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Duralumin and Its Corrosion

Description: The types of corrosion and factors of corrosion of duralumin are investigated. Salt water is the most common of the corroding media with which designers have to contend in using duralumin in aircraft and ships.
Date: April 1927
Creator: Nelson, Wm.
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Some Impressions of the Paris Aero Show

Description: Memorandum presenting a description of the Paris Aero Show and some of the aircraft that the author observed there. A specific description of some of the designs is provided, as well as some technical drawings of particular elements of these aircraft.
Date: April 1927
Creator: North, J. D.
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Kinetographic Determination of Airplane Flight Characteristics

Description: The author's first experiments with a glider on flight characteristics demonstrated that an accurate flight-path measurement would enable determination of the polar diagram from a gliding flight. Since then he has endeavored to obtain accurate flight measurements by means of kinetograph (motion-picture camera). Different methods of accomplishing this are presented.
Date: April 1927
Creator: Raethjen, P.
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