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Aviation career |
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Books |
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Articles, lectures and visits |
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Personal papers |
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Photographs |
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The Papers of Air Commodore Francis Banks
| Title |
Articles, lectures and visits |
| Reference |
FROB 3 |
| Covering Dates |
1932–1981 |
| Extent and Medium |
8 files |
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| Churchill/FROB 3 contains: |
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Articles by Banks. Comprises:. Two copies (a reprint and a photocopy) of "The Present and the Future", "Journal Royal Aeronautical Society", January 1959. . Two copies of "The importance of Time in Aircraft Manufacture", January 1957. Reprinted from "The Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society". . Two copies of "The Birth of an Engine: British Practice in Aviation Engine Procurement and Development", June 1953. Reprinted from "Aeronautical Engineering Review". "The Aviation Engine", given as the James Clayton Lecture, 16 February 1951. Reprinted excerpt from "Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers". "The influence of tetra-ethyl lead on engine design and performance", April 1949. Reprinted from "The Journal of the Institute of Petroleum". Reprint of "The Art of the Aviation Engine", the first Louis Bleriot Lecture given to the Association Française des Ingénieurs et Techniciens de l' Aéronautique, 12 May 1948. . Copy of "The Journal of the Aeronautical Society", April 1945, including "The importance of power unit development"' by Banks. . "Valve and valve-seat technique for automobile and aero engines", December 1938. Reprinted from "Proceedings of the Institution of Automobile Engineers". Two copies of "Some problems of Modern High-duty Aero Engines and their Fuels", a paper presented to a joint meeting of the Institution of Petroleum Technologists, the Institution of Automobile Engineers and the Royal Aeronautical Society, 8 January 1937. Reprinted from "The Journal of the Institution of Petroleum Technologists", February 1937. . "Aeronautical engineering: fuels and modern aero-motor design", "The Aeroplane", 13 January 1937 . Two copies of "Ethyl: some information on the use and advantages gained by the employment of Tetraethyl Lead in Fuels for Aviation Engines", 1934. Given as a lecture to the Royal Aeronautical Society, printed by the Royal Aeronautical Society. . Photocopy of "This Fuel Business", 14 December 1932, "The Aeroplane".
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1932–1959 |
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Articles by Banks. Comprises:. Typescript of "To be an Engineer"', with correspondence, 18 June 1981. . "The D.T.I. report on Rolls-Royce Ltd", August 1973. . Two bound copies of "Seventh Wings Club 'Sight' Lecture: Aircraft Prime Movers of the Twentieth Century", a lecture given at the Wings Club, 20 May 1970. One copy annotated inside front cover. . Two copies of "This Aviation Business", a Presidential Address given to the Royal Aeronautical Society, 9 July 1969. Two copies of "Fifty years of Engineering Learning", March 1968. Reprinted from "The Aeronautical Journal of The Royal Aeronautical Society". One copy annotated on front cover. . Two copies of "British Aviation and the Public", 3 March 1965. . Press cutting of "Engine development", "The Guardian", 7 September 1964. . Six photocopies of "Engine Development". . "Five decades of the Aero Engine", November 1962. Reprinted from "The Journal of The Royal Aeronautical Society".
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1962–1981 |
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Articles and papers by Banks. Some of the articles or papers are unidentified, but are likely to be by Banks. Comprises:. "Petrol as it applies to your car" by Banks, booklet reprinted from the "Autocar". . "Readiness for War - A study of some elements in the effectiveness of the air forces on the north east front - September 1939 to May 1940", unnamed. . "The French aircraft industry before 1939", unnamed. . "Why are the Japanese so successful industrially?" by Banks. . "Automobile and engine designers" by Banks. . "The designers" by Banks [after 1983]. . "The dog of Rannoch" by Banks. . Three copies of "Individuality in Industry" by Banks.
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Visits to America and Canada. Comprises: "Visit to America and Canada: 25th April to 17th July 1947. Part I - Aviation" by Banks. Report issued by the Associated Ethyl Company. . "Visit to America and Canada: 25th April to 17th July 1947. Part II - Automotive" by Banks. Report issued by the Associated Ethyl Company. . Report by Banks, "American Visit, August 1945 to October 1945 inclusive", 19 November 1945. Includes map of the United States with mileages. . Itinerary of Banks' tour of the United States, 1945.
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1945–1947 |
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Blériot lecture. Comprises:. Menu for "Journée Louis Blériot", 12 May 1948, with an unidentified signature. . "Blériot: first Channel flight July 25th 1909". Booklet from the first Blériot lecture incorporating "My Flight" by Louis Blériot, reprinted from "The Daily Mail", 26 July 1909. . "L'Art du mouteur d'avion". Article in French about the first Blériot lecture.
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1948–1949 |
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Le Nostre Conferenze. Comprises: Press cutting about Le Nostre Conferenze from an Italian magazine, including photographs of Banks giving a talk and at the conference and pictures of Italian cars. . "Tendenze per il futuro dei motori d'automobile e d'aviazione" by Banks. Press cutting in Italian, June 1950. . "Tendenze per il futuro dei motori d'automobile e d'aviazione: discussioni aseguito della conferenza del commodoro F. R. Banks". Press cutting in Italian, July 1950.
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1950 |
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Voyage to Russia. Comprises typescripts, drafts and a press cutting of an extract of "Voyage to Russia" and "In retrospect. Memories of a voyage" by Banks. Based on a boat trip taken in 1921.
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1966 |
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Interviews. Comprises:. "Whither the British engine industry?", "Interavia", September 1970. Press cutting. . "A time for firmness", "Interavia", September 1972. Press cutting. . "RAes talks to Air Commodore F. R. Banks", "Aerospace", April [1970 or 1971].
1 file. |
1970–1972 |
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