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Notes and unpublished biography of Sir Barnes Wallis; and "The British Aircraft Industry 1939" produced by Society of British Aircraft Constructors

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The collection includes Smith's files on individual aircraft including the Airbus; plans and technical drawings and correspondence relating to the aircraft industry and aircraft design.

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Papers relating to aviation and aircraft design

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In addition to reprints of most of Preston's published scientific papers the collection consists principally of manuscript working papers either for research projects, articles or lectures throughout his career.

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The material at Churchill Archives Centre comprises a complete run of Probert's official correspondence and also associated papers and publications.

Scope and Contents This small collection consists of political papers, speeches and articles selected by Sir Frederick Corfield for deposit at Churchill Archives Centre. The political papers include letters received by Corfield while Minister of Aviation, publications about aerospace companies such as Rolls Royce, and Corfield's decision not to stand at the 1974 election. There are also some publications relating to the British Waterways Board. The speeches and articles are mostly those written by Corfield...

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Pearson's copies of papers relating to Rolls-Royce Ltd, especially concerning the development of the RB211 engine, and the subsequent voluntary liquidation of the company and its transfer to state ownership. Also some personal papers.

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The papers mainly consist of a numbered series of scrapbooks including invitations, press cuttings, photographs, correspondence and other ephemera relating to Julian Ridsdale's political career and personal life with his family.

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Papers relating to the aviation industry

Scope and Contents Papers relating to Farren's work as an aeronautical engineer, comprising reports, journals, notes, photographs and personal items. The bulk of the collection is made up of printed material, mainly Aeronautical Research Committee reports by Farren or his colleagues and Farren's articles in learned journals, including a considerable amount of material from the between war period. There is little correspondence in the collection and very little relating to Farren's personal life save for one...

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File relating to the B 10 (A 310).

Scope and Contents The interview covers CS’s time as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Air Ministry, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary, Admiralty, and Secretary of State for War, on subjects including: the proposed swing wing fighter aircraft; the Suez Crisis; more power being given to the Ministry of Defence over the armed services; CS's view of Stephen Ward; CS's visit to Aden [Adan, Yemen] as Secretary of State for War and the importance of having forces in the Middle East; the Blue Streak and...