Application of Alloy Steels to Aircraft Industry

INCREASED industrial production cannot by itself make a nation prosperous unless proper economic measures are
resorted to in the use of such products. This is part-icularly true in the case of a vital product like steel. It is indeed most appropriate that this symposium on Production, Properties and Applications of Alloy and
Special Steels ' should be held at a time when the
country is on the threshold of rapid industrialization under the Second Five Year Plan with heavy targets in steel output.
The subject of the symposium has a vast
scope. I shall, however, confine my discussion
to the application of alloy steels to aircraft
industry. An insight into the steel
requirements of the aircraft industry will
assist in the formulation of definite standards
for such of those varieties which can be made
within the ambit of raw materials available
in this country.