"Aircraft Development Since the Armistice: Part I - Airplanes, Part II - Armament, Part III - Engines, Part IV - Equipment" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 402) [Photocopy], 1922-06, 1923-01-15

Item — Box: MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.016

Identifier: 20141407

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Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 402 (dated January 15, 1923), based on "Miscellaneous Reports Nos. 89, 90, 91 and 94 respectively."

Scope: Prepared by the Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field in June, 1922.

Contents: Contains short but detailed summary information on developments in the field of heavier-than-air military airplanes, armament, engines and support equipment between 1918 and 1922 and the "present status of Army Air Service airplanes." It was originally prepared for "presentation in lecture form" to U.S. Army AIr Service Reserve Officers by the Engineering Division.

Parts include: Part I - Airplanes Part II - Armament Part III - Engines Part IV - Equipment.

Dates

Creation: 1922-06
Publication: 1923-01-15

Creator

United States. Army. Air Service (1917-1926) (Publisher, Organization)
United States. Army. Air Service. Engineering Division (Author, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research in the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Handling guidelines and use restrictions will be communicated and enforced by archives staff members.

Extent

1 Issue

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Folder Contents

Items in the same folder (ID #s): 20141389, 20141390, 20141391, 20141393, 20141398, 20141400, 20141402, 20141407, 20141411, 20141412, 20141413, 20141414, 20141416, 20141417, 20141418, 20141419, 20141420, 20141421, 20141422 and 20141423.

Digital Scan Location

spc-aehs-000240

Format & Physical Description

Format: single-sided photocopy of a loose-leaf booklet, 8.5”x11” (35 single-sided photocopied pages including cover). Includes black & white photographs, charts and drawings.

Publication Data

"Published by the Chief of the Air Service, Washington, D.C." Printed in 1923 by the Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. In upper left: "File A 10 / 169".

Note 1: Document is a photocopy made in early 2000s, which is stamped "Seattle Public Library, Technology, May 5 1923" on pgs 2 & 34. Note 2: Donor made pencil annotations on cover and yellow highlights on pages 5-7 20-21. Note 3: the following pages are partially unreadable due to poor photocopying: 1, 7-9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 28-29 (almost unreadable), 33.

Preservation

Preservation Level 4.D. Digital preservation on recommended due to its research value and to maintian consistency across this series. Digital preservation completed 02 June 2025.