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Report no. 484, A flight investigation of the effect of mass distribution and control setting on the spinning of the XN2Y-1 airplane: by N.F. Scudder, 10 pages, tables, 23 × 29 cms. Washington, superintendent of documents, 1934. Price five cents
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