2nd July 2019
In 1907 Fred published ‘Aerodynamics‘, the first part of his two volume publication called ‘Aerial Flight’. It brought together Fred’s ideas and theories on many aspects of flight for the first time.
He followed this a year later with the second volume ‘Aerodonetics‘, (the study of soaring or gliding) which focused on stability in flight, based on his own experiments.
Frederick Lanchester’s legacy is worldwide. Learn more about our archive, how the Indian Maharajas favoured the Lanchester cars over Rolls Royce & how the Peaky Blinders series took inspiration from the influential members of the Lanchester family. Coventry University’s Lanchester […]
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