ALLOYS FOR AIRCRAFT
RESEARCH WORKERS' AID
MINISTERS' SURVEY
(Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (British Official WiroJess.)
Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, March 10. The Air Minister, Sir Kingsley Wood, was the guest of the Institute of Metals to-day and, in a speech, referred to the influence on the vital tasks of the Air Ministry of the research work encouraged by the institute.
Many of the alloys used in modern aircraft, he said, were stronger than mild steel, and their weight was approximately one-third that of the same volume of steel. So far as our new aircraft were concerned, they were as formidable as any in the world and, in certain types, we possessed, were what he believed to be the best in the world. The production of aircraft was proceeding well and every week the pace was increasing.
We still had much to do, but could register to-day a great increase in our intrinsic strength, and we could safely say that the progress now being made would become comparatively more rapid.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19885, 11 March 1939, Page 5
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