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Koch, Theodore

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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 35 Collections and/or Records:

Engines (Part I): Dealing With the Maintenance and Repair of the Armstrong Siddeley "Cheetah IX", the "Tiger VIII," and "Lynx IVC" Engines [Aeroplane Maintenance and Operation Series, Volume 5], 1940, 1941

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 124, Call No.: TL 701.5 .M655pt.1 1940
Identifier: 20180010
Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Technical Reference)Purpose: InformationalAuthority: Author ExpertiseSeries: Aeroplane Maintenance and Operation Series, Volume 5Scope: A detailed technical manual "compiled by a panel of experts," overseen by General Editor, E. Molloy and Advisory Editor, E.W. Knott. The editors write that "...this book is offered to the ground engineer and air mechanic in the firm belief that it will be found invaluable whenever any...
Dates: Publication: 1940; Issued: 1941
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series IV: Aircraft and Aircraft Engine Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul / Sub-series IV.D: Aircraft & Engine MRO (Special Collection)

Gas Turbines and Jet Propulsion for Aircraft (4th Edition), 1946, 1946

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 118, Call No.: TL 709 .S648 1946
Identifier: 20180014
Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Technical Reference). Purpose: Informational. Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: The fourth edition of a technical monograph written for an educated audience by G. Geoffrey Smith, M.B.E., editor of Flight magazine, the leading aeronautical journal in Great Britain.Contents: "Preface by General Carl Spaatz, Commanding General, Army Air Forces This Book should do much to stimulate interest in the new field of jet propulsion. Mr....
Dates: Copyright: 1946; Publication: 1946
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series III: Aircraft Engines (commercial & military) / Sub-series III.E: Aircraft Engines (Special Collection)

Jet: The Story of a Pioneer, 1954

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 210, Call No.: TL 540 .W48 A3 1954
Identifier: 20180008
Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from the Preface): "This book is not an autobiography. It is primarily the history I of my association with the development of the turbo-jet engine in Great Britain. I have included a very brief account of my life prior to my practical work on the turbo-jet engine, in order that the reader may have some idea of the nature of the soil in which the seed of an...
Dates: Publication: 1954
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series VII: Aviation Organizations & History / Sub-series VII.D: Aviation Organizations & History (Special Collection)

"Preliminary Report on the Characteristics of the N. A. C. A. 4400R Series Airfoils" [Originally published as an Advance Confidential Report in March 1939] (NACA Wartime Report L-451), 1939-03, 1947-05-14

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.029
Identifier: 20170499
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report. Authority: Government Civil (authoritative reference). Document Number: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Wartime Report L-451, published soon after the end of WW II. Originally published as an Advance Confidential Report in March 1939.

Scope: NACA research report by Albert Sherman.

Contents: See title.

Dates: Publication: 1939-03; Issued: 1947-05-14
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

"Prices for Wind Tunnel Tests at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, December 1, 1921", 1921-12-01

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.022
Identifier: 20170484
Scope and Contents Document Type: Sales Brochure / Price List Authority: Supplier (sales & marketing)Scope & contents: Contains a price list for use of the MIT wind tunnel broken down by "Type of Experiment".From page 2: "All the prices appended include the plotting of the customary curves and the furnishing of 2 sets of blueprints and a brief report. The prices given relate to tests which take their place in the ordinary order of work. Rush tests can be put through by overtime...
Dates: Publication: 1921-12-01
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

Principles and Problems of Aircraft Engines, 1931, 1931

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 086, Call No.: TL 701 .F3 1931
Identifier: 20180002
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Book (Technical Reference). Purpose: Informational. Authority: Author Expertise.

Scope: TBD

Contents: TBD

Dates: Copyright: 1931; Publication: 1931
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series III: Aircraft Engines (commercial & military) / Sub-series III.E: Aircraft Engines (Special Collection)

Questions and Answers for Airplane and Engine Mechanics (1st Edition, 2nd Impression), 1944, 1944

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 134, Call No.: TL 671.9 .A9
Identifier: 20180013
Scope and Contents Document Type: Training Material (Test/Examine). Purpose: Training and Education. Authority: Commercial (Services).Scope: Certification Exam study book. Compiled and edited by Aviation Research Associates, "in cooperation with the Technical Staffs of the Academy pf Aeronautics and The Casey Jones School of Aeronautics."Content (from the Preface): "Practical knowledge is the first essential to success in the field of aircraft maintenance and repair—a practical...
Dates: Copyright: 1944; Publication: 1944
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series V: Aviation Education & Training (commercial & military) / Sub-series V.C: Aviation Education & Training (Special Collection)

"Speed and Ceiling of U.S. Army Airships" (Air Service Information Circular (Aerostation) Vol. I, No. 43), 1923-06-18, 1924-03-01

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.020
Identifier: 20172043
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aerostation) Vol. 1, No. 43 (dated March 1, 1924 (based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 2161, dated June 18, 1923)

Scope: Lighter-than-Air Section Report prepared by Ollie L. Lewis, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio.

Contents: See title.

Dates: 1923-06-18; Publication: 1924-03-01
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series I: Aeronautical Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT & E) / Sub-series I.A: Aircraft RDT&E

Superchargers for Aviation, 1940, 1942

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 098, Call No.: TL 702 .S8 M6
Identifier: 20180017
Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Technical Reference). Purpose: Informational. Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: Technical monograph written for a knowledgable audience by Dr. Sanford A. Moss ("Consulting Engineer, General Electric Co."), a foremost expert on aeroplane engine superchargers.From the Foreword: "Supercharging has such an important place with the modern internal combustion engine that the publication of the present book seems most timely. The material originally...
Dates: Copyright: 1940; Publication: 1942
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series III: Aircraft Engines (commercial & military) / Sub-series III.E: Aircraft Engines (Special Collection)

Test 2 (date range) > Bulk, bulk: 1940 - 1945, 1941

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 124, Call No.: TL 701.5 .M655 pt.1 1940
Identifier: 20180010
Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Technical Reference) Purpose: Informational Authority: Author ExpertiseSeries: Aeroplane Maintenance and Operation Series, Volume 5Scope: A detailed technical manual "compiled by a panel of experts," overseen by General Editor, E. Molloy and Advisory Editor, E.W. Knott. The editors write that "...this book is offered to the ground engineer and air mechanic in the firm belief that it will be found invaluable whenever any practical difficulty has to...
Dates: Publication: Majority of material found within 1940 - 1945; Issued: 1941
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / TEST

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