Aircraft Engine Historical Society, Inc.
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Found in 600 Collections and/or Records:
"One Hundred Hour Endurance Flight Test of Model 1-A Brewster-Goldsmith Spark Plugs" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. III, No. 209), 1920-12-04, 1921-05-01
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.B.003
Identifier: 20141210
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. III, No. 209 (dated May 1, 1921), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1463, dated December 14, 1920).
Scope: Power Plant Section Report prepared by Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.
Contents: See title.
Dates:
1920-12-04; Publication: 1921-05-01
Operator's Handbook: A and C Series 4 cyclinder Continental Red Seal Aircraft Engines for your Piper Airplane, Circa late 1930s-early 1940s
Item — Box 096, Folder: 003
Identifier: 20212020
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Operators Handbook
Authority: Manufacturer (authoritative directive)Note under "Service": "The engines described in this Handbook are of similar design and construction, their differences being in accessory drives, piston size, etc. Cylinders of aluminum heads and steel barrels are individually assembled to crankcase. Provisions are made for a Starter, Fuel Pump, Fuel Injector, and Oil Cooler on all "A" series en-gines. Provisions are made on all "C" series engines...
Dates:
Publication: Circa late 1930s-early 1940s
Orders of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1980 (Second Edition) [The NASA History Series: NASA Special Publication 4403], 1981
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 223, Call No.: TL 521.312 .B56 1980
Identifier: 20062089
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Document Number: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Special Publication #4406.Series: The NASA History SeriesScope: This is the second edition of Orders of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA. It is based on a monograph written by Eugene M. Emme and published in 1965 as ...
Dates:
Publication: 1981
Orders of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990 (Third Edition) [The NASA History Series: NASA Special Publication 4406], 1989-07-01
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 224, Call No.: TL 521.312 .B56 1989
Identifier: 20170600
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Document Number: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Special Publication #4406.Series: The NASA History SeriesScope: This is the third edition of Orders of Magnitude: A History of the NACA and NASA, 1915-1990. It is based on a monograph written by Eugene M. Emme and published in 1965 as ...
Dates:
Publication: 1989-07-01
Overhaul Manual for Pratt & Whitney Wasp Jr. (R-985) B4 & B5 and Wasp (R-1340 S1H1, S1H2, S3H1, S3H2, S3H1-G, and S1H4 Engines, 1954-02, 1979-10
Item — Box Series 3-001, Folder: 007
Identifier: 20060315
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Overhaul Manual
Authority: Manufacturer (authoritative directive)
Document Number: P&W Part No. 123440From the Introduction: “This overhaul manual contains the information required for the major overhaul of Wasp Jr. and Wasp engines manufactured by Pratt & Whitney Aircraft of Canada, Ltd., Longueuil, Province of Quebec, J4K 4X9, Canada and the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, Division of United Technologies Corporation, East Hartford, Connecticut 06108. It is...
Dates:
Publication: 1954-02; translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.Revised: 1979-10
"Parasite Resistance Variables with Incidence" (Bulletin of the Airplane Engineering Department, U.S.A, Vol. I, No. 2), 1918-07
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.002
Identifier: 20140702
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Bulletin of the Airplane Engineering Department, U.S.A. [United States Army], Vol. I, No. 2 (dated July 1918. This section on pages 140 through 141.Scope: Report by Aeronautical Research Department. Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data).Contents: article includes "Wind Tunnel Tests Show Errors in Performance...
Dates:
Publication: 1918-07
Parks College: Legacy of an Aviation Pioneer, 1990, 1990
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 208, Call No.: TL 560.2 .P37 F33 1990
Identifier: 20060304
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from the Prologue): "Parks College is unique among the world's educational institutions. Its founder, Oliver L. Parks, was one of the pioneer aviators with the vision to see the need to build the College and to nurture it in time of peace and war. He proved to be even more visionary when he gave the school to Saint Louis University, thereby making it part of...
Dates:
Copyright: 1990; Publication: 1990
Perceptions of the Past as a Prologue for the Future (29th Wings Club General Harold R. Harris "Sight" Lecture, presented 20 May 1992 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York), 1992-05-20, 1992
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 174, Call No.: TL 515 .S63 1992
Identifier: 20160008
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Presentation (Industry).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: 29th Wings Club General Harold R. Harris "Sight" Lecture, presented 20 May 1992 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York by R. Dixon Speas, a consultant "known and respected throughout the aviation industry for his dedication to improving the safety and efficiency of airline operations."Contents (from the Table of Contents, topics include):"General...
Dates:
1992-05-20; Copyright: 1992
"Performance Estimate of Huff-Daland Biplace Training Plane, Equipped with 170 HP A.B.C. Wasp 7 Engine. Estimated by means of "Airplane Performances and Design Charts" as Outlined in Air Service Information Circular (Aviation), Vol II, No 183" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. III, No. 296), 1921-03-24, 1922-02-15
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.011
Identifier: 20141298
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. III, No. 296 (dated February 15, 1922), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1594 (dated March 24, 1921).
Scope: Performance report No. 56, prepared by Flight Test Branch, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.
Contents: See title.
Dates:
1921-03-24; Publication: 1922-02-15
"Performance Estimate of LePere G.H. 11 Equipped with 400 H.P. Liberty '12' Engine: Estimated by means of "Airplane Performance and Design Charts" as Outlined in Air Service Information Circular (Aviation), Vol II, No. 183" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. III, No. 219), 1920-11-20, 1921-04-30
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.011
Identifier: 20141220
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. III, No. 219 (dated April 30, 1921), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1456 (dated November 20, 1920).
Scope: Performance report No. 54, prepared by Flight Test Branch, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.
Contents: See title.
Dates:
1920-11-20; Publication: 1921-04-30