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Aeronautical Research in Sweden

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2016

Bo K. O. Lundberg
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I wish first to express my deep appreciation for having been invited by the Council of the Royal Aeronautical Society to present a lecture on aeronautical research in Sweden. As the subject is a very broad one, it was necessary for me to consider rather thoroughly what would be expected from this paper and thus, which limitations in its scope should preferably be made.

Before the 1939-45 War it was possible to design new, successful aeroplanes mainly on the basis of experience from previous types in combination with generally available design information, such as aerofoil data. The success was, in fact, often more dependent on the skill of the designer than on the amount of research and detailed aerodynamic and structural testing done. After the advent of jet propulsion and transonic and supersonic speeds this situation changed radically. Nowadays a substantial amount of basic and applied research, as well as scientifically performed development work, is a necessity for any country, regardless of size, attempting to produce its own designs of efficient and safe aircraft.

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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 59 , Issue 538 , October 1955 , pp. 647 - 681
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Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1955

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