Rigid Airships (open access)

Rigid Airships

Memorandum presenting the history and development of airships. Tables containing information and statistics regarding some of the current airships are provided.
Date: November 1923
Creator: Stahl, Friedrich
System: The UNT Digital Library
Graphic Method for Calculating the Speed and Climbing Ability of Airplanes (open access)

Graphic Method for Calculating the Speed and Climbing Ability of Airplanes

Note presenting a graphic method for calculating the speed and climbing ability of airplanes. This method starts from the actual power developed by the engine and makes it possible to determine all factors which together constitute what are known as flight performances for any combination of engine and airplane from the single graphic diagram given.
Date: October 1923
Creator: Rohrbach, Adolf & Lupberger, Edwin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Report of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (7th). Administrative Report Including Technical Reports Nos. 111 to 132 (open access)

Annual Report of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (7th). Administrative Report Including Technical Reports Nos. 111 to 132

Report includes the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics letter of submittal to the President, Congressional report, summaries of the committee's activities and research accomplished, and expenditures.
Date: 1923
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aeronautic instruments. Section 6 : aerial navigation and navigating instruments (open access)

Aeronautic instruments. Section 6 : aerial navigation and navigating instruments

This report outlines briefly the methods of aerial navigation which have been developed during the past few years, with a description of the different instruments used. Dead reckoning, the most universal method of aerial navigation, is first discussed. Then follows an outline of the principles of navigation by astronomical observation; a discussion of the practical use of natural horizons, such as sea, land, and cloud, in making extant observations; the use of artificial horizons, including the bubble, pendulum, and gyroscopic types. A description is given of the recent development of the radio direction finder and its application to navigation.
Date: 1923%
Creator: Eaton, H. N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Standardization and Aerodynamics (open access)

Standardization and Aerodynamics

Report presenting suggestions for the standardization of the study of aerodynamics in laboratories in the United States and Europe. A report by each of the different scientists, all of whom are working in a variety of different labs and countries, is provided, and each discusses the progress made in their respective labs and their suggestions for standardization and progress in the field.
Date: March 1923
Creator: Knight, William; Prandtl, L.; von Karman; Costanzi, G.; Margoulis, W.; Verduzio, R. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library