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Aeronautical instruments

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Variants: Aeronautics—Instruments // Aircraft instruments // Airplanes — instruments // Instruments, Aeronautical. BT: Electronic instruments NT: Accelerometers // Air-speed indicators // Airplanes—cockpits—Warning Systems // Altimeters // Aneroid barometers // Artificial horizons (Aeronautical instruments) // Automatic pilot (Airplanes) // Automatic pilot (Helicopters) // Course-line computers // Density altitude computers // Distance measuring equipment (Aircraft to ground station) // Drift indicator // Flight engineering // Flight recorders // Ground-speed indicator // Guidance systems (Flight) // Inclinometer // Instrument flying // Kymograph // Navigation computer (Aeronautical instrument) // Omnirange system // Radio beacons // Radioisotopes in aeronautics // Rate gyroscopes // Rockets (Aeronautics)--Aspect recording systems // Stall warning indicators (Aeronautics) // Tacan

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

"Experiments with Venturi Tubes" (Bulletin of the Airplane Engineering Department, U.S.A, Vol. I, No. 3), 1918-08

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.003
Identifier: 20140703
Scope and Contents Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Bulletin of the Airplane Engineering Department, U.S.A. [United States Army], Vol. I, No. 3 (dated August 1918. This section on pages 67 through 77.Scope: Report "Translated and Summarized by the Technical Publication Department from French Report by A. Toussaint and G. Lepère." Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data)....
Dates: Publication: 1918-08

"Report on Test of Sample of Crystal-on and Preliminary Report on Nonfog-giving Treatment of Glass, Using Crystal-on, by the Navy Department" (Air Service Information Circular Vol. II, No. 182), 1920-09-24, 1921-02-15

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.010
Identifier: 20141183
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. II, No. 182 (dated February 15, 1921), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1374, dated September 24, 1920).

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

Contents: See title.

Dates: 1920-09-24; Publication: 1921-02-15

Sub-series II.C: Aircraft Equipment

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Collection includes documents, 16mm film and 35mm film clips donated by AEHS Members, as well as 33 documents donated by George Martin and 100 documents donated by Saverio Morea. The AEHS collection includes subjects on aviation training, aircraft research and design publications, aircraft component service manuals, aircraft operating manuals, aircraft engines, reference books, standards and publications.

Dates: 1911 - 2013

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

"USD-9A Day Bomber: The Instruments and Accessories" (Bulletin of the Experimental Department, Airplane Engineering Division, U.S.A, Vol. II, No. 2), 1918-11

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.006
Identifier: 20140706
Scope and Contents Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Bulletin of the Experimental Department, Airplane Engineering Division, U.S.A. [United States Army], Vol. II, No. 2 (dated November 1918). This section on pages 81 through 84.Scope: By the Airplane Engineering Division. Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data).Contents: article includes "Variations in Equipment...
Dates: Publication: 1918-11