Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division
Organization
Biography
Associated Field: Aircraft industry
Superior: United Aircraft Corporation
Variants: Pratt & Whitney Aircraft (Firm) // United Aircraft Corporation. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Division
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company founded 1925; United Aircraft Corporation. Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Division; in 1938 United Aircraft Corporation took over all outstanding stock of Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Company and that of several other companies)
Functions
Places
- East Hartford (Conn) (Residence)
Topics
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Aeronautical Vest-Pocket Handbook, Circa late 1940s to early 1950s
Item — Box TB.S6.003, Folder: TF S6.A.062
Identifier: 20122003
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Handbook (Technical Reference).Purpose: Technical reference.Authority: Company (Other).Scope: A compilation of useful aeronautical information, published and made available to the aviation community by the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company. This is likely an early edition, as most of the material relates to piston-driven engines of the post-WWII era.Contents (from Table of Contents) Contents...
Dates:
Publication: Circa late 1940s to early 1950s
Aeronautical Vest-Pocket Handbook (Ninth Edition), 1961-02
Item — Box TB.S6.003, Folder: TF S6.A.062
Identifier: 20122004
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Handbook (Technical Reference).Purpose: Technical reference.Authority: Company (Other).Scope: A compilation of useful aeronautical information, published and made available to the aviation community by the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company. Contents (from Table of Contents):
- Air Properties- Speed Effects- Conversion Tables- Physical Properties-...
Dates:
Publication: 1961-02
Aeronautical Vest-Pocket Handbook [Possibly the First Edition], Circa 1939 to 1942
Item — Box TB.S6.003, Folder: TF S6.A.062
Identifier: 20122005
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Handbook (Technical Reference).Purpose: Technical reference.Authority: Company (Other).Scope: A compilation of useful aeronautical information, published and made available to the aviation community by the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company. This is likely one of the earliest editions, as all of the material relates to piston-driven engines.Contents (from Table of Contents) Contents include:
-...
Dates:
Publication: Circa 1939 to 1942
"Army-Navy "E" Award for Production Achievement to Pratt & Whitney Plant M, East Longmeadow, Mass." [Ceremony Program], 1943-05-06
Item — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.013
Identifier: 20170109
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Award ProgramPurpose: Informational.Authority: Government Military.Scope: Award program for a ceremony in which military representatives award the "E" [Excellence] Award pennant to personnel of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company's Plant M [engine plane] in East Longmeadow, Mass. Contents: This award was meant to recognize and celebrate the company and employee efforts to ramp up...
Dates:
Publication: 1943-05-06
JT9D-7 Troubleshooting Handbook, 1972-07-01
Item — Box Series 3-001, Folder: 003
Identifier: 20060311
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Instructional Troubleshooting Manual.
Authority: Manufacturer (authoritative reference - marked "For Training Purposes Only")Contents include sections on:
- Performance Analysis as an Approach to Troubleshooting
- Engine-Airframe Interface Troubleshooting
- Engine Component Familiarization
- Bleed System Troubleshooting
- Bleed System Idle Check Troubleshooting
- EVC System Troubleshooting
- Fuel System Troubleshooting
- Water Injection System Troubleshooting
-...
Dates:
Publication: 1972-07-01
Pratt & Whitney Family Day Brochure, 1944-12-17
Item — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.013
Identifier: 20170302
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Record (Business).Purpose: Business activities.Authority: Company (Manufacturer).Scope: Family Day pamphlet given to employees and their families who came to visit the plant on December 17, 1944. Created and distributed by Pratt & Whitney Aircraft [Division].Contents: Provides information to visitors regarding the day's purpose, events, factory locations that are part of the tour route and...
Dates:
Publication: 1944-12-17
Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp Airplane Engine Cylinder, Circa 1932 to 1951
Item — Cabinet East Art Storage, Bay / Shelf: 5.4
Identifier: 20240011
Scope and Contents
Object Type: Realia (Equipment / Parts).Purpose: Operations.Source: Company (Manufacturer).Scope: One steel and aluminum radial engine cyclinder from a Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp airplane engine.Contents: Cylinder has been steam-cleaned and has a light coating of Cosmoline on it.For further information regarding the Twin Wasp engine, see...
Dates:
Circa 1932 to 1951
Pratt & Whitney R-2800 B-series Front Master Rod [Modified with P & W emblem and embedded clock], Circa 1941 to 1960, Circa 1980s
Item — Cabinet East Art Storage, Bay / Shelf: 5.4
Identifier: 20260002
Scope and Contents
Object Type: Realia (Equipment / Parts).Purpose: Operations.Source: Company (Manufacturer).Scope: One metal radial engine front master rod for a Pratt & Whitney R-2800 (Series B) Double Wasp airplane engine.Contents: The master rod has been chrome-plated and modified with the addition of a Pratt & Whitney emblem on one end and an embedded analog clock on the other end. Came in two parts: the master front...
Dates:
Circa 1941 to 1960; Modified: Circa 1980s
"Report from England: End of a Raiding Submarine" [Promotional pamphlet for Pratt & Whitney Engines and Hamilton Standard Propellers, likely published by United Aircraft Corporation], Circa 1941 to 1944
Item — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.013
Identifier: 20170505
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Sales and marketing (Promotional).Purpose: Sales and marketing.Authority: Company (Manufacturer).Scope: Manufacturer's promotional pamphlet with multi-color illustration.Contents: Company pamphlet with a combat action account of a Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp-powered Consolidated Catalina bombing and sinking a German submarine. Illustrated with a beautiful multi-color reproduction of a Roy...
Dates:
Publication: Circa 1941 to 1944
"Rules and Regulations" [Employee handbook for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft emplyees)], 1937-07-20
Item — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.013
Identifier: 20170513
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Record (Business).Purpose: Business activities.Authority: Company (Manufacturer).Scope: Employee handbook issued to Pratt & Whitney Aircraft emplyees.Contents: Topics include: badges, lockers, hours, starting times, telephone calls, sanitary precautions, cafeteria, cooperation, prevention of accidents, insurance, general shop rules and safety/fire rules.From the Preface: "Pratt...
Dates:
Issued: 1937-07-20