Biographical Note
Theodore (Ted) Koch is a donor to the Aircraft Engine Historical Society (AEHS).
Biographical Information (from 7 September 2025 email): "In my early career I worked as a Pratt & Whitney Aircraft [P&WA] experimental test development engineer. I developed and tested engines and [engine] components, and [was part of] the fuel cell development for the Apollo Space Program. I was part of the launch team for the first six Apollo launches at KSC [Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida].
As a P&WA Area Director, I became a customer technical representative covering Africa, the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent.
After retirement from P&WA, I contracted to Martin-Marietta [Company] to develop and implement a Customer Service Department for their recently purchased engine nacelle manufacturing program.
Later I became a supplier to antique aircraft refurbishers making unique individual hardware pieces."
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Item — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.017
Identifier: 20170515
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Advertisement.Purpose: Sales and marketing.Authority: Company (Services).Scope: This highly illustrated advertising brochure was created and distributed by the Curtiss-Wright Flying Service to advertise its air taxi service, specifically for hunters and fishermen. Contents: The brochure uses words and pictures to promote the advantages of flying into remote hunting or fishing camps. It lists...
Dates:
Existence: 1929-11-27; Printed: Autumn (likely September or October) 1929
Item — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.017
Identifier: 20170212
Scope and Contents
Document Type: AdvertisementPurpose: Sales and marketing.Authority: Government Civil.Scope: Patriotic poster, likely from 1917 or 1918, urging Americans to "Buy War Savings Stamps". Poster was printed "Compliments of: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation.Contents: Features the poem "My Soldier" and a black & white photograph of a young girl and her mother saying prayers for a...
Dates:
Printed: Circa 1917-1918
