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Relation of Turbojet Propulsion System Development to the Strategic Bomber Mission

Description: Memorandum presenting a generalized analysis of the effects of turbojet propulsion system development and fuel selection on ability of a strategic bomber to perform desired and minimum missions. The variation of bomber performance using a hydrocarbon, boron, or nuclear fuel is discussed.
Date: August 15, 1956
Creator: Rothrock, Addison M.; Cesaro, Richard S. & Walker, Curtis L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Some Transonic Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Model Similar to the McDonnell F3H-2N Airplane

Description: Report discussing testing of a model of the McDonnell F3H-2N to determine its pitch-up and buffet boundaries and its longitudinal stability and control data obtainable with the pulse-tail technique. Stability was found to be less at low trim angles of attack than at high trim angles of attack up to a point. The buffet boundary was not obtainable through this testing.
Date: May 15, 1956
Creator: Crabill, Norman L. & Jackson, Bruce G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Analytic Study of Turbojet Engine Thrust Augmentation With Liquid Hydrogen, Pentaborane, Magnesium Slurry, and JP-4 Afterburner Fuels and a 220-Second Impulse Rocket

Description: Memorandum presenting a computation and comparison of the thrust augmentation and accompanying total fuel flow for four afterburner fuels and a rocket. Four turbojet engines burning JP-4 primary fuel and several operating conditions were selected for the analyses.
Date: August 15, 1956
Creator: Morris, James F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Investigation of Ejection Release Characteristics of Four Dynamically Scaled Internal-Store Shapes From a 1/17-Scale Simulated Bomb Bay of the Republic F-105 Airplane at Mach Numbers of 1.39 and 1.98

Description: Report presenting an investigation of the release characteristics of dynamically scaled stores carried internally in a simulated bomb bay at Mach numbers of 1.39 and 1.98. A model of the Republic F-105 half-fuselage and bomb-bay configuration was tested with four store shapes: the MK-7 store, the bluff store, the TX-28 store, and turnabout TX-28 store. Results regarding ejection photographs and data plots are also provided.
Date: October 15, 1956
Creator: Lee, John B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A low-speed experimental investigation of the effect of a sandpaper type of roughness on boundary-layer transition

Description: From Summary: "An investigation was made in the Langley low-turbulence pressure tunnel to determine the effect of size and location of a sandpaper type of roughness on the Reynolds number for transition. Transition was observed by means of a hot-wire anemometer located at various chordwise stations for each position of the roughness. These observations indicated that when the roughness is sufficiently submerged in the boundary layer to provide a substantially linear variation of boundary-layer … more
Date: August 15, 1956
Creator: von Doenhoff, Albert E. & Horton, Elmer A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Tabulated Pressure Coefficient Data from a Tail Loads Investigation on a 1/15-Scale Model of the Goodyear XZP5K Airship

Description: This paper contains tail and hull loads data obtained in an investigation of a l/15-scale model of the Goodyear XZP5K airship. Data are presented in the form of tabulated pressure coefficients over a pitch and yaw range of +/-20 deg and 0 deg to 30 deg respectively, with various rudder and elevator deflections. Two tail configurations of different plan forms were tested on the model. The investigation was conducted in the Langley full-scale tunnel at a Reynolds number of approximately 16.5 x 10… more
Date: February 15, 1956
Creator: Cannon, Michael D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Minimum drag of the Chance Vought XF8U-1 airplane as determined from the flight test of a 0.11-scale rocket-boosted model at Mach numbers between 0.73 and 1.71: TED No. NACA DE 392

Description: Report presenting drag data obtained from the flight of a 0.11-scale rocket-boosted model of the Chance Vought XF8U-1 airplane over a range of Mach numbers. Results regarding the duct performance, trim normal-force coefficient, total drag, internal and base drag, and external drag are provided.
Date: March 15, 1956
Creator: Hastings, Earl C., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flutter Tests of a 1/25-Scale Model of the B-36J/RF-84F Tip-Coupled Airplane Configuration in the Langley 19-Foot Pressure Tunnel

Description: Memorandum presenting tests of a scale model of a B-36J/RF-84F tip-coupled airplane in the 19-foot pressure tunnel in order to evaluate the flutter characteristics where bomber-body freedoms are allowed and to obtain an indication of the dynamic stability characteristics of the configuration. The variables studied in the investigation included skew angle of the fighter-bomber coupling, fighter longitudinal position, fighter and bomber loading, angle of sideslip, degrees of body freedom, and the… more
Date: March 15, 1956
Creator: Neely, Robert H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Observation of Laminar Flow on a Blunted 15 Degree Cone-Cylinder in Free Flight at High Reynolds Numbers and Free-Stream Mach Numbers to 8.17

Description: "A highly polished 15 degree included-angle cone-cylinder with hemispherical tip has been flown to obtain boundary-layer transition and heat-transfer data. The model was launched from a carrier plane at an altitude of 47,500 feet. Laminar flow existed at a Reynolds number greater than 38.5 x 10(exp) 6 on the cylinder when the model was at the peak free-stream Mach number of 8.17. The results indicate an appreciable and favorable effect of tip bluntness in raising the allowable skin temperature … more
Date: October 15, 1956
Creator: Disher, John H. & Rabb, Leonard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Relation of turbojet propulsion system development to the strategic bomber mission

Description: From Summary: "A generalized analysis presents the effects of turbojet propulsion system development and fuel selection on ability of a strategic bomber to perform desired and minimum missions. The variation of bomber performance using a hydrocarbon, boron, or nuclear fuel is discussed. With chemical fuel, the effects of refueling are discussed. With nuclear fuel, the nuclear cruise-chemical dash bomber and the nuclear subsonic tug towing a chemically powered supersonic bomber are compared."
Date: August 15, 1956
Creator: Rothrock, Addison M.; Cesaro, Richard S. & Walker, Curtis L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Experimental and Theoretical Studies of Interference Effects on the Damping in Roll of the Bell X-1A Research Airplane at Supersonic Speeds (Including Canopy Shape Effects)

Description: Memorandum presenting component interference studies that have been made in an attempt to explain the unexpected large loss in damping in roll which occurred in wind-tunnel tests at zero angle of attack for the Bell X-1A research airplane near a Mach number of 2.22. The studies include theoretical calculations of the effect of the body flow field on the wing damping in roll and measurements at several Mach numbers on the contribution of the individual components to the damping in roll.
Date: October 15, 1956
Creator: McDearmon, Russell W. & Boatright, William B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Measurements of Aerodynamic Heat Transfer and Boundary-Layer Transition on a 15 Degree Cone in Free Flight at Supersonic Mach Numbers Up to 5.2

Description: Report presenting measurements of aerodynamic heat transfer at several stations on the 15 degree total angle conical nose of a rocket-propelled model in free flight at Mach numbers up to 5.2. Laminar, transitional, and turbulent heat-transfer coefficients are provided. Results regarding skin temperature time histories, transition, and computed skin temperatures are provided.
Date: October 15, 1956
Creator: Rumsey, Charles B. & Lee, Dorothy B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Script: Boxing]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a boxing match between Felix Antonio and Buddy Turman.
Date: August 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Light Airplane is Carried by Copter]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an experimental flight where a helicopter ferries an Army reconnaissance plane from San Marcos, Texas, to Lawton, Oklahoma.
Date: August 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Shooting]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about police searching for a truck driver who shot Ada Faye Langford in the arm.
Date: August 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Council]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Fort Worth city council weighing a proposal to use water from Lake Texoma. Also, the council issued a proclamation honoring the Lighthouse for the Blind.
Date: August 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Driver Pinned in Truck, Rescued]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Therbert Timmons being trapped within his overturned truck.
Date: August 15, 1956
Duration: 1 minute 18 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: News Briefs; O'Dwyer]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the arrival of William O'Dwyer, former New York Mayor, in Dallas. He is a member of a law firm in Mexico.
Date: November 15, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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