Ditching tests with a 1/10-size model of the Army A-20A airplane. : 1 - Calm-water tests in NACA tank no. 2 / by John R. Dawson and George A. Jarvis.

The tests reported herein are the first in a series of tests requested by the Army Air Forces to determine the behavior of landplanes when they are forced to land on the water. (The emergency landing of a landplane on water is called "ditching.") The tests are being made in NACA tank no. 2...

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Main Author: Dawson, John R.
Corporate Authors: United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Langley Aeronautical Laboratory
Other Authors: Jarvis, George A.
Other title:NACA Wartime Reports. Series L.
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, [1943]
Series:Wartime Reports (United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) ; no. L584.
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