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Aircraft Engine Historical Society, Inc.

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Found in 337 Collections and/or Records:

"Test of Five Thick-Walled Leakproof Tanks Supplied by Miller Rubber Company" (Air Service Information Circular (Heavier-Than-Air) Vol. II, No. 114), 1920-07-21, 1920-09-25

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.009
Identifier: 20141114
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Heavier-than-Air) Vol. II, No. 114 (dated September 25, 1920). Prepared from McCook Field Report Serial No. 1334, dated July 21, 1920.

Scope: Report prepared by Equipment Section, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.

Contents: See title.

Dates: 1920-07-21; Publication: 1920-09-25

"Test of Second Shipment Braender Experimental Leakproof Tanks" (Air Service Information Circular (Heavier-Than-Air) Vol. II, No. 113), 1920-06-01, 1920-09-25

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.009
Identifier: 20141113
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Heavier-than-Air) Vol. II, No. 113 (dated September 25, 1920). Prepared from McCook Field Report Serial No. 1330, dated June 1, 1920.

Scope: Report prepared by Equipment Section, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.

Contents: See title.

Dates: 1920-06-01; Publication: 1920-09-25

"Test of Thick-Walled Leak-Proof Tanks Supplied by Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co." (Air Service Information Circular (Heavier-Than-Air) Vol. II, No. 136), 1920-08-24, 1920-11-30

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.009
Identifier: 20141136
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Heavier-than-Air) Vol. II, No. 136 (dated November 30, 1920). Prepared from McCook Field Report Serial No. 1364, dated Auguest 24, 1920.

Scope: Report prepared by Equipment Section, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.

Contents: See title.

Dates: 1920-08-24; Publication: 1920-11-30

"Test Report of Kellogg 600-Watt Reverse Current Relay" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. II, No. 189), 1920-10-25, 1921-03-20

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.010
Identifier: 20141190
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. II, No. 189 (dated March 20, 1921), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1429, dated October 25, 1920).

Scope: Report prepared by Equipment Section, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.

Contents: See title.

Dates: 1920-10-25; Publication: 1921-03-20

"Tests of Related Forward-Camber Airfoils In The Variable-Density Wind Tunnel" [1939 reprint of report originally published November 1937] (NACA Report No. 610), 1937-11, 1939

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.024
Identifier: 20060318
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Civil (authoritative reference) Document Number: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Report No. 610 [this is a 1939 reprint of the report originally published in November, 1937.

Scope: NACA research report by Eastman N. Jacobs, Robert M. Pinkerton and Harry Greenberg.

Contents: See title.

Dates: Publication: 1937-11; Issued: 1939

"Tests of Several Model Nacelle-Propeller Arrangements in Front of A Wing" [Originally published as an Advance Confidential Report in Sept 1939] (NACA Wartime Report L-510), 1939-09, Circa late 1945 to 1946

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.029
Identifier: 20060156
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report. Authority: Government Civil (authoritative reference). Document Number: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Wartime Report L-510, published soon after the end of WW II. Originally published as an Advance Confidential Report in September 1939.

Scope: NACA research report by James G. McHugh.

Contents: See title.

Dates: Publication: 1939-09; Issued: Circa late 1945 to 1946

The Aircraft Engine and its Operation, 1962-01, 1951

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 089, Book: Catalog Number: TBD
Identifier: 20191011
Scope and Contents Document Type: Engine Operations ManualDocument Number: PWA109702From the FOREWORD: The aircraft engine is designed to power aircraft in flight. Its construction, installation, servicing, and repair present many interesting and important problems; but its actual operation is, naturally, of more immediate concern to the pilot. A number of texts, handbooks, and manuals are available which discuss the principles of engine design and installation, and describe the...
Dates: Publication: 1962-01; Copyright: 1951

The Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine and its Operation, 1952-06, 1958-02

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 098, Book: Catalog Number: TBD
Identifier: 20220214
Scope and Contents Document Type: Operations Handbook and Manual Authority: Manufacturer (authoritative reference) Document Number: PWA Operating Instruction 200 (PWA Part No. 182408) From the Preface: “The Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine and Its Operation, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Operating Instructions 200, has been rewritten to provide aircraft flight and ground crews with a practical basic manual for aircraft gas turbine engines. Numerous good texts are available to the student of theory and...
Dates: Publication: 1952-06; Modified: 1958-02

The Airplane and Its Engine (Fourth Edition, Second Impression), 1940

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 086, Book: Catalog Number: TBD
Identifier: 20180015
Abstract PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION The wide use of the first three editions of the book, both by the general public and by schools and colleges, has indicated to the authors that their hope of meeting a definite need in aeronautical literature has been fulfilled. Like its predecessors, this edition is intended primarily for the reader who desires a sound knowledge of the basic principles and a broad view of the present development of the airplane and its power plant, without giving to the...
Dates: Publication: 1940

The Airplane Engine (First Edition, Second Impression), 1922

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 079, Book: Catalog Number: TBD
Identifier: 20180007
Abstract PREFACE This volume attempts two things: to formulate existing knowledge of the functioning of the airplane engine and its auxiliaries; and to present and discuss the essential constructive details of those engines whose excellence has resulted in their survival. The material here collected is largely new; very little of it could have been written before the war and only a small fraction was available for publication before 1919. It is based mainly on the researches and engine developments...
Dates: Publication: 1922