Koch, Theodore
Person
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 8 Collections and/or Records:
A Pictorial Review of United Aircraft Corp at War
Item — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.014
Identifier: 20170264
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Informational).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Company (Manufacturer).Scope: An illustrated booklet published by United Aircraft Corporation to depict, commemorate and celebrate the companie's efforts during World War II. UAC is the parent of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Engines, Hamilton Standard Propellers, Chance Vought Aircraft, and Sikorsky Aircraft.Contents: Opens with simple...
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Publication: 1945-03
Die Junkers-Lehrschau: eine Führung durch die Lehrschau der Junkers Flugzeug- und -Motorenwerke A.-G, Dessau (30 Jahre Junkers-Flugzeugforschung, 1910-1940) [The Junkers Show: A Guided Tour of the Junkers Aircraft and Engine Plant, Dessau (30 Years of Junkers Aircraft Research, 1910-1940)] (Second Edition), 1939
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 193, Call No.: TL 503 .J859 1939
Identifier: 20191010
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Informational).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Company (Manufacturer).NB: The book is written in German. The primary in-house company writer was A. Dresel with graphic design by B. Schütte.Scope: This book, written and published by staff of the Junkers Company, captures the history of the company, and particularly the Junkers Aircraft and Engine manufacturing plant at Dessau, Germany, from 1910 to late 1939....
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Publication: 1939
Flight Sheet: A Publication of the Vought-Sikorsky Club, Inc., 1941-1942 (Vol I, Nos. 1, 3 and 9), 1941-11 - 1942-07
File — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.014
Identifier: 20170324
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Periodical (Internal Newsletter).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Company (Manufacturer).Scope: Periodic newsletter written and published by the Vought-Sikorsky Club, Inc. for the employees of ithe Chance Vought Aircraft and Sikorsky Aircraft Divisions of United Aircraft Corporation.Contents:
- Vol 1, Issue No. 1 (November 1941): This is the first volume of the Vought-Sikorsky club monthly...
Dates:
Publication: 1941-11 - 1942-07
The Chance Vought News [Company newsletter], 1944-04-27 - 1945-05-25
File — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.014
Identifier: 20170325
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Periodical (Internal Newsletter).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Company (Manufacturer).Scope: Periodic newsletter written and published twice a month for the employees of ithe Chance Vought Aircraft Division of United Aircraft Corporation.Contents:
- Vol 2, Issue No. 2 (April 27, 1944): Includes article about Navy Corsair fighters in combat, plants visits by military and senior government...
Dates:
Publication: 1944-04-27 - 1945-05-25
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
United Aircraft News, March 1943 [Company newsletter], 1943-03
Item — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.013
Identifier: 20170501
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Periodical (Internal Newsletter).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Company (Manufacturer).Document Number: Volume 1, No. 1 (March 9, 1943).Scope: Monthly newsletter written and published in various local newspapers by the United Aircraft Corporation as a "...Report of Performance at Home and Abroad by the Designers and Builders of Chance Vought Airplanes, Pratt & Whitney Engines, Sikorsky Helicopters and...
Dates:
Publication: 1943-03
United Aircraft News, October 1943 [Company newsletter], 1943-10
Item — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.013
Identifier: 20170502
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Periodical (Internal Newsletter).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Company (Manufacturer).Document Number: Volume 1, No. 8 (October, 1943).Scope: Periodic newsletter written and published by the United Aircraft Corporation as a "...Report of Performance at Home and Abroad by the Designers and Builders of Chance Vought Airplanes, Pratt & Whitney Engines, Sikorsky Helicopters and Hamilton Standard...
Dates:
Publication: 1943-10
War Savings Stamps Poster of "My Soldier" Poem [Sponsored by Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation], Circa 1917-1918
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...
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Printed: Circa 1917-1918