Koch, Theodore
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 2 Collections and/or Records:
"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
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.
"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
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.