United States. Army. Air Service (1917-1926)
Parallel Names
- United States. Air Service
Biography
Superior: United States. Army
Subordinates: MANY
Predecessor: United States. Army. Signal Corps Aviation Section. ????
Successor: United States. Army. Air Corps
Historical note: The Air Service of the United States Army was created in 1918. In 1926 the name was changed to Air Corps, in 1942 to Army Air Forces, and in 1947 to United States Air Force. The United States Space Force was separated in 2019.
LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: United States. Army. Air Corps; 1910 field regulations of the War Dept. provided for an aeronautical company of the Signal Corps; on July 18, 1914, Congress created the Aviation Section of the Signal Corps; known as the Air Service after the Aviation Act of July 24, 1917; became coordinate branch of the army by Army Reorg. Act of 1920)
Topics
Found in 71 Collections and/or Records:
"Performance Estimate of Pomilio FVL-8 Equipped with 8-Cylinder Liberty 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. 221), 1920-11-23, 1921-04-30
"Performance Estimate of Spad 16-A with 236 H.P. Lorraine-Deitrich Engine" (Air Service Information Circular (Heavier-Than-Air) Vol. II, No. 153), 1920-09-04, 1920-12-30
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Heavier-than-Air) Vol. II, No. 153 (dated December 15, 1920 (based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1372, dated September 4, 1920) and Performance Test Report No. 48.
Scope: Report prepared by Flight Test Branch, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.
Contents: See title.
"Performance Estimate of Vought VE-8 with 300-H.P. Hispano-Suiza Engine" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. II, No. 176), 1920-10-21, 1921-01-20
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. II, No. 176 (dated January 20, 1921 (based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1415, dated October 21, 1920) and Performance Test Report No. 52.
Scope: Report prepared by Flight Test Branch, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.
Contents: See title.
"Performance Test of [DeHaviland] D.H.-4 with 300 H. P. Hispano-Suiza Engine Showing Performance with Propeller X-19925" (Air Service Information Circular (Heavier-Than-Air) Vol. II, No. 155), 1920-09-29, 1920-12-30
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Heavier-than-Air) Vol. II, No. 155 (dated December 30, 1920 (based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1371, dated September 29, 1920) and Performance Test Report No. 49.
Scope: Report prepared by Flight Test Branch, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.
Contents: See title.
"Performance Test of DH-4 with 400 H. P. Liberty "12" Engine, Equipped as Two-Seater Corps Observation Airplane" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. III, No. 287)) [Photocopy], 1921-03-28, 1921-10-01
"Performance Test of Fokker D-VII Equipped with Packard 1237 Engine" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 310), 1921-08-31, 1922-03-15
"Performance Test of Fokker D-VII with Liberty-Six Engine" (Air Service Information Circular (Heavier-Than-Air) Vol. I, No. 71) [Photocopy], 1920-02-13, 1920-06-07
"Performance Test of G.A.X. with Two 400 H.P. Liberty '12' Engines" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. II, No. 193), 1920-10-21, 1921-03-25
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. II, No. 193 (dated March 25, 1921), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1409, dated October 21, 1920).
Scope: Report prepared by Flight Test Branch, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.
Contents: See title.
"Performance Test of Junker SL-6 with 185-H.P. B.M.W. Engine" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. II, No. 173), 1920-10-22, 1921-01-15
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. II, No. 173 (dated January 15, 1921 (based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1414, dated October 22, 1920) and Performance Test Report No. 51.
Scope: Report prepared by Flight Test Branch, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.
Contents: See title.
"Performance Test of Martin Torpedo Airplane Type M-T with Two 400 H.P. Liberty '12' Engines" (Air Service Information Circular (Heavier-Than-Air) Vol. II, No. 139), 1920-08-31, 1920-12-15
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Heavier-than-Air) Vol. II, No. 139 (dated December 15, 1920 (based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1357, dated August 31, 1920) and Performance Test Report No. 47.
Scope: Report prepared by Flight Test Branch, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.
Contents: See title.