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Breguet 390 T Commercial Airplane (French): A Ten-Seat All-Steel Sesquiplane
Circular presenting a description of the Breguet 390 T, which is a three-engine all-metal transport sesquiplane with the same structural principles as the Breguet military airplane. This aircraft design replaces a girder fuselage with an orthodox rectangular fuselage with accommodations for ten passengers and baggage. Details of the design, components, flying qualities, drawings, and photographs are provided.
The Breguet 410 and 411 Military Airplanes (French): Multiplace Sesquiplane Fighters
Circular presenting a description of the Breguet 410 and 411 military airplanes, which are both multiplace sesquiplane fighter aircraft. Details of the design, components, flying qualities, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Breguet Military Airplane, Type 33: A Two-Place Long-Distance Sesquiplane for Observation and Bombing
Circular presenting a description of the Breguet military airplane, Type 33, which is a two-place long-distance sesquiplane made for observation and bombing. Details of the components, bomb dropping, flying qualities, design, flying qualities and performances, drawings, and photographs are provided.
The Bristol "Badminton" Airplane
The Bristol Badminton, Type 99 airplane has a radial aircooled engine (a Bristol Jupiter 9 cylinder 450 HP.) and three fuel tanks. It is a single seat biplane weighing 1,840 lbs. empty and 2,460 lbs. loaded. A description of the design, components, photographs, and drawings are provided.
The Bristol "Bulldog" (British): A Single-Seat All-Steel Fighter
Circular presenting a description of the Bristol Bulldog, which is a single-seat all-steel fighter aircraft powered by a Bristol Jupiter radial air-cooled engine. Details regarding the components, controls, stabilizers, design, flight characteristics, drawings, and photographs are provided.
The British Klemm "Eagle" Commercial Airplane: A Low-Wing Cantilever Monoplane
Circular presenting a description of the British Klemm "Eagle", which is a low-wing commercial cantilever monoplane. Details of the components, flying qualities, design characteristics, weights and loadings, drawings, and photographs are provided.
The C.A.M.S. 54 G.R. Transatlantic Seaplane (French)
Tested at the end of March, 1928, the C.A.M.S. 54 G.R. was built for the purpose of crossing the Atlantic from Europe by way of the azores. It has a biplane construction with wings mounted above the hull. It is powered by two new series 500 HP. geared Hispano Suiza V type engines.
The C.A.M.S. 60 Seaplane (French): A Twin-Engine Bombing and Torpedo Monoplane
Circular presenting a description of the C.A.M.S. 60, which is a twin-engine monoplane with a medium-thickness wing and two floats. Details of the wings, engines, fuselages, floor, rear cabin, floats, and flying qualities are provided.
The C.A.M.S. 80 Amphibian (French): An Observation Monoplane
Circular presenting a description of the C.A.M.S. 80, which is a shipboard or observation patrol, light-bombing, long-range amphibian. Details of the hull, landing gear, wing, tail surfaces, power plant, front cockpit, pilot's compartment, photographer's compartment, radio cabinet, rear gunner's cockpit, stern compartment, and flying qualities are provided.
The Caproni "90 P.B." Military Airplane (Italian): A Giant Biplane of 6000 Horsepower
Circular presenting a description of the Caproni 90 P.B., which is the largest airplane in existence at the time of the report. Details of the weight, construction, wings, controls, fuselage, tail, landing gear, flying qualities, and photographs are provided.
Caproni Airplane Ca 73 (Commercial) and Ca 73 ter (Military)
The Caproni 73 is a biplane with medium thick wings, a rigid central section, and with each lateral extension forming a single cell and is powered by two 500 Isotta Fraschini "Asso" Engines.
The Caproni Monoplanes "Ca 97" (Italian)
The Ca 97 is constructed with wings half overhung, a large fuselage, all metal construction, and can be configured with 1 to 3 engines.
The Caudron P.V. 200 Touring Airplane (French): An All-Metal Amphibian Monoplane
Circular presenting a description of the Caudron P.V. 200 touring amphibian, which is a two-place cantilever monoplane with folding wings and dual controls. Details of the wing, fuselage, controls, landing gear, flying qualities, and photographs are provided.
The Cierva "Autogiro" Mark III (British): Armstrong-Siddeley "Genet Major" Engine
Circular describing the Cierva Autogiro Mark III. Details of the constructional features, characteristics, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Combat and bombing airplane, Amiot 120 B 3
The Amiot 120 B 3 is designed as a French combat aircraft. It can accept a variety of engines, and is equipped with 2 machine guns as well as specialized bomb sights and other combat equipment.
The Comper C(La)7 "Swift" Airplane (English): A High-Wing Single-Seat Monoplane
Circular describing the Comper C(La)7 Swift airplane, which is a high-wing single-seat monoplane with performance equal to that of a modern two-seat light airplane. Details of the view, aerodynamic design, wing, landing gear, cockpit, fuel tanks, engine, characteristics, drawings, and photographs are provided.
The Comper "Mouse" Commercial Airplane (British): A Three-Seat Cabin Low-Wing Monoplane
Circular describing the Comper "Mouse" commercial airplane, which is a three-seat cabin low-wing monoplane. Details regarding the landing gear, wings, cabin, seating, fuselage, tail, power plant, controls, characteristics, performance, drawings, and photographs are provided.
The Comper "Streak" Single Seat Airplane (British): A Low-Wing Cantilever Monoplane
Circular describing the Comper Streak single-seat low-wing cantilever monoplane. Details of the fuselage, construction, wing, stabilizer, engine, landing gear, characteristics, drawings, and photographs are provided.
The "Comte A.C. 3" Military Airplane (Swiss) : A High-Wing Semicantilever Monoplane
Circular presenting a description of the Comte A.C. 3, which is a high-wing monoplane with tow tandem 600 hp Hispano-Suiza engines mounted above the fuselage. Details of the design, fuel tanks, fuselage, pilot seating, engine, wings, safety factors, and flight qualities are provided.
A Concise Theoretical Method for Profile-Drag Calculation; Advance Report
In this report a method is presented for the calculation of the profile drag of airfoil sections. The method requlres only a knowledge of the theoretical velocity distribution and can be applied readily once this dlstribution is ascertained. Comparison of calculated and experimental drag characteristics for several airfoils shows a satisfactory agreement. Sample calculatlons are included.
The D.H. 85 "Leopard Moth" Airplane (British): A Three-Seat Cabin High-Wing Monoplane
Circular describing the De Havilland "Leopard Moth", which is a three-seat cabin high-wing monoplane with a good cruising speed and fuel efficiency. Details of the components, controls, characteristics, performance, drawings, and photographs are provided.
The d.h."Dragon Moth" Commercial Airplane (British): A Twin-Engine 6-Passenger Biplane
Circular presenting a description of the De Havilland Dragon Moth, or D.H. 84, which is the first twin-engine airplane built by this particular company. Details of the design, components, flight characteristics, performance, drawings, and photographs are provided.
The D.H. "Fox Moth" Commercial Airplane (British): A Three-Passenger Light Cabin Biplane
Circular describing the D.H. 83 "Fox Moth", which is a three-passenger light cabin biplane that is considered a commercial airplane despite taking many of its components from the company's existing two-seat touring and training light airplanes. A description of these components, design, flight characteristics, performance, drawings, and photographs are provided.
The De Havilland 61 "Canberra" (British): A 6-8 Passenger Airplane
Made for an Australian buyer, the Canberra is capable of carrying a payload of 1900 lbs. with a top speed of 126 M.P.H. At 105-110 M.P.H. it has a range of about 475 miles. It has a single Jupiter VI engine.
The De Havilland "Comet" Long-Range Airplane (British): A Low-Wing Cantilever Monoplane
Circular describing the De Havilland Comet, which is a long-range airplane that has been designed for the England-Australia race and was constructed using a stressed-skin construction. Details of the fuselage, landing gear, design, drawings, and photographs are provided.
The De Havilland D.H. 75 "Hawk Moth" (British): Cabin Monoplane
The Hawk Moth is designed as a passenger aircraft with comfort in mind. It seats 4. The tail is of metal construction, while the wings are of wood. It has a total loaded weight of 3500 lbs.
The De Havilland "Moth"
Officially designated D.H. 60, De Havilland's Moth is a small, simply made, 770 lb. aircraft. It has had it's fittings reduced in number to assist in this, seats 2 (including pilot) and uses a Cirrus 60 HP. engine.
The De Havilland "Moth Three" Airplane (British): A High-Wing Commercial Monoplane
Circular describing the De Havilland Moth Three, which is a high-wing commercial monoplane with a steeply sloping windshield, strut-bracing of the wing, and relatively orthodox landing gear. Details of the construction, design, characteristics, performance, drawings, and photographs are provided.
The De Havilland "Tiger Moth": A Low Wing Monoplane
With a speed of 186.5 M.P.H. and an operational altitude of 20,000 feet the De Havilland Tiger Moth has caused comment as it was introduced just before the King's Cup race of 1927. It is a single seater with unusual control configuration due to the cramped cockpit area.
Determination of General Relations for the Behavior of Turbulent Boundary Layers
Report presenting an analysis of data for turbulent boundary layers along wings and bodies of various shapes in order to determine the fundamental variables that control the development of turbulent boundary layers. Results indicate that the type of velocity distribution in the boundary layer could be expressed in terms of a single parameter.
The development and application of high-critical-speed nose inlets
From Summary: "An analysis of the nose-inlet shapes developed in previous investigations to represent the optimum from the standpoint of critical speed has shown that marked similarity exists between the nondimensional profiles of inlets which have widely different proportions and critical speeds. With the nondimensional similarity of such profiles established, the large differences in the critical speeds of these nose inlets must be a function of their proportions. An investigation was undertaken in the Langley 8-foot high-speed tunnel to establish the effects of nose-inlet proportions on critical Mach number and to develop a rational method for the design of high-critical-speed nose inlets to meet desired requirements."
The Dewoitine D.30 Commercial Airplane (French): A High-Wing Cantilever Monoplane
Circular describing the Dewoitine D.30, which is a commercial high-wing cantilever monoplane. Details of the wing, fuselage, tail surfaces, landing gear, flight controls, electrical equipment, sending-receiving wireless installation, power plant, characteristics, performance, drawings, and photographs are provided.
The Dewoitine D 33 Commercial Airplane (French): A Low-Wing Cantilever Monoplane
Circular describing the Dewoitine D 33 commercial airplane, which is a low-wing cantilever monoplane. Details of the wing, fuel tanks, fuselage, landing gear, controls, engine, characteristics, drawings, and photographs are provided.
The Dewoitine D.332 Commercial Airplane (French): A Three-Engine All-Metal Low-Wing Monoplane
Circular describing the Dewoitine D.332, which is a commercial three-engine all-metal low-wing monoplane form France. Details of the construction history, wing, fuselage, power plant, landing gear, characteristics, performance, drawings, and photographs are provided.
The Dewoitine D.500 Pursuit Airplane (French): An All-Metal Cantilever Low-Wing Monoplane
Circular describing the Dewoitine D.500 pursuit airplane, which is an all-metal cantilever low-wing monoplane. Details of the fuselage, cockpit, control surfaces, weapons, landing gear, fuel tanks, wing, engine, characteristics, performances, drawings, and photographs are provided.
The Dornier Do K Commercial Airplane (German): A High-Wing Cantilever Monoplane
Report presenting a description of the Dornier Do K commercial airplane. Details of the construction, design, wing, fuselage, tail, and landing gear are provided.
The Dornier "Do.X" Flying Boat (German) : A Giant High-Wing Monoplane
Circular presenting a description of the Dornier Do.X flying boat. Details are provided regarding the structural details, flying qualities, and photographs.
The "Dornier Mercury" Commercial Airplane With B.M.W. VI 600 HP. Engine
The Dornier Mercury (Merkur) is an outgrowth of the Dornier Komet. It is designed as a passenger aircraft with the Alpine routes in mind. Its fuselage is made of steel for high stressed parts and duraluminum for all others. It can also be outfitted as a seaplane.
Dornier "Superwal" Commercial Seaplane: Two Rolls-Royce "Condor" 650 HP. Engines
In November 1926, an exhibition flight of the Dornier giant flying boat was made for 3/4 of an hour. It was a larger version of the Dornier Wal, with a stepped hull, and wing stubs for lateral stability. It has a range of 1200 miles and is outfitted for baggage and 8 passengers.
The Dreieck I Tailless Airplane (German): A Low-Wing Cantilever Monoplane
Circular presenting a description of the Dreieck I tailless airplane, which has been shown to have excellent flying qualities. Information regarding the design and flight characteristics are provided.
The Dyle and Bacalan "D.B. 80" Day Mail Airplane (French): An All-Metal High-Wing Monoplane
Report presenting a description of the Dyle and Bacalan D.B. 80 airplane, which can be used for delivering mail. Details of the wing, fuselage, tail, landing gear, fuel tanks, and flying qualities are provided.
The Dyle and Bacalan "DB 70" Commercial Airplane (French): An All-Metal High-Wing Monoplane
Report presenting a description of the Dyle and Balaclan DB 70, which is a commercial airplane with a very thick wing. Details of the fuselages, wings, passenger and pilot spaces, ability to function as an ambulance airplane, and flying qualities are provided.
Dyle and Bacalan Metal Monoplane, D.B. 10: Night Bomber - Equipped with Two 420 HP. Jupiter Engines
The D.B. 10 is manufactured of duraluminum and special high resistance steel. It can be used as a passenger aircraft or as a bomber. Details of the design, wings, fuselage, empennage, engines, landing gear, characteristics, performances, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Experiments on Drag of Revolving Disks, Cylinders and Streamline Rods at High Speeds
Report presenting an experimental investigation concerned primarily with the extension of test data on the drag of revolving disks, cylinders, and streamline rods to high Mach numbers and Reynolds numbers. The tests generally confirm earlier theories and add in some new results. One of the primary findings of interest is that skin friction does not depend on Mach number.
The Fairchild "All-Purpose" Cabin Monoplane
The Fairchild "all-purpose" is a 4 seater with a large luggage compartment, good visibility, and can be configured for surveying work. It is rated at 200 HP. at 1800 R.P.M., but can deliver over 220 HP.
Fairey "Battle" Medium Bomber Airplane (British): An All-Metal Low-Wing Cantilever Monoplane
Circular presenting a description of the Fairey "Battle", which is the first stressed-skin aircraft they have constructed and is also an all-metal low-wing cantilever monoplane. Details of the fuselage, wings, skin, design, flaps, landing gear, characteristics, performance, drawings, and photographs are provided.
The Fairey III.F (British): A General Purpose Biplane
Circular describing the Fairey III.F, which is a general-purpose biplane created by the Fairey Aviation Company to serve as a fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, ambulance, passenger, or long-range airplane. Details of the structure, power plant, wings, tail, landing gear, cockpits, controls, corrosion proofing, instruments, radio, armament, drawings, and photographs are provided.
The Farman Commercial Airplane "Jabiru"
Circular presenting a description of the Farman Jabiru F 3X, which was designed to satisfy the requirements of the aerial-navigation companies. Details regarding the power, wing, fuselage, landing gear, construction, engines, fuel tanks, characteristics, performance, drawings, and photographs are provided.
The Farman "F.300" Commercial Airplane (French): A High-Wing Semicantilever Monoplane
Circular describing the Farman F.300 airplane, which is a high-wing semicantilever monoplane. Details of the wings, engine, equipment, safety, characteristics, performance, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Farman Monoplane F.170: Commercial Airplane with One 500 HP. Farman Engine
The F.170's engine has won world endurance tests in 1924 and in 1925. It has a semi-thick wing, rigidly braced by oblique struts. This wing is embedded in the top of the fuselage and measures 16.1 by 3.6 meters. The F.170 has a passenger compartment seating eight.
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