Airplanes -- Performance
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:
"A Study To Determine The Maximum Weights Permitted By The Transport Category Requirements for the Douglas DC-3 Airplane" (CAA Flight Engineering Report No. 9), 1943-11-01
Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.042
Identifier: 20060316.01
"Airplane Climb Performance: General Discussion, and Corrections for Variations in Atmospheric Conditions, Engine Horsepower, and Airplane Weight" (CAA Flight Engineering Report No. 3), 1941-09-04, 1941-09-04
Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.040
Identifier: 20060316.25
Dates:
Publication: 1941-09-04; Issued: 1941-09-04
"Altitude and Its Effect Upon Airplane Performance" (CAA Flight Engineering Report No. 13), 1944-06-13, 1944-07-10
Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.043
Identifier: 20060316.04
Dates:
Publication: 1944-06-13; Issued: 1944-07-10
Aviation Fuels and their effects on Engine Performance (Revised Edition), 1951
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 097, Book: Catalog Number: TBD
Identifier: 20220602
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Monograph Book
Authority: Manufacturer (authoritative reference)From Note on page 2: "Provides information concerning the more important properties of aviation fuel, and covers in particular those properties which are of most interest to the user of the fuel. This booklet was first issued during the latter part of World War II and was produced on contract at the joint request of the U.S.A.A.F. and Bureau of Aeronautics, U. S. Navy. The first issue is out...
Dates:
Publication: 1951
"Bamberg Speed-Measuring Station" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 397), 1922-08-29, 1923-02-15
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.016
Identifier: 20141402
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 397 (dated February 15, 1923), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 2008 (dated August 29, 1922).Scope: Report prepared by E. F. Bacon, Equipment Section, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.Contents:
"OBJECT.
The object of this report is to furnish information for the installation...
Dates:
1922-08-29; Publication: 1923-02-15
"Comparative Performance Test of X.B.I.-A Equipped with High Compression Wright Model H and Packard 1A-1237 Engines" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 327), 1921-08-11, 1922-03-15
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.012
Identifier: 20141331
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 327 (dated March 15, 1922), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1768 (dated August 11, 1921).NB: Have 2 copies of document, however 2nd copy is missing pages 7 & 8).
Scope: Performance report No. 67, prepared by Flight Test Branch, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.Contents:...
Dates:
1921-08-11; Publication: 1922-03-15
"Design Characteristics for Most Suitable Pursuit Airplanes" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 436), 1922-10-20, 1923-05-01
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.017
Identifier: 20141441
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 436 (dated May 1, 1923), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 2079 (October 20, 1922).Scope: Airplane Section Report prepared by Leslie MacDill [Major, possibly Chief Engineering Officer] and F. W Herman of the Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field. MacDill was a 1922 graduate of MIT with a...
Dates:
1922-10-20; Publication: 1923-05-01
"Determination of the Flying Qualities of the Douglas DC-3 Airplane" (NACA Technical Note 3088), 1953-12
Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.036
Identifier: 20060117
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report.
Purpose: Authoritative reference
Authority: Government Civil
Document Number: NACA Technical Note 3088, dated December 1953.Scope: Preliminary NACA research report by Arthur Assadourian and John A. Harper of Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Langley Field, Va.Contents: From pages 1:
"Summary:
Flying qualities of the Douglas DC-3 airplane have been evaluated from a series of flight tests which were conducted to determine the...
Dates:
Publication: 1953-12
"Economy Test of the DH-4" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 461), 1924-01-28, 1924-04-01
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.018
Identifier: 20141467
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 461 (dated April 1, 1924), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 2278 (dated January 28, 1924).
Scope: Flying Section report prepared by W. F. Gerhardt and Robert Anderson, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio.
Contents: See title.
Dates:
1924-01-28; Publication: 1924-04-01
"Economy Test of the DH-4" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 461), 1924-01-28, 1924-04-01
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.019
Identifier: 20200077
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 461 (dated April 1, 1924), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 2278 (dated January 28, 1924).
Scope: Flying Section report prepared by W. F. Gerhardt and Robert Anderson, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio.
Contents: See title.
Dates:
1924-01-28; Publication: 1924-04-01