Aircraft Engine Historical Society, Inc.
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Found in 814 Collections and/or Records:
Thompson Aircraft Products Intake Valve for the Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp Airplane Engine (Pratt & Whitney Part No. 32331), 1945-07-10
Item — Cabinet East Art Storage, Bay / Shelf: 5.4
Identifier: 20240012
Scope and Contents
Object Type: Realia (Equipment / Parts).Purpose: Operations.Source: Company (Manufacturer).Scope: One metal radial engine intake valve for a Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp airplane engine.Contents: Per the included unpacking instructions: "This part is Coated with a Plastic Compound. Do Not Use Solvent, Gasoline, or Other Liquids to Remove. Use Pointed Stick or Knife to Slit Coating. Peel as you would...
Dates:
Existence: 1945-07-10
Thrusting Forward: A History of the Propeller, 1984
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 112, Call No.: TL 705 .R581984 Oversized
Identifier: 20135012
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope(from Introduction):
Illustrated introduction to the history of aircraft propellers, written by George Rosen, the chief of propeller research and development at Hamilton Standard before his retiremennt in 1977.
"The aircraft propeller-with the clean, graceful lines of its blades and smooth, sculpted roundness of its spinner-looks like a simple...
Dates:
Publication: 1984
"Tite Flex All-Metal Flexible Tubing" (Tite Flex Metal Hose Co. Catalogue No. 108) [Sales catalog & price list], circa early to mid-1930s
Item — Box TB.S2.001, Folder: TF.S2.A.0001
Identifier: 20170481
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Sales Material (Technical)
Purpose: Sales and marketing.
Authority: Manufacturer.
Document Number: Catalog No. 108.
Scope: Sales brochure with prices.
Contents: TBD
Dates:
Publication: circa early to mid-1930s
To the Standards of Sir Henry Royce (24th Wings Club General Harold R. Harris "Sight" Lecture, presented 20 May 1987 at Inter-Continental Hotel, New York), 1987-05-20, 1987
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 201, Call No.: HE 9776.5 .R65 1987
Identifier: 20136003
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Presentation (Industry).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: 24th Wings Club General Harold R. Harris "Sight" Lecture, presented 20 May 1987 at the Inter-Continental Hotel, New York by Ralph H. Robins, Mamaging Director, Rolls-Royce plc.Contents: Robins describes the origin and history of both Charles Rolls, Frederick Royce and the company they created. He then focuses on their work on aeroplane engines and...
Dates:
1987-05-20; Copyright: 1987
"Torque Characteristics of V-Engines" (Bulletin of the Experimental Department, Airplane Engineering Division, U.S.A, Vol. II, No. 3) [Photocopy], 1918-12
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.007
Identifier: 20140707
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. 3 (dated December 1918). This section on pages 107 through 111.Scope: By the Experimental Department. Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data).Contents: article includes "Relation of Maximum to Mean...
Dates:
Publication: 1918-12
Trade Winds Vol. 8 (1944), No. 1 (Special Issue Commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the Wright Aeronautical Corporation) [Wright Aeronautical Corporation periodical], 1944-10-09
Item — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.016
Identifier: 20170215
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Periodical (External Newsletter)Purpose: Informational.Authority: Company (Manufacturer).Document Number: Trade Winds (A Wright Aeronautical Corporation magazine), Volume 8, No. 1 (October 9, 1944).Scope: Company newsletter published by the Wright Aeronautical Corporation. Special 25th Anniversary issue celebrating "25 Years of Progress". This beautifully illustrated magazine traces the progress of flight...
Dates:
Publication: 1944-10-09
Training Manual: Powerplant Section, Books 1 through 8 [Part of the Integrated Training Program for the Aviation Maintenance Technician], 1983, 1983
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 151, Call No.: TL 671.9 .C73 1983
Identifier: 20060297
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Manual (Training).Purpose: Training and Education.Authority: Company (Services).Doc Number: EA-ITP-P.Series: Integrated Training Program for the Aviation Maintenance Technician.Scope: This book, written by Dale Crane, Charles Otis and Frank Delp, contains Books 1 through 8 of the Powerplant section of the overall ITP training manual. From the Preface: "In 1972, the Federal Aviation Administration published...
Dates:
Copyright: 1983; Publication: 1983
Trans-World Airlines Metal Replica Advertising Sign [Depicts a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation aircraft, circa 1952-1961), 1993
Item — Cabinet East Art Storage, Bay / Shelf: 5.4
Identifier: 20240014
Scope and Contents
Object Type: Graphic (Sign).
Purpose: Sales and marketing.
Source: Company (Other).
Scope: Full-color rolled steel Trans-World Airlines replica advertising sign.
Contents: Depicts a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation aircraft, circa 1952-1961, with the wording: "Weather has its brighter side...and That's Where TWA Skyliners Fly. Across the U.S. and Overseas...FLY TWA (Trans World Airlines)."
Dates:
1993
"Trim Requirements and Static-Stability Derivatives from a Wind-Tunnel Investigation of a Lifting Rotor in Transition" (NASA Technical Note TN D-2655), 1965-02
Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.062
Identifier: 20060066
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report.
Purpose: Authoritative reference
Authority: Government Civil
Document Number: NASA Technical Note TN D-2655, dated February 1965.
Scope: Preliminary NASA research report by Julian L. Jenkins, Jr. of Langley Research Center, Langley Station, Hampton, Va.
Contents: See title.
Dates:
Publication: 1965-02
"Twenty-Four-Cylinder Liberty Engine" (Bulletin of the Experimental Department, Airplane Engineering Division, U.S.A, Vol. II, No. 3) [Photocopy], 1918-12
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.007
Identifier: 20140707
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. 3 (dated December 1918). This section on pages 114 through 121.Scope: By the Experimental Department. Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data).Contents: article includes "Description of Tests of...
Dates:
Publication: 1918-12