Koch, Theodore
Person
Biographical Note
Theodore (Ted) Koch is a donor to the Aircraft Engine Historical Society (AEHS).
Biographical Information (from 7 September 2025 email): "In my early career I worked as a Pratt & Whitney Aircraft [P&WA] experimental test development engineer. I developed and tested engines and [engine] components, and [was part of] the fuel cell development for the Apollo Space Program. I was part of the launch team for the first six Apollo launches at KSC [Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida].
As a P&WA Area Director, I became a customer technical representative covering Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent.
After retirement from P&WA, I contracted to Martin-Marietta [Company] to develop and implement a Customer Service Department for their recently purchased engine nacelle manufacturing program.
Later I became a supplier to antique aircraft refurbishers making unique individual hardware pieces."
Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
Aero Engines: With A General Introductory Account of the Theory of the Internal Combustion Engine (Eighth Edition), 1917
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 069, Call No.: TL 701 .B8 1917
Identifier: 20180004
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: Written by G. A. Burls, M.Inst.C.E, "Member of the Institution of Automobile Engineers; Whitworth Exhibitioner." (from the "Preface to the First Edition" [1914]):
"A short course of lectures on Aero Engines was given by the author at the Northampton Polytechnic Institute during 1914. On the suggestion of Mr Charles E. Larard, M.Inst.C.E., M.I.M.E., Head of the...
Dates:
Publication: 1917
"Aerodynamic Characteristics of a 4-Engine Monoplane Showing Comparison of Air-Cooled and Liquid-Cooled Engine Installations" [Originally published as an Advance Confidential Report in July 1939] (NACA Wartime Report L-471), 1939-07, 1947-05-05
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.029
Identifier: 20170261
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report.
Authority: Government Civil (authoritative reference).
Document Number: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Wartime Report L-471, published soon after the end of WW II. Originally published as an Advance Confidential Report in July 1939.
Scope: NACA research report by Abe Silverstein and Herbert A. Wilson, Jr.
Contents: See title.
Dates:
Publication: 1939-07; Issued: 1947-05-05
Aircraft Diesels [Second Printing], 1940
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 103, Call No.: TL 704.2 .W47
Identifier: 20170272
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: Technical monograph written for a knowledgable audience by Paul H. Wilkinson. From back flap: "Mr. Wilkinson served his engineering apprenticeship with the British Thomson-Houston Company, Ltd. (English branch of the General Electric Company). Later, he went to the Royal Aircraft Establishment and spent most of his time during the World War (1914-1919) on inspection of British...
Dates:
Copyright: 1940
Aircraft Engine Mechanics Manual (Second Printing), 1932, 1934-10
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 139, Call No.: TL 701 .M65
Identifier: 20170270
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical)
Purpose: Training & Education
Authority: Author ExpertiseScope: Textbbok written by C. John Moors "Chief Instructor, Department of Mechanics, Air Corps Technical School, United States Army"From Preface: "Safety in flying depends largely upon the reliability of the engine; this can be attained only by skillful operation, maintenance, and repair. The engine manufacturer employs only the highest grade of material and workmanship,...
Dates:
Copyright: 1932; Issued: 1934-10
Aircraft Engines of the World, 1944 (Second Edition), 1944, 1944-01
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 088, Call No.: TL 701 .W46 1944
Identifier: 20170275
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Series: Aircraft Engines of the World (2nd Edition)Scope: This "international reference book...referred to as the "bible" of the aircraft engine industry" was written and published in January 1944 by Paul H. (Howard) Wilkinson, "Member, [American] Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences and author of: Diesel Aircraft Engines, 1936; Aircraft Diesels, 1940; Aircraft Engines of the World,...
Dates:
Copyright: 1944; Publication: 1944-01
Aircraft Engines of the World, 1954 (Twelfth Edition), 1954, 1954-05
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 089, Call No.: TL 701 .W46 1954
Identifier: 20170278
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Series: Aircraft Engines of the World (12th Edition)Scope: This "international reference book...referred to as the "bible" of the aircraft engine industry" was written and published in May 1954 by Paul H. (Howard) Wilkinson, "Member, Aviation Writers Association; Associate Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society; and Associate Fellow, [American] Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences and...
Dates:
Copyright: 1954; Publication: 1954-05
Aircraft Engines of the World, 1956 (Fourteenth Edition), 1956, 1956-05
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 090, Call No.: TL 701 .W46 1956
Identifier: 20170281
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Series: Aircraft Engines of the World (14th Edition)Scope: This "international reference book...referred to as the "bible" of the aircraft engine industry" was written and published in May 1956 by Paul H. (Howard) Wilkinson, "Member, Aviation Writers Association; Associate Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society; and Associate Fellow, [American] Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences and...
Dates:
Copyright: 1956; Publication: 1956-05
Aircraft Engines of the World, 1957 (Fifteenth Edition), 1957, 1957-07
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 091, Call No.: TL 701 .W46 1957
Identifier: 20170283
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Series: Aircraft Engines of the World (15th Edition)Scope: This "international reference book...referred to as the "bible" of the aircraft engine industry" was written and published in July 1957 by Paul H. (Howard) Wilkinson, "Member, Aviation Writers Association; Associate Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society; and Associate Fellow, [American] Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences and...
Dates:
Copyright: 1957; Publication: 1957-07
Aircraft Engines of the World, 1959/60 (Seventeenth Edition), 1959, 1959-06
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 092, Call No.: TL 701 .W46 1959/60
Identifier: 20170285
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Series: Aircraft Engines of the World (17th Edition)Scope: This "international reference book...referred to as the "bible" of the aircraft engine industry" was written and published in June 1959 by Paul H. (Howard) Wilkinson, "Member, Aviation Writers Association; Member, International Society of Aviation Writers; Associate Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society; and Associate Fellow,...
Dates:
Copyright: 1959; Publication: 1959-06
Aircraft Engines of the World, 1964/65 (Twenty-first Edition), 1965, 1965-01
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 093, Call No.: TL 701 .W46 1964/65
Identifier: 20170286
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Series: Aircraft Engines of the World (21st Edition)Scope: This "international reference book...referred to as the "bible" of the aircraft engine industry" was written and published in January 1965 by Paul H. (Howard) Wilkinson, "Member, Aviation/Space Writers Association; Associate Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society; and Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and...
Dates:
Copyright: 1965; Publication: 1965-01