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Airplanes -- Performance

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:

Aviation Fuels and their effects on Engine Performance (Revised Edition), 1951

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 097, Book: Catalog Number: TBD
Identifier: 20220602
Scope and Contents Document Type: Technical Monograph Book Authority: Manufacturer (authoritative reference)From Note on page 2: "Provides information concerning the more important properties of aviation fuel, and covers in particular those properties which are of most interest to the user of the fuel. This booklet was first issued during the latter part of World War II and was produced on contract at the joint request of the U.S.A.A.F. and Bureau of Aeronautics, U. S. Navy. The first issue is out...
Dates: Publication: 1951
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series III: Aircraft Engines (commercial & military) / Sub-series III.E: Aircraft Engines (Special Collection)

"Bamberg Speed-Measuring Station" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 397), 1922-08-29, 1923-02-15

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.016
Identifier: 20141402
Scope and Contents Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 397 (dated February 15, 1923), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 2008 (dated August 29, 1922).Scope: Report prepared by E. F. Bacon, Equipment Section, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.Contents: "OBJECT. The object of this report is to furnish information for the installation...
Dates: 1922-08-29; Publication: 1923-02-15
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

"Comparative Performance Test of X.B.I.-A Equipped with High Compression Wright Model H and Packard 1A-1237 Engines" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 327), 1921-08-11, 1922-03-15

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.012
Identifier: 20141331
Scope and Contents Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 327 (dated March 15, 1922), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1768 (dated August 11, 1921).NB: Have 2 copies of document, however 2nd copy is missing pages 7 & 8). Scope: Performance report No. 67, prepared by Flight Test Branch, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.Contents:...
Dates: 1921-08-11; Publication: 1922-03-15
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

"Design Characteristics for Most Suitable Pursuit Airplanes" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 436), 1922-10-20, 1923-05-01

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.017
Identifier: 20141441
Scope and Contents Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 436 (dated May 1, 1923), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 2079 (October 20, 1922).Scope: Airplane Section Report prepared by Leslie MacDill [Major, possibly Chief Engineering Officer] and F. W Herman of the Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field. MacDill was a 1922 graduate of MIT with a...
Dates: 1922-10-20; Publication: 1923-05-01
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

"Economy Test of the DH-4" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 461), 1924-01-28, 1924-04-01

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.018
Identifier: 20141467
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 461 (dated April 1, 1924), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 2278 (dated January 28, 1924).

Scope: Flying Section report prepared by W. F. Gerhardt and Robert Anderson, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio.

Contents: See title.

Dates: 1924-01-28; Publication: 1924-04-01
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

"Economy Test of the DH-4" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 461), 1924-01-28, 1924-04-01

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.019
Identifier: 20200077
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 461 (dated April 1, 1924), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 2278 (dated January 28, 1924).

Scope: Flying Section report prepared by W. F. Gerhardt and Robert Anderson, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio.

Contents: See title.

Dates: 1924-01-28; Publication: 1924-04-01
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

"Full Flight Performance Testing" (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 5 through 52.Scope: Report by Aeronautical Research Department. Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data).Contents: article includes "Physical Data and Types of Instruments Required...
Dates: Publication: 1918-07
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

"Instruction sur le Calcul des Performances" (Second Edition, Octobre 1928) [Instruction for the Calculation of Performances], 1928-10

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.022
Identifier: 20140201
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Monograph Authority: Government Civil (authoritative reference)

Scope & Contents: early work on calculating aeronautical performance by the French government equivalent of the U.S. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA).

Dates: Publication: 1928-10
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

"Official Performance Test of Atlantic XCO-8 Equipped with Loening Wings and Liberty "12" Engine" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. VI, No. 522) [Photocopy], 1925-04-01, 1925-06-15

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.018
Identifier: 20141531
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. VI, No. 522 (dated June 15, 1925), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 2503 (dated April 1, 1925).

Scope: Report by Flying Section, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio.

Contents: See title.

Dates: 1925-04-01; Publication: 1925-06-15
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

"Official Performance Test of Boeing Pursuit PW-9 Equipped with Curtiss D-12 High Compression Engine" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 479), 1924-07-03, 1924-10-01

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.018
Identifier: 20141486
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 479 (dated October 1, 1924), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 2372 (dated July 3, 1924).

Scope: Report by Flying Section, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio.

Contents: See title.

Dates: 1924-07-03; Publication: 1924-10-01
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

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