Aircraft Engine Historical Society, Inc.
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Found in 441 Collections and/or Records:
The Boeing 747: Definition of a Champion (34th Wings Club General Harold R. Harris "Sight" Lecture, presented on May 15, 2007 at the Wings Club, New York City), 2007-05-15, 2007
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 066, Call No.: TL 686 .B65 S97 2007
Identifier: 20160010
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Presentation (Industry).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: 34th Wings Club General Harold R. Harris "Sight" Lecture, presented on May 15, 2007 at the Wings Club, New York City by Joseph F. Sutter, retired Executive Vice President, Boeing Commercial Airplane Company. Sutter is an aeronautical engineer who joined Boeing in 1945 and played a key role in designing and building iconic aircraft such as the Boeing 707 and Boeing 747....
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2007-05-15; Copyright: 2007
"The Characteristics Of 78 Related Airfoil Sections From Tests in the Variable-Density Wind Tunnel" [1946 reprint of report originally published November 1933] (NACA Report No. 460), 1933-11, 1946
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.024
Identifier: 20060338
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Civil (authoritative reference)
Document Number: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Report No. 460 [this is a 1946 reprint of the report originally published in November, 1933.
Scope: NACA research report by Eastman N. Jacobs, Kenneth E. Ward and Robert M. Pinkerton..
Contents: See title.
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Publication: 1933-11; Issued: 1946
The Curtiss D-12 Aero Engine, 1972
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 093, Book: Catalog Number: TBD
Identifier: 20212026
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Historical Monograph
Document Number: Smithsonian Annals of Flight #7The date 28 September 1923 is an important one in the annals of aviation. On that day, at Cowes in England, the sixth international race for the Schneider Cup was held, and on that day the Schneider race changed drastically from a contest to evaluate speed, reliability, and navigability of seaplanes to an all-out, high-speed competition between world powers.This change was brought...
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Publication: 1972
"The De Bothezat Barograph, Type A" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 439), 1921-11-14, 1923-05-01
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.017
Identifier: 20141444
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 439 (dated May 1, 1923), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 2089 (dated November 14, 1921).Scope: Report prepared by W. F. Gerhardt of the Airplane Section, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.Contents: See title. From page (1)
" Doctor de Bothezat designed his "pressure step"...
Dates:
1921-11-14; Publication: 1923-05-01
"The Economical use of Duralumin as a Substitute for Steel in Compression" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 337), 1921-08-25, 1922-04-01
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.012
Identifier: 20141341
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 337 (dated April 1, 1922), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1809 (dated August 25, 1921).
Scope: Report prepared by Structures & Analysis Branch, Airplane Section, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.
Contents: See title.
Dates:
1921-08-25; Publication: 1922-04-01
"The Effect of Air Temperature Upon the Rate of Climb of an Airplane Equipped With a Constant Speed Propeller" (CAA Flight Engineering Report No. 12), 1943-12-01, 1943-11-02
Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.043
Identifier: 20060316.03
Dates:
Publication: 1943-12-01; Issued: 1943-11-02
"The Effect of Airplane Weight Upon the Rate of Climb" (CAA Flight Engineering Report No. 10), 1943-09-15, 1943-09-15
Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.043
Identifier: 20060316.02
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Publication: 1943-09-15; Issued: 1943-09-15
"The Effectiveness at High Subsonic Mach Numbers of a 20-Percent-Chord Plain Trailing-Edge Flap on the NACA 65-210 Airfoil Section" (NACA Technical Note 3127), 1954-03
Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.036
Identifier: 20060118
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report.
Purpose: Authoritative reference
Authority: Government Civil
Document Number: NACA Technical Note 3127, dated March 1954.
Scope: Preliminary NACA research report by Louis S. Stivers, Jr. of Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, Moffett Field, Calif.
Contents: See title.
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Publication: 1954-03
The Gnome Engine, a Revolutionary Engine for its Time, 1984-10-13
Item — Box 096, Folder: 006
Identifier: 20212023
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Historical Monograph (condensed version of author's Masters Thesis)Contents primarily contain a reprint of an article titled "50 hp Gnome Omega #1" published in World War I Aeroplanes magazine (Issue No. 96, September 1983) "with thanks and credit to Leo Opdycke." Author added several small footnotes.From Page 1: ""The following article and accompanying photographs and drawings have been contributed by Lauren McCready as noted below.We are...
Dates:
Publication: 1984-10-13
The Liberty Engine: 1918 - 1942, 1968
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 095, Book: Catalog Number: TBD
Identifier: 20212030
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Historical Monograph
Document Number: Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Volume 1, Number 3Foreword: "In this third number of the Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Philip S. Dickey tells the history of America's remarkable contribution to early aviation, the Liberty engine, the original model of which is now in the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum.In delineating the history of the engine from its brilliant conception through its role in...
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Publication: 1968