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Causes of Failure of Airship Sheds

Description: Different causes of airship shed collapse are discussed, with suction and human carelessness being the prime causes.
Date: November 1922
Creator: Sonntag, R. & Hoff, W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Balloon Fabrics Made of Goldbeater's Skins

Description: Goldbeater's skin, which is the prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of an ox, is examined as a balloon fabric and details of how goldbeater's skin is prepared for use are provided. The construction techniques employed by Germany, France, and England are all discussed.
Date: December 1922
Creator: Chollet, L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Airplane performance, past and present

Description: Report discussing the progress of airplane performance and measured by speed.
Date: December 1922
Creator: Warner, Edward P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Commercial Airplanes and Seaplanes: Thick Wings or Thin Wings - All Metal or Mixed Construction

Description: In this report we will consider, as the dominating characteristic, either the load carried, the speed, the radius of action, the fuel consumption, the activity of transport, or, lastly, the qualities of comfort and safety. The first four factors determine the theoretical efficiency, while the others determine its practical efficiency.
Date: December 1922
Creator: Point
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Depreciation of Aircraft

Description: Report presenting an examination of the concept that aircraft are essentially fragile and deteriorate rapidly when in service, which the author considers to be a misunderstanding due to the intense conditions occurring during war. Some examples of commercial airplane lines that have been running for several years and some potential deterioration costs that must be considered are provided.
Date: December 1922
Creator: Warner, Edward P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Influence of Design on Cost of Operating Airplanes

Description: The author discusses cost of operating commercial airplanes and endeavors to clear up prevalent misunderstandings. Curves of operating cost for varying duration, speed, reserve horsepower, etc. are developed.
Date: December 1922
Creator: Black, Archibald
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of Method of Suspending Models in Airstream on Resulting Measurements

Description: Two different suspension methods for testing models in a wind tunnel are profiled with the Eiffel laboratory using rods and the Gottingen lab using wires. The method using wires is shown to be a much superior method.
Date: November 1922
Creator: Wieselsberger, C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Commercial Airplanes and Seaplanes

Description: This report considers as the dominating characteristic, either the load carried, the speed, the radius of action, the fuel consumption, the activity of transport, or, lastly, the qualities of comfort and safety. The first four factors determine the theoretical efficiency, while the others determine its practical efficiency.
Date: April 1922
Creator: Royer, Etienne
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Testing Airplanes in Flight: Determining Position of Resultant of Action of Air and Longitudinal Stability of an Airplane at Different Angles of Attack

Description: "Measurements made during flight with the triple recording device which gives the horizontal and vertical speeds of an airplane and the angle it makes with the horizon, render it possible to calculate its lift, its drag, and R the resultant of the action of the air both in magnitude and direction, but with these data alone, it is impossible to determine the position of this resultant in the plane of symmetry of the airplane. We will also see how we may determine the position of R during flight … more
Date: April 1922
Creator: Senouque, A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Irresponsibility Clause in Air Traffic Contracts

Description: This report examines the question of the responsibility of the carrier in air traffic. The French were concerned about the competitive advantage the English companies enjoyed because of differences in their respective laws.
Date: April 1922
Creator: Porquet
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The World's Air Transportation Services: Data as to Passengers, Mail, and Goods Carried by American and European Transportation Services

Description: This report presents detailed descriptions, statistics, and graphs on European and American air transport. The European countries listed are Belgium, Czecho-Slovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Holland, and Italy.
Date: June 1922
Creator: Office of Aeronautical Intelligence
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Maritime Aviation

Description: This report presents some studies of maritime aviation which cover the following principal points: employment of landplanes on maritime aerial warfare; their adaption to peculiar requirements of the Navy; and the establishment of a method of aerial pursuit and bombardment, likewise adapted to military aviation over land.
Date: July 1922
Creator: Ravennes, Jean
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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This Summer's Gliding Meets

Description: This article discusses the upcoming gliding meets in France and Germany in the summer of 1922. Restrictions of design, prize money, and new innovations are all discussed.
Date: July 1922
Creator: Warner, Edward P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Technical Problems of Commercial Flying

Description: The technical requirements for commercial aircraft are listed, which include: safety, economy and comfort. The author lists various methods to increase these requirements in commercial aircraft.
Date: May 1922
Creator: Warner, Edward P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Choice of Air Routes

Description: The author lists rules for the development and planning of air routes. He uses as examples India and Texas, as well as discussing the need for more landing fields.
Date: May 1922
Creator: Warner, Edward P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Night Flying

Description: Dr. Warner examines the utility and economy of flying at night when flying passengers. Some of the points discussed include lighted landing fields, the possibility of using airships, and the cost of landing fields.
Date: May 1922
Creator: Warner, Edward P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mechanical Aids to Flight

Description: This report examines the great utility and safety of using instruments when flying. Instruments can be especially useful in conditions when the pilot has trouble spatially orienting himself.
Date: May 1922
Creator: Warner, Edward P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Subsidies for Air Transport

Description: This article discusses the need for government subsidies to encourage the development of passenger and freight transport by air.
Date: 1922-05?
Creator: Warner, Edward P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Lecture on the Rhon soaring flight competition, 1921

Description: This article presents a recounting of the Rhon soaring competition with emphasis on new designs, results, and prizes awarded. A round-robin discussion is also included at the end of the report.
Date: June 1922
Creator: Hoff, Wilhelm
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Fakir Fuel Pump

Description: "In designing the Fakir fuel pump, the fundamental idea was to obtain a simple and reliable method of conveying the fuel from a low tank to the carburetor, with the avoidance of the faults of all former methods and the simultaneous warming of the fuel by means of the heat of compression generated. The principle of the Fakir fuel pump rests on the well-known principle of the diaphragm pump, which must be suitably adapted to the present purpose" (p. 1).
Date: June 1922
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Engine Pistons of Light Metal

Description: This report presents the results of testing 32 sets of light metal pistons from 16 different aluminum and magnesium alloys, 2 sets of cast iron pistons, and one piston of pure electrolytic copper. The many-fold mutual relations between material properties, shape, thermic and dynamic processes in the engine were clarified by comprehensive technical, thermic, chemical, physical and metallographic investigations of pistons and piston materials.
Date: June 1922
Creator: Becker, G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Effect of Structure in Middle Part of Leading Edge of a Thick Wing: Communication From Rijks-Studiedienst Voor De Luchtvaart of Amsterdam

Description: The experiments herein described were made for the purpose of finding whether removing a larger portion of the wing to improve the pilot's view would be possible, without too great detriment to the aerodynamic properties of the airplane. The experiments were conducted on a wing similar to the Fokker F III.
Date: June 1922
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Problem of the Slotted Wing: A Communication From the Aerodynamic Institute of the Aachen Technical High School

Description: "It is to be expected that the advantageous properties, hitherto discovered in many slotted wing sections, depend very largely on the contour of the slot and the structural details of the wing. It is therefore of interest, aside from measurements on wings of constant cross-section along the span, to measure also wing models in which the structural details have already been given practical consideration" (p. 1).
Date: June 1922
Creator: Klemperer, W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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