Aerial Convention of October 13, 1919 (open access)

Aerial Convention of October 13, 1919

The aerial convention delegates are listed as well as the set of rules that were developed during the session.
Date: May 1922
Creator: Roper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial navigation by dead reckoning (open access)

Aerial navigation by dead reckoning

Report discussing the problem to be solved, as presented to the pilot or observer of an aircraft, is as follows: The aircraft starting from A must land at B, the only data being the speed of the airplane, the altitude and the orientation D of the course. The above data would be amply sufficient, were it not for the fact that the airplane is constantly subjected to a wind of variable direction and strength.
Date: July 1922
Creator: Maffert, Pierre
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial navigation : on the problem of guiding aircraft in a fog or by night when there is no visibility (open access)

Aerial navigation : on the problem of guiding aircraft in a fog or by night when there is no visibility

Report discussing the use of magnetic fields and wire to navigate aircraft in conditions of poor visibility is presented. This field may be considered to be derived from a double lemniscate, considered in the particular case where the origin is a double point formed from the magnetic field of the slack wire, from the field produced by the return currents and from the field due to the currents induced in the conducting mass. These fields are dephased in two ways, one in the direction of the wire, the other in a direction perpendicular to it.
Date: January 1922
Creator: Loth, William
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerial Transportation (open access)

Aerial Transportation

Report discussing the origin of air traffic dates from the war. The important development of aeronautic industries and the progress made in recent years, under the impelling force of circumstances, rendered it possible, after the close of hostilities, to consider the practical utilization of this new means of economic expansion.
Date: February 1922
Creator: Pierrot
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerodynamic Computation of Gliders (open access)

Aerodynamic Computation of Gliders

From Introduction: "In the following discussion, a knowledge of the theoretical principles of airplane construction is assumed, as presented in detail by Vogt and Lippisch in Nos. 7 and 10-19 of the 1919 volume of this publication. A few quantities will however be otherwise designated, in accordance with the Gottingen symbols."
Date: September 1922
Creator: Schrenk, M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerodynamic Laboratory at Cuatro Vientos (open access)

Aerodynamic Laboratory at Cuatro Vientos

This report presents a listing of the many experiments in aerodynamics taking place at Cuatro Vientos. Some of the studies include: testing spheres, in order to determine coefficients; mechanical and chemical tests of materials; and various tests of propeller strength and flexibility.
Date: September 1922
Creator: Jubera
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Aerodynamical Laboratory of the Vienna Technical High School (open access)

The Aerodynamical Laboratory of the Vienna Technical High School

Report presenting a description of the aerodynamics laboratory of the Vienna Technical High School. The main focus of this report is detailing some of the accomplishments that the laboratory has made.
Date: February 1922
Creator: Katzmayr, R. & Kirste, L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aerodynamics and Ballistics (open access)

Aerodynamics and Ballistics

Ballistics is a science hundreds of years old and this report is an attempt to show how these older principles can be used in the newer science of aerodynamics.
Date: July 1922
Creator: Burzio, Filippo
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aeronautic Insurance (open access)

Aeronautic Insurance

The problem of insuring the emerging commercial aeronautic industry is detailed. The author also motes that a complete solution cannot be obtained until the necessary statistics are compiled.
Date: March 1922
Creator: Neal, Erik
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aeronautical Museums (open access)

Aeronautical Museums

Different methods of presenting aeronautical artifacts are examined. The advantages of operating an aeronautical museum and its ability to increase public interest in aircraft are provided.
Date: November 1922
Creator: Warner, Edward P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air reactions to objects moving at rates above the velocity of sound with application to the air propeller (open access)

Air reactions to objects moving at rates above the velocity of sound with application to the air propeller

From Discussion: "To meet these unusual conditions three sets of ball-bearings were employed and arranged in tandem, thereby reducing their speeds by the ratio of the number of sets used, as shown in Fig.3. This proved to be a complete success. The results obtained in experiments with a two-blade, 4 foot propeller of series 2, are given in Fig. 9."
Date: November 1922
Creator: Reed, S. Albert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air traffic (open access)

Air traffic

This report presents a recounting of the steps taken by France to establish national and international regulation over air traffic.
Date: May 1922
Creator: Sudre, G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Air Transport Economics (open access)

Air Transport Economics

Report presenting an exploration of the costs of operation for commercial airlines operating in Europe at the time of the report.
Date: October 1922
Creator: Warner, Edward P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Airplane performance, past and present (open access)

Airplane performance, past and present

Report discussing the progress of airplane performance and measured by speed.
Date: December 1922
Creator: Warner, Edward P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Airplane Stability Calculations and Their Verification by Flight Tests (open access)

Airplane Stability Calculations and Their Verification by Flight Tests

For some time, the designers of airplanes have begun to occupy themselves with the question of longitudinal stability. In their quest to simplify calculation and data collection, the designers have attached the greatest importance to the coefficient of initial longitudinal stability. In this study a diagram was constructed from the data of the tunnel tests, which depends neither on the position of the center of gravity nor of the angle of deflection of the elevators. This diagram is constructed by means of straight lines drawn through the metacenters of the complete airplane, in a direction parallel to the tangents to the polar of the airplane relative to a system of axes fixed with reference to the airplane.
Date: July 1922
Creator: Rota, Augusto
System: The UNT Digital Library
Applying the results of experiments on small models in the wind tunnel to the calculation of full-sized aircraft (open access)

Applying the results of experiments on small models in the wind tunnel to the calculation of full-sized aircraft

This report presents the attempt to develop a law which will permit the use of results obtained on small models in a tunnel for the calculation of full-sized airplanes, or if it exists, a law of similitude relating air forces on a full-sized plane to those on a reduced scale model.
Date: April 1922
Creator: Robert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aviation and Insurance (open access)

Aviation and Insurance

This article considers some of the causes which hinder the development of aircraft insurance. Different risks are discussed as well as the causes of aircraft accidents. Pilot error, poor airdromes, weather conditions, poorly adapted airplanes, and engine failures are all examined and some conclusions are made.
Date: May 1922
Creator: Mayo, R. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aviation in the Belgian Congo (open access)

Aviation in the Belgian Congo

The establishment of air service in the Belgian Congo is detailed in this report. The airplanes, landing fields, and air routes are all discussed.
Date: July 1922
Creator: van Crombrugge, A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bagnulo Heavy Fuel Internal Combustion Engine and Its Employment in Aviation (open access)

Bagnulo Heavy Fuel Internal Combustion Engine and Its Employment in Aviation

We see with great satisfaction that Bagnulo's studies and experiments on his high-speed, heavy-fuel engines, promise to solve not only the general problem of economical power and hence of thermal efficiency, but also all other special problems, of weight and space, and, what is still more important, range of error.
Date: March 1922
Creator: Fiore, Amedeo
System: The UNT Digital Library
Balloon Fabrics Made of Goldbeater's Skins (open access)

Balloon Fabrics Made of Goldbeater's Skins

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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Beacon Lights for Air Traffic (open access)

Beacon Lights for Air Traffic

A beacon light manufactured by the Julius Pintsch Company is described and the arrangement of these lights on a landing field is discussed.
Date: July 1922
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Behavior of Aviation Engines at Different Air Densities (open access)

Behavior of Aviation Engines at Different Air Densities

The author expresses his views that engine performance would be affected only at very low temperatures is presented in this report.
Date: January 1922
Creator: Schwager, O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Best Rectangular and I-Shaped Cross Sections for Airplane Wing Spars (open access)

Best Rectangular and I-Shaped Cross Sections for Airplane Wing Spars

Equations are presented with which to determine spar cross-sections.
Date: October 1922
Creator: Sonntag, R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Causes of Failure of Airship Sheds (open access)

Causes of Failure of Airship Sheds

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.
System: The UNT Digital Library