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Airplanes, Military

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: See Also: Aeronautics, Military // Government aircraft // Air warfare Variants: Aeroplanes, Military // Military airplanes // War planes // Warplanes NT: AD Flying Boat (Seaplane) // Attack planes // Bombers // Electronic Warfare aircraft // Fighter planes // Gunships (Military aircraft) // Jet planes, Military // Military Helicopters // Reconnaissance aircraft // Training planes // AND MANY MORE

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

David Bowman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MC-126
Scope and Contents

Emails; David Bowman's LaGrange Books Backlist; physical copies of and URLs to "Defend and Deter: The Legacy of the United States Cold War Missile Program" and "Coming in from the Cold: Military Heritage in the Cold War;" a binder; various other texts on the United States Armed Forces, Redstone Federal Arsenal, the Soviet Union, the Cold War; newspapers and newspaper clippings; posters; poetry; handwritten notes.

Dates: 1942 - 2001
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections

Merlin II, III and V Aero-engines (Air Publication 1590B to S, Vol II, Part 3: Instructions for Overhaul), 1943, 1943-11

 Item — Box 096, Folder: 011
Identifier: 20200103
Scope and Contents Document Type: Technical Manual Authority: Government Operator (authoritative directive)Scope: available portions of AP 1590B cover Rolls-Royce Merlin model differences and engine timingContents include portions of AP 1590B: - Introduction to Volume II, Part 3 (Instructions for Overhaul) - Table of Main Differences in Design of Merlin Engines - Section 2 (Repair and Reconditioning) - Chapter 3 (Piston, Connecting Rods and Crankshaft - Section 2 (Repair and...
Dates: Publication: 1943; Modified: 1943-11
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series III: Aircraft Engines (commercial & military)

"Performance Estimate of Vought VE-8 with 300-H.P. Hispano-Suiza Engine" (Air Service Information Circular Vol. II, No. 176), 1920-10-21, 1921-01-20

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.010
Identifier: 20141177
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. II, No. 176 (dated January 20, 1921 (based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1415, dated October 21, 1920) and Performance Test Report No. 52.

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

Contents: See title.

Dates: 1920-10-21; Publication: 1921-01-20
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

"Performance Test of G.A.X. with Two 400 H.P. Liberty '12' Engines" (Air Service Information Circular Vol. II, No. 193), 1920-10-21, 1921-03-25

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.010
Identifier: 20141194
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. II, No. 193 (dated March 25, 1921), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1409, dated October 21, 1920).

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

Contents: See title.

Dates: 1920-10-21; Publication: 1921-03-25
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

"Report of Static Test of GAX-1 Chassis" (Air Service Information Circular Vol. II, No. 171), 1920-11-03, 1920-12-27

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.010
Identifier: 20141172
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. II, No. 171 (dated December 27, 1920 (based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1406, dated November 3, 1920).

Scope: Report prepared by S. & A. Branch, Airplane Section, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.

Contents: See title.

Dates: 1920-11-03; Publication: 1920-12-27
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

"Report on Wind-Tunnel Test of Armored Pursuit Airplane PG-1, Type IV" (Air Service Information Circular Vol. II, No. 166), 1921-01-31, 1921-05-01

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.010
Identifier: 20141167
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. II, No. 166 (dated May 1, 1921 (based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1499, dated January 31, 1921).

Scope: Report prepared by S. & A. Branch, Airplane Section, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.

Contents: See title.

Dates: 1921-01-31; Publication: 1921-05-01
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

Sub-series I.C: Military Aviation RDT&E

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes RDT&E for commercial, military and general aviation aircraft and aircraft engines (motors). Includes basic aerodynamic and aviation materials research.

Dates: 1911 - 2013
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E)

Superchargers for Aviation, 1942

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 088, Book: Catalog Number: TBD
Identifier: 20180017
Abstract An Illuminating, Authoritative Text by the Inventor of the Supercharger (Dr. Sanford A. Moss, Ph.D.)(back cover). Foreword: Supercharging has such an important place with the modern internal combustion engine that the publication of the present book seems most timely. The material originally appeared in the weekly numbers of the aviation publication Aeronautics, issued under the auspices of the present publishers in 1941, but the author has considerably revised and extended this matter for...
Dates: Publication: 1942
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series III: Aircraft Engines (commercial & military) / Sub-series III.E: Aircraft Engines (Special Collection)

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
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series III: Aircraft Engines (commercial & military) / Sub-series III.E: Aircraft Engines (Special Collection)

"The USD-9A Day Bomber" (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 5 through 19.Scope: By the Airplane Engineering Division. Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data).Contents: article includes "General Description of...
Dates: Publication: 1918-11
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

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