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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 125 Collections and/or Records:

"Methods of Making Aluminum Bronze Castings" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 376), 1922-06-08, 1922-10-15

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.014
Identifier: 20141381
Scope and Contents Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 376 (October 15, 1922), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1938 (dated June 8, 1922).Scope: Material Section Report No. 174, prepared by E. H. Dix, Jr. & Lieutenant A. J. Lyon, Air Service, Material Section, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.Contents: See title. Of note, Dix...
Dates: 1922-06-08; Publication: 1922-10-15

"Physical and Metallographic Properties of Copper-Zinc-Aluminum Alloys Containing Small Amounts of Magnesium" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 393), 1922-07-10, 1923-02-15

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.016
Identifier: 20141398
Scope and Contents Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 393 (dated February 15, 1923), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1995 (dated July 10, 1922).Scope: Material Section Report prepared by E. H. Dix, Jr. & Lieut. A. J. Lyon, Air Service, Material Section, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.Contents: See title. Of note, Dix went...
Dates: 1922-07-10; Publication: 1923-02-15

"Planing of Watercraft" [Translation of paper titled "Über das Gleiten von Wasserfahrzeugen" by Herbert Wagner] (NACA Technical Memorandum No. 1139), 1933, 1948-04

 Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.038
Identifier: 20060159
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report (Translation). Purpose: Authoritative reference Authority: Government Civil Document Number: NACA Technical Memorandum No.1139, dated April 1948. Originally published in German in Jahrbuch der Schiffbautechnik, Vol. 34, 1933, pages 205-227.

Scope: Translation of academic paper titled "Über das Gleiten von Wasserfahrzeugen" by Herbert Wagner.

Contents: See title.

Dates: Publication: 1933; Issued: 1948-04

"Preliminary Report on the Characteristics of the N. A. C. A. 4400R Series Airfoils" [Originally published as an Advance Confidential Report in March 1939] (NACA Wartime Report L-451), 1939-03, 1947-05-14

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.029
Identifier: 20170499
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report. Authority: Government Civil (authoritative reference). Document Number: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Wartime Report L-451, published soon after the end of WW II. Originally published as an Advance Confidential Report in March 1939.

Scope: NACA research report by Albert Sherman.

Contents: See title.

Dates: Publication: 1939-03; Issued: 1947-05-14

"Prices for Wind Tunnel Tests at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, December 1, 1921", 1921-12-01

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.022
Identifier: 20170484
Scope and Contents Document Type: Sales Brochure / Price List Authority: Supplier (sales & marketing)Scope & contents: Contains a price list for use of the MIT wind tunnel broken down by "Type of Experiment".From page 2: "All the prices appended include the plotting of the customary curves and the furnishing of 2 sets of blueprints and a brief report. The prices given relate to tests which take their place in the ordinary order of work. Rush tests can be put through by overtime...
Dates: Publication: 1921-12-01

"Progress Report for August [2018]" (Bulletin of the Experimental Department, Airplane Engineering Division, U.S.A, Vol. I, No. 4), 1918-09

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.004
Identifier: 20140704
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. 4 (dated September 1918). This section on pages 97 through 110.Scope: Report "Compiled by the Technical Publication Department". Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data).Contents: article includes "Summary of Progress Made...
Dates: Publication: 1918-09

"Progress Report for December [1918]" (Bulletin of the Experimental Department, Airplane Engineering Division, U.S.A, Vol. II, No. 4) [Photocopy], 1919-01

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.008
Identifier: 20140708
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. II, No. 4 (dated January 1919). This section on pages 128 through 139; however this copy is missing all but the last page.Scope: By the Experimental Department. Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data).Contents: Contains a...
Dates: Publication: 1919-01

"Progress Reports for July [1918]" (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 103 through 114.Scope: Report "Compiled by the Technical Publication Department." Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data).Contents: article includes "Summary of Progress Made by...
Dates: Publication: 1918-08

"Progress Reports for June [1918]" (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 142 through 154.Scope: Report "Compiled by the Technical Publication Department". Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data).Contents: article includes "Summary of Progress Made by...
Dates: Publication: 1918-07

"Progress Reports for November [1918]" (Bulletin of the Experimental Department, Airplane Engineering Division, U.S.A, Vol. II, No. 3) [Photocopy], 1918-12

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.007
Identifier: 20140707
Scope and Contents Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Bulletin of the Experimental Department, Airplane Engineering Division, U.S.A. [United States Army], Vol. II, No. 3 (dated December 1918). This section on pages 143 through 155.Scope: Compiled by the Technical Publication Department. Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data).Contents: article includes "Summary...
Dates: Publication: 1918-12