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veneer strips about one third of the depth of the fuselage ran lengthwise, joining birch bulkheads into a girder which was then strengthened with four L-shaped spruce longerons. Stressed longitudinal spruce strips formed rounded upper and lower fuselage surfaces, so that the overall cross-section was
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double girder ran centrally along the bottom of the mid-fuselage to the engine bulkhead, forming a mounting for the lower wing pylon, the cockpit and controls and parts of the engine mounting and undercarriage. The fuselage and tail surfaces were fabric covered except for a veneered region around
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in 1926, incorporating several innovative structural features.
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Meyers Midget 3-view drawing from Aero Digest April 1927
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was a one-off small, low-powered, sporting single-seat
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1175:Single-engined tractor aircraft
394:"The Meyers Midget Light PLane"
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414:"American airplanes: Ka - Ku"
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1165:Aircraft first flown in 1926
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268:General characteristics
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112:Design and development
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263:Flight 1927
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1149:Categories
1097:Metroliner
993:F-11 Husky
440:2011-08-05
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369:References
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494:Fairchild
261:Data from
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154:longerons
69:Designer
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874:PT-23
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158:balsa
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