AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING SERIES GROUND ENGINEERS

AERO-ENGINES

INSPECTION OF BEFORE FLIGHT

("C" LICENCE)

R. F. BARLOW

LONDON: SIR ISAAC PITMAN & SONS, LTD.
1940

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY
The Air Navigation Directions—Airworthiness Handbook for Civil Aviation—Technical knowledge required by candidates

1. REPAIR AND OVERHAUL
Cylinder heads (air-cooled engines)—Cylinders (water-cooled engines) —Valves—Valve springs—Pistons—Piston rings—Gudgeon pins— Connecting rods—Crankcase— Carburettors— Magnetos— Airscrew shafts
2. INSTALLING THE ENGINE INTO THE AIR-FRAME
3. TESTING THE ENGINE AFTER TOP-OVERHAUL (NORMAL ASPIRATED ENGINES)
4. SUPERCHARGED ENGINES
5. THE ESSENTIAL INSTRUMENTS USED IN THE ENGINE INSTALLATION
Engine speed indicators—Pressure gauges—Temperature gauges— Boost gauges

6. GENERAL NOTES AND HINTS

PART II THE LAW RELATING TO CIVIL AVIATION

22 x 14 cm. vi + 36 pp.

Good condition. Ex-library with the usual stamps and marks to the preliminaries but contents otherwise clean and tidy. Paper covered boards lightly rubbed and with a library number on the front board.