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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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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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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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Safety Rules for the Installation and Maintenance of Electrical Supply and Communication Lines: Comprising Part 2 of the Fourth Edition National Electrical Safety Code

Description: Report containing information regarding "the construction and maintenance of overhead and underground electrical supply and communication lines" (p. ii).
Date: April 15, 1927
Creator: United States. Bureau of Standards.
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Flap Gear for Airplanes: A New Scheme in Which Variation Is Automatic

Description: A variable flap gear, which would function automatically and require no attention during flight appeared to be an attractive idea even in its early stages of development. The advantages of variable camber are described as well as the designs of these automatic flaps.
Date: April 1927
Creator: Tiltman, A. Hessell
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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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Pressure Distribution Tests on PW-9 Wing Models Showing Effects of Biplane Interference

Description: "In this report tests are described in which the distribution of pressures over models of the wings of the PW-9 Airplane was investigated. The wing models were tested individually and in the biplane combination. The investigation was conducted in the atmospheric wind tunnel of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics" (p. 315).
Date: April 7, 1927
Creator: Fairbanks, A. J.
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Combustion Time in the Engine Cylinder and Its Effect on Engine Performance

Description: "As part of a general program to study combustion in the engine cylinder and to correlate the phenomena of combustion with the observed performance of actual engines, this paper presents a sketchy outline of what may happen in the engine cylinder during the burning of a charge. It also suggests the type of information needed to supply the details of the picture and points out how combustion time and rate affect the performance of the engine. A theoretical concept of a flame front which is assum… more
Date: April 2, 1927
Creator: Marvin, Charles F., Jr.
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Tests on Models of Three British Airplanes in the Variable Density Wind Tunnel

Description: "This report contains the results of tests made in the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics variable density wind tunnel on three airplane models supplied by the British Aeronautical Research Committee. These models, the BE-2E with R.A.F. 19 wings, the British Fighter with R.A.F. 15 wings, and the Bristol Fighter with R.A.F. 30 wings, were tested over a wide range in Reynolds numbers in order to supply data desired by the Aeronautical Research Committee for scale effect studies. The maxi… more
Date: April 5, 1927
Creator: Higgins, George J.; Diehl, W. S. & DeFoe, George L.
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