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Airplanes -- Design and construction -- Research

 Subject
Subject Source: World Cat Fast Authority File
Scope Note: For basic aerodynamics work, use "Aerodynamics".

Found in 94 Collections and/or Records:

"Experiments with Venturi Tubes" (Bulletin of the Airplane Engineering Department, U.S.A, Vol. I, No. 3), 1918-08

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.003
Identifier: 20140703
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. 3 (dated August 1918. This section on pages 67 through 77.Scope: Report "Translated and Summarized by the Technical Publication Department from French Report by A. Toussaint and G. Lepère." Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data)....
Dates: Publication: 1918-08
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

"Flying Boat Hulls, P-5 and N-4 as Designed by Lieut. Col. Linton Hope, R.A.F." (Bureau of Aeronautics Technical Note No. 17) [Photocopy], 1923

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.021
Identifier: 20152017
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Navy Department, Bureau of Aeronautics Technical Note No. 17 (dated 1923), based on "Reprint of Navy Department, Bureau of Construction and Repair A. T. N. [Aeronautical Technical Note] No. 40)".

Scope: Report #40567-23 prepared by Mr. S. Truscott.

Contents: See Title

Dates: Publication: 1923
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-Scale Tunnel Investigation of the Control and Stability of A Twin-Engine Monoplane with Propellers Operating" [Originally published as an Advance Restricted Report in November 1942] (NACA Wartime Report L-425), 1942-11, Circa late 1945 to 1946

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.029
Identifier: 20060155
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report. Authority: Government Civil (authoritative reference). Document Number: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Wartime Report L-425, published soon after the end of WW II. Originally published as an Advance Restricted Report in November 1942.

Scope: NACA research report by Harold H. Sweberg.

Contents: See title.

Dates: Publication: 1942-11; Issued: Circa late 1945 to 1946
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

"Heat Treating Bath Composed of Sodium Chloride, Sodium Carbonate, and Sodium Cyanide" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 363), 1922-05-17, 1922-08-15

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.014
Identifier: 20141368
Scope and Contents Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 363 (August 15, 1922), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1924 (dated May 17, 1922).Scope: Material Section Report No. 166, prepared by E.V. Schaal, Material Section, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.Contents: See title. Looks at heat treating various types of steel used for...
Dates: 1922-05-17; Publication: 1922-08-15
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

"High-Speed Tests of A Model Twin-Engine Low-Wing Transport Airplane" (NACA Report No. 750), 1942

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.025
Identifier: 20060141
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Civil (authoritative reference) Document Number: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Report No. 750, published in 1942.

Scope: NACA research report by John V. Becker and Lloyd H. Leonard.

Contents: See title.

Dates: Publication: 1942
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

"Impact Test of a JN-4 Tail Skid and Landing Chassis" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 409), 1922-09-19, 1923-04-01

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.016
Identifier: 20141414
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 409 (dated April 1, 1923), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 2018 (dated September 19, 1922).

Scope: Report prepared by D. B. Weaver of the Airplane Section, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.

Contents: See title. Test was done with a non-flyable JN-4.

Dates: 1922-09-19; Publication: 1923-04-01
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

"Interior Corrosion of Steel Struts and its Prevention" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 374), 1922-06-05, 1922-09-01

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.014
Identifier: 20141379
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 374 (September 1, 1922), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1949 (dated June 5, 1922).

Scope: Material Section Report No. 172, prepared by V. M. Wade, Material Section, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.

Contents: See title.

Dates: 1922-06-05; Publication: 1922-09-01
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

"Internal Bracing of Airplane Wings and Fuselage" (Bureau of Aeronautics Technical Note No. 34) [Photocopy], 1923

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.021
Identifier: 20152034
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Navy Department, Bureau of Aeronautics Technical Note No. 34 (dated 1923), based on "Reprint of Navy Department, Bureau of Construction and Repair A. T. N. [Aeronautical Technical Note] No. 88)".

Scope: Report #40584-23 is "From A British Source".

Contents: See Title.

Dates: Publication: 1923
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

"Investigation of Copper-Silicon-Aluminum Alloys With and Without Manganese" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 385), 1922-06-30, 1922-12-01

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.016
Identifier: 20141390
Scope and Contents Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 385 (December 1, 1922), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1964 (dated June 30, 1922).Scope: Material Section Report No. 178, prepared by E. H. Dix, Jr. & A. J. Lyon, Material Section, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.Contents: See title. Of note, Dix went on to work an a key...
Dates: 1922-06-30; Publication: 1922-12-01
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

"Investigation of Fatigue and Vibration of Metals. Part I. Tests on the Upton-Lewis and Farmer Machines" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. III, No. 255), 1921-02-15, 1921-07-15

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.011
Identifier: 20141256
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. III, No. 255 (dated July 15, 1921), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1540 (dated February 11, 1921).

Scope: Material section report No. 127, prepared by Material Section, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.

Contents: See title.

Dates: 1921-02-15; Publication: 1921-07-15
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

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