"Alan Brown Part 1" Avstry #3a
Alan Brown, of the Lockheed Skunk Works tells us about the early days of his career, working on the F-104 Starfighter, Bristol Bloodhound surface to air missile, UGM-27 Polaris intercontinental ballistic missile.
Published Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2012
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Blackburn Aircraft http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn_Aircraft
Fairey Aviation Company http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Aviation_Company
Frank Whittle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Whittle
Bristol Aeroplane Company http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Aeroplane_Company
Chuck Yeager http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Yeager
Bristol Bloodhound http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Bloodhound
Cranfield http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/
Side note. I called an engine a radial engine, there is no such things as a radial jet engine, What I meant was centrifical flow jet engine - J.R.
University of Southern California http://www.usc.edu/
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_F-104_Starfighter
Pressure Transducers http://www.omega.com/prodinfo/pressuretransducers.html
North American XB-70 Valkyrie http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Yeager
Northrop F-5 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_F-5
UGM-27 Polaris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UGM-27_Polaris
Supersonic transport http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic_transport
Sonic boom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_boom
Sonic boom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_boom
Lockheed P-3 Orion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_P-3_Orion
Lockheed S-3 Viking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_S-3_Viking
Rolls-Royce http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_plc
Journey throught a jet engine http://www.rolls-royce.com/interactive_games/journey02/flash.html
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_L-1011_TriStar
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