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 22 Collections and/or Records:
"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
In The Company of Eagles: Pratt & Whitney 65th Anniversary Publication, 1990
Item — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.015
Identifier: 20191012
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Company (Manufacturer).
Scope: Full color manufacturer's marketing brochure, with numerous photographs, celebrating Pratt & Whitney's 65th anniversary.
Contents: Series of vignettes with photos rather than a comprehensive history.
Dates:
Publication: 1990
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
"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
The Bee-Hive (August 1945: 20th Anniversary Issue) [United Aircraft Corp. Internal Employee Newsletter], 1945-08
Item — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.012
Identifier: 20170323
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Periodical (Internal Newsletter).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Company (Manufacturer).Document Number: August 1945 (20th Anniversary Issue).Scope: Periodic newsletter written and published by the United Aircraft Corporation "...for its employees." Primarily includes aviation news, especially related to company products, as well as some internal company news.Contents:
-...
Dates:
Publication: 1945-08
The Bee-Hive, Vol. III (1929), Nos. 1, 8 & 9 [Pratt & Whitney Internal Employee Newsletter], 1929-03 - 1929-11
File — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.001
Identifier: 20170307
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Periodical (Internal Newsletter).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Company (Manufacturer).Document Number: Volume III (1929), Numbers 1 (March), 8 (October) and 9 (November).Scope: Monthly newsletter written and published by the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company "...for its employees." Primarily includes aviation news aviation news, especially related to company products, as well as some internal company...
Dates:
Publication: 1929-03 - 1929-11
The Bee-Hive, Vol. IV (1930), Nos. 2 through 12 [Pratt & Whitney Internal Employee Newsletter], 1930-02 - 1930-12
File — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.002
Identifier: 20170308
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Periodical (Internal Newsletter).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Company (Manufacturer).Document Number: Volume IV (1930), Numbers 2 (March) through 12 (December).Scope: Monthly newsletter written and published by the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company "...for its employees." Primarily includes aviation news, especially related to company products, as well as some internal company news....
Dates:
Publication: 1930-02 - 1930-12
The Bee-Hive, Vol. IX (1935), Nos. 1, 2, 4 thru 7 and 9 [United Aircraft Corp. Internal Employee Newsletter], 1935-01 - 1935-09
File — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.007
Identifier: 20170313
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Periodical (Internal Newsletter).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Company (Manufacturer).Document Number: Vol. IX (1935), Nos. 1 (Jan), 2 (Feb), 4 (Apr) thru 7 (Jul) and 9 (Sep).Scope: Monthly newsletter written and published by the United Aircraft Corporation "...for the employees of its subsidiaries: United Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation (Chance Vought Aircraft, Hamilton Standard Propellers,...
Dates:
Publication: 1935-01 - 1935-09
The Bee-Hive, Vol. V (1931), Nos. 1 thru 4, 7, 8 & 10 [Pratt & Whitney Internal Employee Newsletter], 1931-01 - 1931-10
File — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.003
Identifier: 20170309
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Periodical (Internal Newsletter).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Company (Manufacturer).Document Number: Vol. V (1931), Nos. 1 (January) thru 4 (April, 7 (July), 8 (August) and 10 (October).Scope: Monthly newsletter written and published by the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company "...for its employees." Primarily includes aviation news, especially related to company products, as well as some internal...
Dates:
Publication: 1931-01 - 1931-10