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Expert: Ray Wilkinson - 2/22/2009


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Dear sir
I need some information about unconventional aircrafts and their history
best regards

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Hi Amin

This looks like a homework question, and you haven't give me much in the way of specific details to go on. However, I've found some links on Wikipedia that may help:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutan_Quickie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerocar_IMP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnelli_CBY-3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XP-55_Ascender
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coand%C4%83-1910
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lederlin_380-L
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_I-12
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_Manx  

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Ray Wilkinson

Expertise

aircraft structures; artificial and induced environments - vibration, temperature, altitude, etc; conceptual design of aircraft; systems - hydraulics, electrical; safety, reliability and maintainability; rocketry, particularly propulsion; University admissions (UK only - not able to answer for other countries)

Experience

I teach all of the above at the University of Hertfordshire, UK, as a Principal Lecturer (17 years), previously Senior Engineer at BAe Dynamics (now MBDA) (11 years)

Publications
My own book - Aircraft Structures and Systems, MechAero Publishing
Currently writing a book on rocketry

Education/Credentials
Bachelor of Technology degree in Aeronautical Engineering (1980), Loughborough University, UK

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