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Investigation at low speed of the effectiveness and hinge moments of a constant-chord elevator on a large-scale triangular wing with section modification

Description: Report presenting an investigation in the full-scale tunnel to determine the low-speed longitudinal, lateral, and hinge-moment control characteristics of a basic 60 degree delta wing of aspect ratio 2.31 with 10-percent-thick biconvex symmetrical airfoil sections. The wing was tested with a nose glove using NACA 65-010 section ordinates and a constant-chord plain semispan ailavator with two segments.
Date: April 24, 1951
Creator: Hawes, John G. & May, Ralph W., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Flight measurements of the wing-dropping tendency of a straight-wing jet airplane at high subsonic Mach numbers

Description: From Summary: "Flight tests were conducted on a straight-wing fighter-type jet airplane to investigate the lateral-control characteristics associated with a wing-dropping tendency encountered at high subsonic Mach numbers. The chief factors found to account directly for the wing-dropping tendency were a progressive reduction in aileron-control effectiveness with increasing Mach number, and an increase in effective dihedral above a Mach number of 0.8 which made the lateral trim particularly sens… more
Date: April 24, 1951
Creator: Anderson, Seth B.; Ernst, Edward A. & Van Dyke, Rudolph D., Jr.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Script: Baseball]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a baseball game at LaGrave Field between the Fort Worth Cats and the Dallas Eagles. The Cats win the game 5-2.
Date: April 24, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Dallas gridiron]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a dinner and comedy roast hosted by the Dallas Press Club, lampooning the city's leaders and powerful citizens.
Date: April 24, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: War-hero wedding]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the wedding of war-hero and movie star Audie Murphy and and Pamela Archer and another story about Miss Hawaii appearing in a Fort Worth department store to publicize a new line of Hawaiian shirts.
Date: April 24, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Air power]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Major Alexander P. deSeversky visiting Dallas to talk to the Junior League.
Date: April 24, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Script: Fiery crash]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a collision between a car and a loaded gasoline truck in Fort Worth injuring two persons and throwing flaming fuel hundreds of feet.
Date: April 24, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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