Blériot Combat Monoplane 127 (French) (open access)

Blériot Combat Monoplane 127 (French)

The 127 is a cantilever monoplane without external bracing. It is designed to accompany and protect bombardment and observation aircraft. Descriptions of the airfoil, fuselage, power plant, landing gears, and armament are provided.
Date: November 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
"Villiers 24" Slotted-Wing Airplane (French): Night Pursuit Sesquiplane (open access)

"Villiers 24" Slotted-Wing Airplane (French): Night Pursuit Sesquiplane

The Villiers 24 C.A.N. 2 is a night pursuit sesquiplane equipped with the 450 HP direct-drive Lorraine 12 Eb engine. It is characterized by Handley Page slotted wings. Details of the construction, wings, flaps, controls, characteristics, performances, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: November 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Morane-Saulnier 121 Single-Seat Pursuit Airplane (French) (open access)

Morane-Saulnier 121 Single-Seat Pursuit Airplane (French)

The M.-S. 121 is noted for it's excellent visibility inherent in the parasol design. The wings have no dihedral but a very pronounced sweep back. A description of the components, flight characteristics, performance, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: June 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Fokker "Trimotor F VII" Commercial Transport Monoplane (open access)

The Fokker "Trimotor F VII" Commercial Transport Monoplane

Directly developed from the single engined type F VII ten passenger monoplanes, the Fokker Trimotor closely follows the commercial aircraft that preceded it. It has three Wright Whirlwind air-cooled engines, rated at 200 HP each. Details of the wings, cockpit and cabin, baggage and freight compartments, controls, landing gear, characteristics, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: June 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Short "Calcutta": First British All-Metal Commercial Seaplane (open access)

The Short "Calcutta": First British All-Metal Commercial Seaplane

The Calcutta is a large seaplane, with seating for 16 and a payload of 3,400 pounds. A description of the design, construction features, engine installation, specifications, performance, and photographs are provided.
Date: March 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The De Havilland 61 "Canberra" (British): A 6-8 Passenger Airplane (open access)

The De Havilland 61 "Canberra" (British): A 6-8 Passenger Airplane

Made for an Australian buyer, the Canberra is capable of carrying a payload of 1900 lbs. with a top speed of 126 M.P.H. At 105-110 M.P.H. it has a range of about 475 miles. It has a single Jupiter VI engine.
Date: January 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Blériot-Spad 91 Airplane (French): Pursuit Single-Seater, Type "Jockey" (open access)

Blériot-Spad 91 Airplane (French): Pursuit Single-Seater, Type "Jockey"

Report presenting a description of the design of the Blériot-Spad 91 airplane. This aircraft has announced a speed of 270 km per hour at 4000 m. It is of all metal construction.
Date: May 1928
Creator: Societe Bleriot-Aeronautique
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Armstrong Whitworth "Starling" (British) (Single Seat Fighter) (open access)

The Armstrong Whitworth "Starling" (British) (Single Seat Fighter)

Circular describing the Armstrong-Whitworth "Starling", which is a single seat fighter that can be used for day fighting and night fighting. Details of the wings, wing bracing, lift characteristics, construction, internal components, characteristics, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: September 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Caproni Monoplanes "Ca 97" (Italian) (open access)

The Caproni Monoplanes "Ca 97" (Italian)

The Ca 97 is constructed with wings half overhung, a large fuselage, all metal construction, and can be configured with 1 to 3 engines.
Date: October 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The C.A.M.S. 54 G.R. Transatlantic Seaplane (French) (open access)

The C.A.M.S. 54 G.R. Transatlantic Seaplane (French)

Tested at the end of March, 1928, the C.A.M.S. 54 G.R. was built for the purpose of crossing the Atlantic from Europe by way of the azores. It has a biplane construction with wings mounted above the hull. It is powered by two new series 500 HP. geared Hispano Suiza V type engines.
Date: September 1928
Creator: Ide, John Jay
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Vickers "Vellore" (British): A Freight Carrier Which Carries a Load Greater Than Its Own Weight (open access)

The Vickers "Vellore" (British): A Freight Carrier Which Carries a Load Greater Than Its Own Weight

The Vellore is a single engine biplane of all metal construction. It has a wing span of 76 feet and a loaded weight of 9,500 lbs. Details of the wingspan, construction, characteristics, performance, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: October 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Fokker "Universal" Commercial Airplane (open access)

The Fokker "Universal" Commercial Airplane

Equipped with a Wright Whirlwind 200-230 H.P. Engine, the Universal can be configured with floats or wheels and seats 4-6 passengers. Details of the wings, power plant, cowling, tanks and fuel system, vision, cockpit and controls, cabin arrangements, landing gear, float gear, skis, tail skid, tail surfaces, finish, characteristics, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: May 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
René Couzinet Monoplane (French) (open access)

René Couzinet Monoplane (French)

Having been designed as a long range aircraft, it carries 6200 liters of fuel and 280 liters of oil and has three propeller groups, each with a 180 HP Hispano-Suiza engine capable of 230 HP. Details of the design, wings, ailerons, fuselage, fuel tanks, landing gear, characteristics, performances, tests, drawings, and photographs are provided.
Date: July 1928
Creator: Serryer, J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contribution to the Design and Calculation of Fuel Cams and Fuel Valves for Diesel Engines (open access)

Contribution to the Design and Calculation of Fuel Cams and Fuel Valves for Diesel Engines

In this work I have attempted to find a basis for the design of fuel cams, which will serve equally for large and small engines, both high-speed and low-speed.
Date: August 1928
Creator: Basu, Jatrindra Nath
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contribution to the Systematic Investigation on Joukowsky Profiles (open access)

Contribution to the Systematic Investigation on Joukowsky Profiles

"This article resulted from the need of showing, in a simple way, how the aerodynamic properties of airfoils are affected by the shape of their profiles. No general solution of this problem could be found, since the profile shapes cannot ordinarily be expressed by simple mathematical formulas. This advantage is possessed only by the Joukowsky profiles and this discussion of the problem is therefore limited to them" (p. 1).
Date: April 1928
Creator: Loew, Gottfried
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Few More Mechanical-Flight Formulas Without the Aid of Polar Diagrams (open access)

A Few More Mechanical-Flight Formulas Without the Aid of Polar Diagrams

The reliability of the assumption of a parabolic shape of the polar curve is investigated and found satisfactory for all practical purposes. It is further shown that the aerodynamically best possible or "ideal" airplane is produced on this assumption. Lastly, detailed suggestions are given on the possibilities of application of this method of calculation. It especially simplifies the design and evaluation of structural changes and the determination of the limits of technical possibilities. The present report deals only with the relations of the airfoils. The mutual action of the airfoils, engine and propeller will be treated in a subsequent report.
Date: March 1928
Creator: Schrenk, Martin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Choice of Profile for the Wings of an Airplane Part 2 (open access)

Choice of Profile for the Wings of an Airplane Part 2

This report gives a general method for drawing airplane profiles. This method is useful, but it leads to a somewhat laborious drawing which becomes quite complicated when we take a transformation function having terms of a high degree.
Date: June 1928
Creator: Toussaint, A. & Carafoli, E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Steel Spars (open access)

Steel Spars

A history of English metal spar construction is presented in this paper. The way in which different spar designs or spar materials influence the aircraft wing loading and aerodynamics is described.
Date: April 1928
Creator: Martin, Brian L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Parachutes for Aircraft (open access)

Parachutes for Aircraft

Report covering some characteristics of parachutes for aircraft. In order to provide the essential data on air resistance, rapidity of opening, shock stresses in opening, etc., for subsequent use, we will first give a few test results.
Date: February 1928
Creator: Müller, Waldemar
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Problem of Noise in Civil Aircraft and the Possibilities of Its Elimination (open access)

The Problem of Noise in Civil Aircraft and the Possibilities of Its Elimination

The problem of noise in aircraft is considered and some solutions are presented. The primary sources of sound explored included the engine and the propeller and some ways of insulating passengers from the noise are provided.
Date: July 1928
Creator: Tucker, W. S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Savoia Marchetti "S 64" Airplane (open access)

Savoia Marchetti "S 64" Airplane

The S 64 is a large monoplane with an aspect ratio of 7. It has a cantilever wing made of a single piece, entirely of wood. The wing has three spars with a covering of plywood. The engine is mounted high over the wing's center. It was designed for long distance transatlantic flights.
Date: August 1928
Creator: Victor, Maurice
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Sikorsky Twin Engined Amphibian, Type S-38, Model 1928 (open access)

The Sikorsky Twin Engined Amphibian, Type S-38, Model 1928

The S-38, model 28 is a nine passenger Sesquiplane powered by two Pratt and Whitney Wasp 410 HP engines and is intended for routes where the ability to take off and land from both land and water is essential. A description of the weight, construction, power plant, fuel system, landing gear, hull and floats, dimensions, flight characteristics, blueprints, and photographs are provided.
Date: August 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Westland "Wapiti" (British) (open access)

Westland "Wapiti" (British)

The Widgeon Wapiti is a military aircraft suitable for a variety of roles. It is a normal tow-bay wire-braced biplane and can be powered by a variety of the Bristol Jupiter series engines.
Date: September 1928
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Variable Pitch Propellers (open access)

Variable Pitch Propellers

It is proposed in this report to explain the Gloster Hele-Shaw Beacham variable pitch propeller. It is a variable pitch propeller, which has been theorized to greatly improve the performance of an airplane or airship. An explanation of the way the propeller works and some of the physics behind propeller operation are provided.
Date: April 1928
Creator: Milner, H. L.
System: The UNT Digital Library