The Aeronautical Journal: Great online resources on aviation

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The Aeronautical Journal has a great number of fantastic articles and studies available online in PDF form.
The following list is by no means exhaustive but represents a sample of what can be found.
Some really interesting stuff there!

One hundred years of aeronautics in East London
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/3278web.pdf

On the aerodynamics of the Gloster E28/39 – a historical perspective
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/3272.pdf

The Fairey Rotodyne – technology before its time?
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/2923.pdf

The Victoria University of Manchester’s contributions to the development of aeronautics
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/3164COLOUR.pdf

What price supersonic speed? A design anatomy of supersonic transportation Part 1
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/3222COLOUR.pdf

Performance of non-rigid airships operating in the neutral buoyancy condition
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/3138.pdf

Light aviation – past, present and future
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/Welch.pdf

The broad delta airliner
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/2784.pdf

Planning for super safety: the fail-safe dimension
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/CorrectedRonHowardpaper-all.pdf

The Design, Development and Production of Light Aircraft in the UK
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/DDPLAUK_Paper.pdf

Capturing requirements for tiltrotor handling qualities – case studies in virtual engineering
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/3262COLOUR.pdf

The role of drag prediction in combat aircraft design and development
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/3280.pdf

Design of fixed wing micro air vehicles
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/3060.pdf

The generation of sound in turbulent motion
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/3257COLOUR.pdf

The future of rotorcraft
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/Paper7CoFspecial.pdf

Civil aviation and the environmental challenge
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/GreenPaperV.pdf

Civil aviation and the environment – the next frontier for the aerodynamicist
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/green.pdf

Simulation – the real world of the future!
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/Curnutt.pdf

Pilot modelling and inverse simulation for initial handling qualities assessment
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/2792.pdf

An aviation approach to space transportation
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/3403COLOUR.pdf

New commercial opportunities in space
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/3102.pdf
 
Also:

The birth of the practical aeroplane: An appraisal of the Wright brothers’ achievements in 1905
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/2994COL.pdf

Highlights of the Lockheed Martin F-35 STOVL jet effects program
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/3330COL.pdf

CVF ski-jump ramp profile optimisation for F-35B
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/3324_COLOUR.pdf

An evaluation of the historical issues associated with achieving non-helicopter V/STOL capability and the search for the flying car
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/3470COLOUR.pdf

VSTOL Aircraft market analysis
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/3328_COL.pdf (link fixed)

Extreme short take-off and landing regional jets – economic motivation and technological challenges
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/3326_COLOUR.pdf

What price supersonic speed? an applied market research case study Part 2
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/3239COLOUR.pdf

Feasibility study of a supersonic business jet based on the Learjet airframe
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/3073_COLOUR.pdf

A review of supersonic business jet design Issues
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/3207COLOUR.pdf

Trade disputes in the commercial aircraft industry: a background note
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/Aeroenginesofthefuture%28updatedV2.pdf

The ‘air side’ of future warfare – military aeronautics
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/Bushnell5pp%281%29V2.pdf

Aircraft structures in the century ahead
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/AircraftStructures2ndD.pdf

Aero engines of the future
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/Aeroenginesofthefuture%28updatedV2.pdf

Morphing skins
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/3216.pdf
 
What price supersonic speed? A design anatomy of supersonic transportation Part 1
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/3222COLOUR.pdf

That was very good. Paul A. Czysz as one of the authors!
 
Thanks for that Stéphane! A minor note: the url for VSTOL Aircraft market analysis is:
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/3328_COL.pdf not .../3207COLOUR.pdf

BTW: VSTOL, in this case is very Very STOL not Vertical/STOL.
 
Apophenia said:
Thanks for that Stéphane! A minor note: the url for VSTOL Aircraft market analysis is:
http://www.raes.org.uk/pdfs/3328_COL.pdf not .../3207COLOUR.pdf

Fixed. Thanks a lot for that! ;)
 
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