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The New De Havilland Commercial Airplane: The D.H. 66 With Three Bristol "Jupiter" Engines

Description: The D.H. 66, constructed at Stag Lane Works of the De Haviland Aircraft Company built for Imperial Airways, Ltd. The fuselage has an all steel construction while the wings are made with box spars of wood and spruce ribs. It has a biplane tail and encloses the stabilizer trimming gear in a casing which serves to streamline the rear portion of the fuselage, but which is not part of the main structure. It weighs 9060 lbs. empty and 2500 lbs. after fueling with a total loaded weight of 14,700 lbs.
Date: July 1926
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The Avro "Gosport," 504 R: A New Training Airplane

Description: Circular describing the Avro Gosport 504 R, which is a new training airplane that is lighter than other Avro training airplanes but is strong enough to withstand rough handling that may be encountered in training. Details of the fuselage, construction, ailerons, tail, struts, landing gear, fuel tanks, performance, characteristics, and photographs are provided.
Date: July 1927
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René Couzinet Monoplane (French)

Description: Having been designed as a long range aircraft, it carries 6200 liters of fuel and 280 liters of oil and has three propeller groups, each with a 180 HP Hispano-Suiza engine capable of 230 HP. Details of the design, wings, ailerons, fuselage, fuel tanks, landing gear, characteristics, performances, tests, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: July 1928
Creator: Serryer, J.
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The Amiot S.E.C.M. 110 C.1 : A Single-Seat Pursuit Monoplane

Description: Circular presenting a description of the Amiot S.E.C.M. 110 C.1, which is a single-seat pursuit monoplane. Some of the design principles that the aircraft was built from are provided. A description of the design, components, dimensions, flight characteristics, and photographs are provided.
Date: July 1929
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The "Comte A.C. 3" Military Airplane (Swiss) : A High-Wing Semicantilever Monoplane

Description: 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.
Date: July 1930
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The Farman Night Bombers 211 and 212 (French): Four-Engine High-Wing Monoplanes

Description: Circular presenting a description of the Farman night bombers 211 and 212, which are four-engine high-wing monoplanes that are equipped with different engines. Details of the wing structure, fuselage, tail surface and controls, landing gear, power plant, characteristics, performance, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: July 1932
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The Hanriot-Biche 110 C1 Airplane (French): An All-Metal Low-Wing Pursuit Monoplane

Description: Circular presenting a description of the Hanriot-Biche 110 C1 airplane, which is a French all-metal low-wing pursuit monoplane. Details regarding the wing, girders and tail surfaces, pilot's cockpit, power plant, landing gear, flying qualities, and photographs are provided.
Date: July 1933
Creator: Rabion, René
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Determination of General Relations for the Behavior of Turbulent Boundary Layers

Description: 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.
Date: July 1943
Creator: von Doenhoff, Albert E. & Tetervin, Neal
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The development and application of high-critical-speed nose inlets

Description: 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 underta… more
Date: July 1945
Creator: Baals, Donald D.; Smith, Norman F. & Wright, John B.
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