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Studies of the speed stability of a tandem helicopter in forward flight

Description: Flight-test measurements, related analytical studies, and corresponding pilots' opinions of the speed stability of tandem-rotor helicopter are presented. An undesirable instability, evidenced by rearward stick motion with increasing forward speed at constant power, is indicated to be caused by variations with speed of the front-rotor downwash at the rear rotor. An analytical expression for predicting changes in speed stability caused by changes in rotor geometry is derived and constants for use… more
Date: June 4, 1953
Creator: Tapscott, Robert J. & Amer, Kenneth B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Confederate vet plaque unveiled]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a monument to Confederate, WWI and WWII soldiers, being dedicated on the grounds of the Tarrant County Courthouse.
Date: June 4, 1953
Duration: 53 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Technical activities report for May 1953: Physics Unit, Applied Research Sub-Section

Description: In this report, a brief discussion is given for each of the following activities under study during this period: xenon generator; C{sup 12} cross sections; critical mass problems (for process vessels in Bldg. 231); neutron beam catcher design; neutron diffraction spectrometer; beta spectrometer; hollow slug program; instrumentation; blackness corrections; exponential pile measurements with small slug size; critical lattice experiments; lattice theory; and radiation damage.
Date: June 4, 1953
Creator: Faulkner, J. E.; Davenport, D. E. & Duvall, G. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Script: Bomb lift]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new hydraulic bomb lift for the U.S. Air Force developed by a Dallas oilfield equipment manufacturer.
Date: June 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: New tax chief]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, T. Coleman Andrews, visiting Dallas.
Date: June 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Girl gets pup from Roy Rogers]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a young Fort Worth polio victim, Pamela Tuttle, receiving a gift of a puppy from film actor Roy Rogers. Also shipped to Texas is a California sea lion, a gift to the Forrest Park Zoo in Fort Worth.
Date: June 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Fireworks blast rocks Houston]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Houston, killing at least four people and destroying several surrounding buildings.
Date: June 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Confederate vet plaque unveiled]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a monument to Confederate, WWI and WWII soldiers, being dedicated on the grounds of the Tarrant County Courthouse.
Date: June 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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A Brief Hydrodynamic Investigation of a 1/24-Scale Model of the DR-77 Seaplane

Description: From Summary: "A limited investigation of a 1/24-scale dynamically similar model of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics DR-77 design was conducted in Langley tank no. 2 to determine the calm-water take-off and the rough-water landing characteristics of the design with particular regard to the take-off resistance and the landing accelerations. During the take-off tests, resistance, trim, and rise were measured and photographs were taken to study spray. During the landing tests, motion-picture records… more
Date: June 4, 1953
Creator: Fisher, Lloyd J. & Hoffman, Edward L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Rockyfeller restaurant slide]

Description: Photograph of an image of a building and advertisement for Rockyfeller restaurant including a sign that reads "Hamburgers 5 cents, tak-homa-sak." The slide is taped against a wall.
Date: June 4, 1953
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: New tax chief]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a new U.S. Commissioner of Internal Revenue, T. Coleman Andrews, visiting Dallas.
Date: June 4, 1953
Duration: 3 minutes 09 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Bomb lift]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a new hydraulic bomb lift for the U.S. Air Force developed by a Dallas oilfield equipment manufacturer.
Date: June 4, 1953
Duration: 2 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Girl gets pup from Roy Rogers]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a young Fort Worth polio victim, Pamela Tuttle, receiving a gift of a puppy from film actor Roy Rogers. Also shipped to Texas is a California sea lion, a gift to the Forrest Park Zoo in Fort Worth.
Date: June 4, 1953
Duration: 2 minutes 04 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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