"Air Service Technical Bulletin (Formerly Technical Orders) No. 28" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation and Aerostation) Vol. IV, No. 378), 1922-09, 1922-09-18

Item — Box: MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.015

Identifier: 20141383

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Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Technical Bulletin No. 28 [Air Service Information Circular (Aviation and Aerostation) Vol. IV, No. 378] (dated September, 1922).

Scope: Compilation report prepared by Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field. NB: The publication title was changed this issue from "Technical Orders" to "Technical Bulletin" (at the request of the Chief of Air Service) in one of the first indications that the title of technical directives requiring compliance were going to be changed from "Letters of Instruction" to "Technical Orders."

Contents: Contains short but detailed summary information on all activities of the U.S. Army AIr Service Engineering Division, as well as a survey of developments in aeronautics and aviation writ large, especially military aviation.

Chapters include: - NEW DESIGN -- Airplanes on Engineering Division Program --- Loening Pursuit Models, PW-2, PW-2A, and PW-2B --views, description, and performance --- Huff-Daland TA-2 Training --views, description, and performance --- Characteristics of Special DH-4 Airplanes (O. C. A. S. Model Designations) -- Balloons and Airships --- Highly Mobile Windlass--Type "A -- Engines -- Armament -- Equipment --- Fairchild Aerial Camera (Improved Type) - RESEARCH -- Resumé of Engineering Division Serial Reports - FOREIGN DEVELOPMENT -- Italy: Lighter-Than-Air-Projects (New "N" Airship; New "T-42" Airship) - NEW BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS -- Latest Documents on Aeronautics

Related to aircraft engines, the report includes information on the following air-cooled types: Wright "R-1" 350 h.p. 9-Cylinder; and the following water-cooled types: Packard "1A-2025" 550 h.p. 12-Cylinder, Model "W-1" 700 h.p. 18-cylinder, and carburetor and supercharger information.

Dates

Publication: 1922-09
Issued: 1922-09-18

Creator

United States. Army. Air Service (1917-1926) (Publisher, Organization)
United States. Army. Air Service. Engineering Division (Author, Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research in the Archives & Special Collections reading room. Handling guidelines and use restrictions will be communicated and enforced by archives staff members.

Extent

1 Issue

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Folder Contents

Items in the same folder (ID #s): 20141382, 20141383, 20141384, 20141385 and 20141386.

Digital Scan Location

spc_aehs_000059

Format & Physical Description

Format: stapled, loose-leaf booklet, 8.5”x11” (56 pages, with last two pages blank, plus dark green cardstock covers). Printed on glossy paper. Includes black & white photographs, charts and drawings. Staples have been removed. Pages have been three-hole punched after publication without losing any information.

Publication Data

Publication Data: published "By Direction of the Chief of the Air Service" in Dayton, Ohio in September, 1922. On bottom of page 1 is text: "9-18-22-1M" which indicates booklet was printed on September 18, 1922.

Also on page 1 is this statement: "The title of this publication has been changed to "TECHNICAL BULLETIN," in compliance with a request from the Chief of Air Service, as it is proposed to issue the present series of "Letters of Instruction" in revised form under the name of "Technical Orders."

Note 1: Labeled "Confidential" on the cover. The following is on page 2: "The information contained herein is confidential and must not be published, either in whole or part, without the express permission of the Chief of the Air Service." Note 2: Available on-line from the Aircraft Engine Historical Society web site (enginehistory.org)