EARLY ATLANTIC AIRLINERS

800px-Curtiss_NC-4_four_engine_configuration-detailPart I  Starting Point         My PDF file   ATLAIRpart1
002Part II  Bigger Airplanes        My PDF file   ATLAIRpart2
800px-Sikorsky_S-42Part III  Form and Fabric       My PDF file   ATLAIRpart3  (rev 1)
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Part IV The Ultimate Propeller Airliner   My PDF file  ATLAIRpart4.dbf

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——————–  free downloads on related subjects:

IGOR I. SIKORSKY (1889-1972)
Igor I. Sikorsky (1889-1972)

Historic Document:
Sikorsky lectures in London (1934):
             SIKORSKY

From NACA (on the subject of large size):
NACA Giant Airplanes

From Scientific American (on the effect of  parasite drag):
   The Low-Resistance Airplane

Notes on the Amazing Glenn Martin M-130 and B-10

 

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Watch this space       …to be continued…

 

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airplane construction interbellum – like Rohrbach and many other pioneers