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Newsmap. Monday, October 12, 1942 : week of October 2 to October 9

Description: Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Aleutians, New Guinea, Solomons, Far eastern waters, Russia, Mediterranean, Western Europe. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show Aleutian Islands; Southwest Pacific. Includes photographs: Nazi medium artillery field pieces, Long range patrol, Canadian paratroopers graduate, "Paratroopers train for action". Back: Convoy. 15 photographs with text describe a typical journey of a convo… more
Date: October 12, 1942
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Newsmap. Monday, April 12, 1943 : week of April 2 to April 9, 187th week of the war, 69th week of U.S. participation

Description: Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Russia, Solomons, New Guinea, Aleutians, Bolivia, Tunisia, Air offensive. Large world map is keyed to text and illustrates time zones around the world. Inset maps show Sicily and Tunis. Includes photographs: Malaria control, Super block-buster [8,000 lb. aerial bomb], Change of ownership [captured Mercedes Benz troop-carrier], Bren-gun carriers support British Grenadiers in Kasserine Pass, Italian troops in the African war zone. Back: The … more
Date: April 12, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Newsmap. Monday, July 12, 1943 : week of July 1 to July 8, 200th week of the war, 82nd week of U.S. participation

Description: Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Russia, Southwest Pacific, Air offensive, Crete, Kiska. Maps: Key Japanese bases; Solomon Islands; New Georgia Islands, Battle area near Moscow. Photographs: Smoke rises from the Japanese airfield at Munda; Fortress over Huls. Back: Map of the battle area on the Eastern front.
Date: July 12, 1943
Creator: [United States.] Army Orientation Course.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 283rd week of the war, 165th week of U.S. participation

Description: Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Allies close on Reich from two sides, Aircraft strike over wide Pacific area, Manila liberation frees prisoners. Maps: [Germany]; [Pacific area]; Manila liberated. Insets: Manila Back: Text and 17 photographs show Japan in 1939.
Date: February 12, 1945
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 287th week of the war, 169th week of U.S. participation

Description: Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: Iwo Battle Bitter; Americans Take Cologne - Soviets Reach Baltic. Maps: Pacific spearheads; The Rhine. Back: Text and photographs highlight the bitter battle on the tiny island of Iwo Jima.
Date: March 12, 1945
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Newsmap. For the Armed Forces. 248th week of the war, 130th week of U.S. participation

Description: Front: Text describes action on various war fronts: France, Eastern front, Italy, Pacific, China, Southeast Asia. Maps: Schouten Islands; Channel Coast; Italy. Back: "The battle-line is where the Infantry is"... Large photograph of infantryman with text describing the importance of the infantry.
Date: June 12, 1944
Creator: [United States.] Army Service Forces. Army Information Branch.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Newsmap for the Armed Forces : Army Plan for Unifying Armed Forces

Description: Front: Text and chart show chain of command and organizational structure in the proposed unified armed forces. The plan was presented to the Senate Military Affairs Committee on 30 October 1945. Back: Illustration of a young woman with crossed fingers has caption emphasizing the need to save some of that hard-earned money.
Date: November 12, 1945
Creator: [United States.] Army Information Branch.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Natural Icing of an Axial-Flow Turbojet Engine in Flight for a Single Icing Condition

Description: Memorandum presenting an investigation in natural icing conditions to determine the effect of ice formations on the performance of an axial-flow turbojet engine. A description of the change over time in tail-pipe temperature, engine jet thrust, fuel flow, ice collection, and acceleration qualities are provided.
Date: August 12, 1948
Creator: Acker, Loren W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary Investigation of a Ceramic Lining for a Combustion Chamber for Gas-Turbine Use

Description: Combustion chamber liners for gas turbines and experimental set-ups were tested for failure. A ceramic-lined test chamber was operated at fuel/air ratios up to 0.050. Thermal-shock evaluation indicated that a ceramic lining, which expands after firing, would crack but would not fall apart during operation. Refractoriness of the lining and the resistance to mechanical shock were adequate. In general, shell temperature reductions of approximately 400 deg F were effected by the use of this lining … more
Date: April 12, 1948
Creator: Woodward, William H. & Bobrowsky, A. R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary investigation of spoiler lateral control on a 42 degree sweptback wing at transonic speeds

Description: Investigation at transonic speeds in the high-speed 7- by 10-foot tunnel to determine the rolling-effectiveness characteristics of a spoiler on a double-wedge-type semispan wing with a sweepback angle of 42 degrees. Results regarding the variation of rolling-moment coefficient, spoiler effectiveness, and rolling effectiveness are provided.
Date: August 12, 1947
Creator: Schneiter, Leslie E. & Ziff, Howard L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Full-Scale Investigation of the Maximum Lift and Flow Characteristics of an Airplane Having Approximately Triangular Plan Form

Description: Report discussing an investigation of the DM-1 glider, which has an approximately triangular plan form, with auxiliary studies of a model of triangular wings. The pitching-moment coefficient, drag coefficient, and angle of attack with the lift coefficient are provided. Results indicated that the angles of descent without power are likely to be prohibitive and airplanes with the tested type of wings will not be able to land safely without power.
Date: February 12, 1947
Creator: Wilson, Herbert A., Jr. & Lovell, J. Calvin
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flight Investigation to Determine the Hinge Moments of a Beveled-Edge Aileron on a 45 Degree Sweptback Wing at Transonic and Low Supersonic Speeds

Description: Report discussing testing of a model of the pilotless aircraft RM-1 to measure aileron hinge moments in flight in order to determine the reason for loss of roll stabilization at supercritical speeds in flight. The aileron was found to become quickly underbalanced over the full deflection range at supercritical speeds. Information about the general flight behavior, aileron hinge moments, and roll stabilization of the model is provided.
Date: November 12, 1947
Creator: Gardner, William N. & Curfman, Howard J., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Two-dimensional wind-tunnel investigation at high Reynolds numbers of two symmetrical circular-arc airfoil sections with high-lift devices

Description: Report presenting an investigation of two symmetrical circular-arc airfoils of 6 and 10 percent thickness equipped with leading-edge and trailing-edge high-lift devices. A trialing-edge flap, drooped-nose flap, and leading-edge extensible flap were all tested. Results regarding the plain airfoils, airfoils with high-lift devices, combined deflection of high-lift devices, and low-drag-control flaps are provided.
Date: March 12, 1947
Creator: Underwood, William J. & Nuber, Robert J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary Investigation of Two Full-Scale Propellers to Determine the Effect of Swept-Back Blade Tips on Propeller Aerodynamic Characteristics

Description: Report presenting an investigation of two 10-foot-diameter three-blade propellers to determine the effect of swept-back blade tips on propeller aerodynamic characteristics. Results regarding the effect of swept-back tips on maximum efficiency and constant-power propeller operation are provided.
Date: May 12, 1947
Creator: Evans, Albert J. & Klunker, E. Bernard
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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High-Speed Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Model Tail Plane with Modified NACA 65-010 Sections and 0 Degree and 45 Degrees Sweepback

Description: Memorandum presenting wind-tunnel tests that have been made to determine the aerodynamic characteristics of a model tail plane with modified NACA 65-010 sections and a tapered plan form. Results were obtained with the model tail plane unswept and swept back. The data show the lift, drag, pitching-moment, and hinge-moment coefficient variation with angle of attack and flap deflection at various Mach numbers.
Date: January 12, 1948
Creator: Anderson, Joseph L. & Martin, Andrew
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Cyclic Engine Test of Cast Vitallium Turbine Buckets 2

Description: Memorandum presenting an investigation conducted to provide data that may be used to correlate the engine service performance of cast Vitallium turbine buckets with metallurgical properties. Data were obtained from four turbine wheels of Timken alloy with cast Vitallium buckets. Examination of 12 broken buckets indicated that 8 of the failures were probably caused by fatigue and 4 by impact with pieces of other broken buckets.
Date: January 12, 1948
Creator: Farmer, J. Elmo; Deutsch, George C. & Sikora, Paul F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Helicopter Stability

Description: Report presenting information about some of the fundamental concepts and lines of development that may be undertaken regarding helicopter stability. Some of the principles discussed include method of control, control lag, stability characteristics, control forces, and center of gravity. Some of the means for improvement discussed include use of a horizontal stabilizer, use of trim devices, use of power-operated controls, automatic controls, and choice and grouping of indicating instruments.
Date: April 12, 1948
Creator: Gustafson, F. B. & Reeder, J. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Comparative Tests of the Rolling Effectiveness of Constant-Chord, Full-Delta, and Half-Delta Ailerons on Delta Wings at Transonic and Supersonic Speeds

Description: Report presenting comparative tests of the rolling power of plain constant-chord, full-delta, and half-delta ailerons on delta wings with varying degrees of sweepback were tested on rocket-propelled test vehicles. Results regarding the effect of leading-edge sweepback, a comparison of rolling effectiveness, and comparison with theory are provided.
Date: December 12, 1949
Creator: Sandahl, Carl A. & Strass, H. Kurt
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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High-Speed Wind-Tunnel Tests of a 1/16-Scale Model of the D-558 Research Airplane Basic Longitudinal Stability of the D-558-1

Description: Report presenting the results of testing on a model of the D-558-1 in order to determine its pitching-moment, lift, and drag characteristics with no nose-inlet flow, and with the tail removed and at a constant setting. Only a limited analysis is provided.
Date: May 12, 1948
Creator: Wright, John B.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hydrodynamic characteristics of a swept planing-tail hull

Description: Report presenting the hydrodynamic characteristics of a swept planing-tail hull as determined by water tank testing. The hull shape was based on results from previous testing indicating that symmetrical airfoil sections and slender boom-like afterbodies lower the drag. Results regarding spray characteristics, take-off stability and trims, landing stability, resistance, and directional stability are presented.
Date: September 12, 1949
Creator: McKann, Robert E.; Coffee, Claude W. & Arabian, Donald D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary Wind-Tunnel Investigation at High-Subsonic Speeds of Planing-Tail, Blended, and Airfoil-Forebody Swept Hulls

Description: Report presenting an investigation in the high-speed 7- by 10-foot tunnel to determine the high-subsonic aerodynamic characteristics of three different types of flying-boat hull: a planing-tail hull, a blended hull, and an airfoil-forebody swept hull.
Date: September 12, 1949
Creator: Riebe, John M. & MacLeod, Richard G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Analytical investigation of distribution of centrifugal stresses and their relation to limiting operating temperatures in gas-turbine blades

Description: From Introduction: "Analyses that provide a basis for comparing the centrifugal-stress distributions inherent in jet-engine turbine blades of several designs currently in use were therefore made and are presented."
Date: April 12, 1948
Creator: Kemp, Richard H. & Morgan, William C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary Theoretical and Flight Investigation of the Lateral Oscillation of the X-1 Airplane

Description: Report presenting the results of flight tests showing lateral oscillation in the Bell X-1 and calculations created to determine the effects of changes in several mass and aerodynamic parameters on the lateral oscillations. Calculations indicate that lateral stability should be improved by a more positive inclination of the principal axis of inertia or a reduction of the value of yawing moment of inertia.
Date: August 12, 1949
Creator: Drake, Hubert M. & Wall, Helen L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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