The behavior of conventional airplanes in situations thought to lead to most crashes

Fred E. Weick
naca-tn-363
Feb 1931

Simple flight tests were made on ten conventional airplanes for the purpose of determining their action in the following two situations, which are generally thought to precede and lead to a large proportion of airplane crashes.

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