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The 855th Lecture to be given before the Royal Aeronautical Society, “ Fuel Systems for Turbine-Engined Aircraft ” by Mr. J. E. Walker, A.F.R.Ae.S., was read under the auspices of the Luton Branch of the Society on the 24th April 1952 at Luton.

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Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 56 , Issue 501 , September 1952 , pp. 657 - 690
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1952

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