Location: Marten House, 1801 West 86th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46260
Date: October 12, 2010
Cocktails: 6:00 pm - Dinner: 6:30 pm - Speaker: 7:00 pm
Advance or Reservations - $20.00 At Door - $22.00
1st time guest - $10.00
16 or under $10.00
1st time guest - $10.00
16 or under $10.00
Please RSVP to: John Brill
H: 317-877-7777 C: 317-501-8610
Mail to: 107-A Knoll Ct, Noblesville, IN 46062
email: jwbrillsr@aol.com
H: 317-877-7777 C: 317-501-8610
Mail to: 107-A Knoll Ct, Noblesville, IN 46062
email: jwbrillsr@aol.com
We don't have a summary for Emil's presentation. However, here is some information we found on the Flying Wing:
N-1M: the first Northrop flying wing
by E.T. Wooldridge
Jack Northrop became interested in the development of the cleanest possible airplane early in his career as an aircraft designer. In 1923, as an engineer for Donald Douglas in Santa Monica, California, Northrop continually explored advanced designs for aircraft, seeking new ways to eliminate drag and the severe penalties in aircraft performance it imposed. Even then, he envisioned an airplane without protruding surfaces that did not contribute in some way to lift. He even undertook the design of a tailless, all-wing glider as a "pastime" project, but never finished the aircraft, due to other commitments and lack of funds. In 1927, Northrop designed the incomparable Lockheed Vega as the best possible compromise that could be made with known and proven elements. Even this aircraft, with its conventional arrangement of wing fuselage and tail, gave hints of the unconventional concepts that were beginning to form in Jack Northrop's mind. ... <more>
by E.T. Wooldridge
Jack Northrop became interested in the development of the cleanest possible airplane early in his career as an aircraft designer. In 1923, as an engineer for Donald Douglas in Santa Monica, California, Northrop continually explored advanced designs for aircraft, seeking new ways to eliminate drag and the severe penalties in aircraft performance it imposed. Even then, he envisioned an airplane without protruding surfaces that did not contribute in some way to lift. He even undertook the design of a tailless, all-wing glider as a "pastime" project, but never finished the aircraft, due to other commitments and lack of funds. In 1927, Northrop designed the incomparable Lockheed Vega as the best possible compromise that could be made with known and proven elements. Even this aircraft, with its conventional arrangement of wing fuselage and tail, gave hints of the unconventional concepts that were beginning to form in Jack Northrop's mind. ... <more>
Flying wing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A flying wing is a tailless fixed-wing aircraft which has no definite fuselage, with most of the crew, payload and equipment being housed inside the main ... .
