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Wind-Tunnel Investigation at Low Speed of a Wing Having 63 Degree Sweepback and a Drooped Tip

Description: From Summary: "The results of force tests made at low speed are presented to show the effect of longitudinal static stability produced by drooping the tip of a 63 degree sweptback wing. Five semispan wing models were tested: two incorporated curved drooped tips, two with abruptly drooped tips, and one without droop. The most favorable stability characteristics were measured for a model with an abruptly drooped tip, a fence, and a leading-edge flap; however, the use of these same auxiliary devic… more
Date: April 7, 1955
Creator: Blackaby, James R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Preliminary Flight-Determined Pressure Distributions Over the Wing of the Douglas X-3 Research Airplane at Subsonic and Transonic Mach Numbers

Description: Report presenting preliminary flight-measured chordwise pressure distributions, which have been obtained at a wing midsemispan station of the Douglas X-3 research airplane through a range of angles of attack and Mach numbers. An exploration of the section aerodynamic characteristics is also provided.
Date: April 7, 1955
Creator: Jordan, Gareth H. & Hutchins, C. Kenneth, Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Comparison of the Static Stability of a 68.7 Degree Delta-Wing Model with Dihedral and a Twisted and Cambered Wing Model of the Same Plan Form

Description: Memorandum presenting a force-test investigation to determine whether the static stability characteristics of a twisted and cambered 68.7 degree delta wing could be approximated by a plane wing of similar plan form with dihedral. Results regarding longitudinal characteristics and lateral characteristics are provided.
Date: April 7, 1955
Creator: Paulson, John W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Four arrested in Clark death probe]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about four people being arrested in connection with the two-year-old slaying of William P. Clark.
Date: April 7, 1955
Duration: 4 minutes 11 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Buckner fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire at the Buckner Orphans Home east of Dallas, which caused $2500 worth of damage but no injuries. Also covered, a story about one Crandall home destroyed and two others damaged in a fire.
Date: April 7, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Copter crash]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Bell helicopter crashing at the Bell plant in Hurst. One Navy lieutenant was killed in the crash; another suffered major burns.
Date: April 7, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: New activity in Irving school row]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an estimated 100 mothers marching to the county superintendent's office in the latest events of an Irving school controversy.
Date: April 7, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Copter crash]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Bell helicopter crashing at the Bell plant in Hurst. One Navy lieutenant was killed in the crash; another suffered major burns.
Date: April 7, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 21 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Man killed in train-truck crash]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about R. E. Darby dying instantly after his truck collided with a Santa Fe freight train.
Date: April 7, 1955
Duration: 54 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Buckner fire]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a fire at the Buckner Orphans Home east of Dallas, which caused $2500 worth of damage but no injuries. Also covered, a story about one Crandall home destroyed and two others damaged in a fire.
Date: April 7, 1955
Duration: 1 minute 36 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Hypothesis concerning irradiation embrittlement of uranium

Description: In discussions with a number of people, a hypothesis has been evolved which appears to fit available information concerning irradiation embrittlement of uranium as well as indicate a possible solution to the problem. The purpose of this memorandum is to expound this hypothesis as an aid to those working with the problem. Since it embodies the ideas of many people, no claim to unique authorship is implied.
Date: April 7, 1955
Creator: Wood, E.C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Hypothesis Concerning Irradiation Embrittlement of Uranium

Description: In discussion with a number of people at HAPO, KAPL and ANL a hypothesis has been evolved which appears to fit available information concerning irradiation embrittlement of uranium as well as indicate a possible solution to the problem. The purpose of this memorandum is to expound the hypothesis as an aid to those working with the problem. Since it imbodies the ideas of many people, no claim to unique authorship is implied.
Date: April 7, 1955
Creator: Wood, E. C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: New activity in Irving school row]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an estimated 100 mothers marching to the county superintendent's office in the latest events of an Irving school controversy.
Date: April 7, 1955
Duration: 2 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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