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Flight Investigation of Boundary-Layer Transition and Profile Drag of an Experimental Low-Drag Wing Installed on a Figher-Type Airplane

Description: Report presenting a boundary-layer-transition and profile-drag investigation conducted on an experimental low-drag wing installed on a P-47 airplane designated the XP-47F. Measurements were made at a section outside the propeller slipstream with smooth and with standard camouflage surfaces and on the upper surface of a section in the propeller slipstream with the surface smoothed. Results regarding the right wing section outside the slipstream and left wing section in the propeller slipstream a… more
Date: April 1945
Creator: Zalovcik, John A. & Skoog, Richard B.
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The Avro "Avian III" Airplane (British)

Description: The Avro Avian has a lift capacity of 828 lbs (including pilot). It is equipped with the Mark II A.D.C. Cirrus engine. Details regarding the fuselage, cockpits, controls, landing gear, wings, engines, characteristics, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: April 1928
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Lioré-Olivier LeO 194 Seaplane

Description: Report presenting a description of the Lioré-Olivier LeO 194 seaplane and a particular series of flights made over several months. Its fuselage is made entirely of wood. It has 6 gasoline tanks each with a capacity of 255 liters. It is a single engine biplane with wings mounted above the body of the seaplane.
Date: April 1927
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The S.A.B.C.A. "S.XI" Commercial Airplane (Belgian): A High-Wing Semicantilever Monoplane

Description: Circular describing the S.A.B.C.A. S.XI commercial airplane, which is a high-wing semicantilever monoplane. Details of the history of its creation, its design, components, engines, fuel tanks, characteristics, performances, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: April 1932
Creator: Frachet, André
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The S.P.C.A. 40 T Commercial Airplane (French): An All-Metal Cantilever Monoplane

Description: Circular describing the S.P.C.A. 40 T, which is a commercial all-metal cantilever airplane that was guided by the two essential requirements of economy and safety in its design. Details of the design, power, test results, fuel tanks, characteristics, performances, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: April 1931
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The Westland Iv Commercial Monoplane (British): Three "Cirrus III" Engine

Description: Circular presenting a description of the Westland IV, which is a high-wing monoplane with strut bracing, two outboard engines, a fairly large fuselage that provides comfortable cabin accommodation, and wide-track landing gear. Details of the design, flight characteristics, blueprints, and photographs are provided.
Date: April 1929
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The Boulton and Paul P.64 Mail-Carrier: A Two-Engine All-Metal Biplane

Description: Circular presenting a description of the Boulton and Paul P.64 high-performance mail-carrier. It is a two-engine tractor biplane that has been designed to give the specified normal speed with each engine throttled down to approximately half its output. Details of the landing gear, structural features, pilots' compartment, accommodation for mails, controls, power plant, and some flying qualities are provided.
Date: April 1933
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NACA Investigation of a Jet-Propulsion System Applicable to Flight

Description: "Following a brief history of the NACA investigation of jet-propulsion, a discussion is given of the general investigation and analyses leading to the construction of the jet-propulsion ground-test mock-up. The results of burning experiments and of test measurements designed to allow quantitative flight-performance predictions of the system are presented and correlated with calculations. These calculations are then used to determine the performance of the system on the ground and in the air at … more
Date: April 1944
Creator: Brown, Clinton E.
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The Francois Villiers Marine Pursuit Airplane

Description: A traditional biplane design allows this craft to function with the speed and maneuverability necessary to perform as a pursuit aircraft while also being able to land on water. It featured retractable landing gear for water landings. It was powered with a 450 HP. Lorraine-Dietrich engine.
Date: April 1927
Creator: Serryer, J.
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