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RefNoPB/4/13/7
Previous numbersD.215
LevelItem
TitleCorrespondence and papers re Aircraft Research Committee.
DateSeptember-November 1951
DescriptionIn September 1951, Blackett was asked if he could 'help them out' by resuming the Chair of the RAF ARC for seven months, following the appointment of professor A.A. Hall as Director of R.A.E. Farnborough. Blackett accepted despite protesting that his 'knowledge of aircraft problems, never very great, is decidely rusty'.

Correspondence covers meetings 25 September, 23 October, 27 November.

Correspondents include: Ernest Jones, JL Nayler,
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