The Practical Difficulties of Commercial Flying (open access)

The Practical Difficulties of Commercial Flying

This paper relates some of the problems commercial aircraft companies have in attracting larger numbers of paying customers. The author discusses some remedies such as changing the public perception of flying as dangerous.
Date: March 1924
Creator: Courtney, F. T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Voyage of The "Dixmude" Over Northern Africa (open access)

Voyage of The "Dixmude" Over Northern Africa

This article presents the difficulties and triumphs of the airship Dixmude in its long distance flight over North Africa as described by one of the occupants.
Date: March 1924
Creator: Lemaire
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Changing the Mean Camber of an Airfoil Section (open access)

Effect of Changing the Mean Camber of an Airfoil Section

Methodical experiments with the series of airfoil sections of the same relative thickness and of variable relative cambers can be utilized for determining the effect of the camber on the aerodynamic properties of airfoil sections.
Date: March 1924
Creator: Toussaint, A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The vector ruling protractor (open access)

The vector ruling protractor

The theory, structure and working of a vector slide rule is presented in this report. This instrument is used for determining a vector in magnitude and position when given its components and its moment about a point in their plane.
Date: March 1924
Creator: Zahm, A. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library