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AFFIDAVIT OF TRUTH
I,
___________________, currently holding the position of
_________________ in the United States Air Force, the
undersigned, do affirm, declare and depose as
follows:
1. I am competent to
state the matters set forth herein.
2. All the facts
stated herein are true, correct and certain, admissible as
evidence, and if called upon to testify, I will affirm their
veracity.
3. I have carefully
studied the below listed technical asseverations, extracted
from the conclusions page 5 of the September 19, 1941 U.S.
Army Air Corps Proceedings of a Board of Review Report
pertaining to the Burnelli lifting-body principle of aircraft
design.
4. The statements
made below are based upon my full technical knowledge as the
USAF Chief Aeronautical Engineer, more formally known under
the title of____________________________.
5. That conclusion a)
on page 5 of the September 19, 1941 U.S. Army Air Corps
Proceedings of a Board of Review Report cited under item 3
above states:
"That the
Burnelli 'lifting fuselage' design does not offer sufficient
new or novel ideas of military value to warrant the
construction of experimental or production
airplanes."
The quote above is truthful and factual in 1941 (yes/no)__________
in 1999________________
at any time between 1941 and 1999________________
6. That conclusion b)
on page 5 of the September 19, 1941 U.S. Army Air Corps
Proceedings of a Board of Review Report cited under item 3
above states:
"That the
principal aerodynamic benefits claimed by V. J. Burnelli
have been achieved on present experimental and production
airplanes through the use of properly shaped streamlined
bodies upon which low drag rather than high lift has been
emphasized."
The
quote above is truthful and factual in 1941
(yes/no)__________
in
1999________________
at any time between 1941 and 1999________________
7. That conclusion c)
on page 5 of the September 19, 1941 U.S. Army Air Corps
Proceedings of a Board of Review Report cited under item 3
above states:
"That the
Burnelli emphasis upon the 'lifting fuselage' is not in
accordance with best aeronautical practice based upon best
aerodynamic information, since such a fuselage has a
relatively low critical speed which definitely limits the
future development of this type of airplane."
The quote above is
truthful and factual in 1941
(yes/no)__________
in
1999________________
at any time between 1941 and
1999________________
I,________________________________________, do
hereby swear / attest under penalty of perjury under the laws
of the United States of America that the foregoing statement
of facts is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and
belief.
Name (Print):
Signature:
Before me, the undersigned
authority, on this day personally appeared , known to me / who
proved to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to the
foregoing instrument, and acknowledged to me that he executed
the same. Given under my hand and seal of office on this the
___ day of_____________, 1999
_________________________________
Notary Public
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