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 92 Collections and/or Records:
Aircraft Engines of the World, 1959/60 (17th Edition), 1959, 1959-06
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 092, Call No.: TL 701 .W46 1959/60
Identifier: 20170285
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Aircraft Engines of the World (17th Edition)Scope: This "international reference book...referred to as the "bible" of the aircraft engine industry" was written and published in June 1959 by Paul H. (Howard) Wilkinson, "Member, Aviation Writers Association; Member, International Society of Aviation Writers; Associate Fellow, Royal Aeronautical...
Dates:
Copyright: 1959; Publication: 1959-06
Aircraft Engines of the World, 1964/65 (21st Edition), 1965, 1965-01
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 093, Call No.: TL 701 .W46 1964/65
Identifier: 20170286
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Aircraft Engines of the World (21st Edition)Scope: This "international reference book...referred to as the "bible" of the aircraft engine industry" was written and published in January 1965 by Paul H. (Howard) Wilkinson, "Member, Aviation/Space Writers Association; Associate Fellow, Royal Aeronautical Society; and Associate Fellow, American...
Dates:
Copyright: 1965; Publication: 1965-01
Aircraft Engines: Theory, Analysis, Design and Operation, 1936
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 085, Call No.: TL 701 .D58
Identifier: 20180011
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Scope: TBD
Contents: TBD
Dates:
Publication: 1936
Aircraft Engines (Volume One), 1940
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 087, Call No.: TL 701 .J8V.1 1940
Identifier: 20180003
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from the Preface):
"The object of the present book, which is the first of two volumes on aircraft engines, is an endeavour to present the principles and results of relevant research work upon internal combustion engines, for the benefit of those entering or already engaged in aircraft engineering work. It is also written in order to fill...
Dates:
Publication: 1940
A.M. Fuel Systems for Aircraft, 1938
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 105, Call No.: TL 702 .F8 D42
Identifier: 20180016
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: Technical work on aircraft fuel systems written by "Basile Demtchenko, Ph.D. with an introduction by Paul Dumanois, General Inspector of Aeronautical Research and Instruction at the [French] Air Ministry. Translated from the French by M. E. Boname, B.A." Note: a 4" x 5.25" paper insert is in the book. A.M Pumps was a fuel pump producer and it was...
Dates:
Publication: 1938
"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
Aviation Engines: Design, Construction, Operation and Repair, 1917, 1917
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 071, Call No.: TL 701 .P3
Identifier: 20180009
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training & Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: A COMPLETE, PRACTICAL TREATISE OUTLINING CLEARLY THE ELEMENTS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINEERING WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND REPAIR OF AIRPLANE POWER PLANTS; ALSO THE AUXILIARY ENGINE SYSTEMS, SUCH AS LUBRICATION, CARBURETION, IGNITION AND COOLING. IT INCLUDES COMPLETE INSTRUCTIONS FOR ENGINE REPAIRING AND...
Dates:
Copyright: 1917; Publication: 1917
"Catalog of Sitka Spruce and Other Aircraft Woods (For Immediate Delivery)" by Yoho & Hooker, Youngstown, Ohio [Sales catalog & price list], circa 1928 to early 1930s
Item — Box TB.S2.001, Folder: TF.S2.A.0001
Identifier: 20170478
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Sales Material (Technical)
Purpose: Sales and marketing.
Authority: Company.
Scope: Sales brochure with prices.
Contents: Describes company's expertise in aircraft wood, especially Sitka "aircraft" spruce that meets Army and Navy specifications; includes many other types of aircraft wood and glue.
Dates:
Publication: circa 1928 to early 1930s
Continental Red Seal, Vol. V (1928), No. 1 [Continental Motors Corporation External Newsletter], 1928-11
Item — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.0001.a
Identifier: 20170206
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Periodical (External Newsletter)Purpose: Informational.Authority: Company (Manufacturer).Document Number: Volume V, No. 1 (November 1928)Scope: Periodic newsletter written and published by the Continental Motors Corporation. Intended for "...the blended interests of all those who have the welfare of Continental at heart and who strive earnestly to promote the prosperity of the Continental...
Dates:
Publication: 1928-11
"Control of Airplanes at Low Speeds by Means of Conventional Ailerons" (Civil Aeronautics Bulletin No. 15), 1931-07-01
Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.040
Identifier: 20170497
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Purpose: Authoritative reference
Authority: Government Civil
Document Number: Civil Aeronautics Bulletin No. 15, dated July 1, 1931.Scope (from Introduction): "The Aeronautics Branch, through its research division located at the Bureau of Standards, has carried out certain wind-tunnel studies of the standard type of lateral control of airplanes in relation to safety, which are summarized in this bulletin." Contents: Includes...
Dates:
Publication: 1931-07-01