Aircraft Engine Historical Society, Inc.
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Found in 775 Collections and/or Records:
The First Airplane Diesel Engine: Packard Model DR-980 of 1928 [Smithsonian Annals of Flight series, Volume 1, Number 2], 1964
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 077, Call No.: TBD
Identifier: 20160501
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).
Purpose: Scholarly reference.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Document Number: Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Vol 1, No. 2.
Scope: TBD
Contents: TBD
Dates:
Publication: 1964
The Gnome Engine, a Revolutionary Engine for its Time, 1984-10-13
Item — Box 096, Folder: 006
Identifier: 20212023
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Historical Monograph (condensed version of author's Masters Thesis)Contents primarily contain a reprint of an article titled "50 hp Gnome Omega #1" published in World War I Aeroplanes magazine (Issue No. 96, September 1983) "with thanks and credit to Leo Opdycke." Author added several small footnotes.From Page 1: ""The following article and accompanying photographs and drawings have been contributed by Lauren McCready as noted below.We are...
Dates:
Publication: 1984-10-13
The History of the Rolls-Royce RB211 Turbofan Engine (Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #47), 2014, 2014
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 120, Call No.: TL 709.3 .T82 R843 2014
Identifier: 20171018
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #47.NB: The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust and the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation are closely related. From "Rolls-Royce: The Pursuit of Excellence" (1984): "Both organisations share the history of the early days and work closely in harmony. This Historical Series of books was started by the...
Dates:
Copyright: 2014; Publication: 2014
The Illustrated Aviation Encyclopedia, 1944, 1944-02
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 221, Call No.: TL 509 .A85
Identifier: 20061105
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Introduction): "Today, when around the world the history of freedom and its preservation is being written by wings, it is important for the informed layman, as well as the growing thousands directly concerned with aviation, to become familiar with the new language of the air. For the duration of the war, such terms as bomb bay, range,...
Dates:
Copyright: 1944; Publication: 1944-02
The Knife and Fork Man: The Life and Work of Charles Benjamin Redrup, 2006, 2007
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 205, Call No.: TA 140 .R43 F35 2007
Identifier: 20160221
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: Biography of Sir Charles Redrup, a pioneer of British automobile and aeronautical engines, written by Professor Bill Fairney, "an expert in his field, has carried out an immense amount of research on a story of inventiveness and persistence."Contents (from the Foreword): "This book has everything that...
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Copyright: 2006; Publication: 2007
The Liberty Engine: 1918 - 1942 [Smithsonian Annals of Flight series, Volume 1, Number 3], 1968, 1978
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 078, Call No.: TL 515 .S5 vol. 1, no. 3
Identifier: 20212030
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).
Purpose: Scholarly reference.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Document Number: Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Volume 1, Number 3.Scope (from the foreword): "In this third number of the Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Philip S. Dickey tells the history of America's remarkable contribution to early aviation, the Liberty engine, the original model of which is now in the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum."...
Dates:
Publication: 1968; Issued: 1978
The Liberty Engine: 1918 - 1942 [Smithsonian Annals of Flight series, Volume 1, Number 3], 1968, 1978
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 079, Call No.: TL 515 .S5 vol. 1, no. 3 C.2
Identifier: 20160502
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).
Purpose: Scholarly reference.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Document Number: Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Volume 1, Number 3.Scope (from the foreword): "In this third number of the Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Philip S. Dickey tells the history of America's remarkable contribution to early aviation, the Liberty engine, the original model of which is now in the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum."...
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Publication: 1968; Issued: 1978
"The Lift of Gases in Practical Balloon and Airship Operation" (Air Service Information Circular (Aerostation) Vol. I, No. 42), 1923-05-03, 1924-03-01
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.020
Identifier: 20172042
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aerostation) Vol. 1, No. 42, dated March 1, 1924 (based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 2159, dated May 3, 1923)
Scope: Lighter-than-Air Section Report prepared by Ollie L. Lewis, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio.
Contents: See title.
Dates:
1923-05-03; Publication: 1924-03-01
"The Low Drag Sailplane, Tiny Mite, Modification 1954" [Manuscript from the Aerophysics Department, Mississippi State College], 1954-08-12
File — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.044
Identifier: 20060320
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Academic Research Paper
Purpose: Scholarly reference
Authority: Author Expertise
Scope & Contents: Looks at ways to modify sailplanes to reduce drag.
Dates:
1954-08-12
"The New Douglas DC-6C Convertible Combination Cargo Coach" [Sales pamphlet], 1958
Item — Box TB.S2.002, Folder: TF.S2.B.0002
Identifier: 20220203.01
Scope and Contents
TBD
Dates:
Publication: 1958