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The Influence of Aviation and Astronautics on Human Affairs

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

B. S. Shenstone
B. S. Shenstone*
Affiliation:
British Overseas Airways Corporation
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My original title for this lecture was “Aspects of Accessibility.” Then I discovered that people assumed it concerned accessibility in connection with aircraft maintenance. That assumption implied that an engineer is expected to stick to engineering. Having written what is to follow, I wonder whether that implication might well be right, and that all I have to say could be entitled:

“Glimpses of the Obvious”

On the other hand G. K. Chesterton clearly demonstrated that when the obvious is stressed, it often turns out to have unexpected aspects.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 69 , Issue 657 , September 1965 , pp. 583 - 587
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1965

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