Koch, Theodore
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:
Sikorsky "Flying Boat" Design Notebook, 1926 - 1938 [Photocopy], 1926-10 - 1938-08
Document Type: Technical Data (Research)
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Scope: Igor I. Sikorsky's hand-written design concepts and calculations for "flying boats". Copies made from microfiche. Some portions hard to read.
Contents: TBD
"Speed and Ceiling of U.S. Army Airships" (Air Service Information Circular (Aerostation) Vol. I, No. 43), 1923-06-18, 1924-03-01
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.