Instructional and educational works -- Textbooks

Pilot's Powerplant Manual, 1942, 1942-10

Item — Box MC-019-TBD, Folder: TBD

Identifier: 20212027

Scope and Contents Document Type: Pilot's Manual Authority: Government Regulator (authoritative reference) Document Number: Civil Aeronautics Bulletin No. 28Preface: "This manual has been prepared for use as a textbook in the Civilian Pilot Training Program. Specifically, it is designed for use in the ground school work of the controlled restricted commercial course of the program. However, the book should be of great assistance to all flying students preparing for the examinations required for...

Dates: Publication: 1942; Revised: 1942-10

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.B: Aviation Training (Aircrew)

Plane Trigonometry, 1937

Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 007, Call No.: QA 533 .H35 1937

Identifier: 20061159

Scope and Contents

Document Type: Textbook (Technical). Purpose: Training & Education. Authority: Author Expertise.

Scope: TBD

Contents: TBD

Dates: Publication: 1937

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.E: Aeronautical RDT&E (Special Collection)

Production Illustration: The Techniques and Applications of Perspective Engineering Drawings, 1945, 1945-07

Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 053, Call No.: TJ 230 .T7

Identifier: 20060364

Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical) Purpose: Training & Education Authority: Author ExpertiseScope: Textbook which details the rapid increase in technical illustration due to many factoers, especially war production. Author used his experience at Douglas Aircraft Company as a foundation. From Preface: "The widespread adoption of perspective illustration as a medium of engineering presentation has been so sudden, and its application so varied, that from many quarters a demand...

Dates: Copyright: 1945; Publication: 1945-07

Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series II: Aircraft (commercial & military) / Sub-series II.E: Aircraft (Special Collection)

Technical Drawing, 1949

Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 051, Call No.: T 353 .G52 1949

Identifier: 20061131

Scope and Contents

Document Type: Textbook (Technical). Purpose: Training & Education. Authority: Author Expertise.

Scope: TBD

Contents: TBD

Dates: Publication: 1949

Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series II: Aircraft (commercial & military) / Sub-series II.E: Aircraft (Special Collection)

Technical Mathematics, 1922

Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 005, Call No.: QA 39 .K25 V.1 1922

Identifier: 20061170

Scope and Contents

Document Type: Textbook (Technical). Purpose: Training & Education. Authority: Author Expertise.

Scope: TBD

Contents: TBD

Dates: Publication: 1922

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.E: Aeronautical RDT&E (Special Collection)

Techniques Of Observing the Weather, 1947, 1947

Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 178, Call No.: QC 871 .H39

Identifier: 20061164

Scope and Contents Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training & Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (preface): THE beginning of all meteorology, weather forecasting, and I climatological studies lies with the original observations of weather and other atmospheric factors. To establish a firm foundation for these sciences a basic and uniform system of observing has been adopted by the International Meteorological Organization. Observing weather is in...

Dates: Copyright: 1947; Publication: 1947

Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series VI: Aviation Operations (commercial & military) / Sub-series VI.E: Aviation Operations (Special Collection)

The Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine and its Operation, 1952-06, 1958-02

Item — Box MC-019-TBD, Folder: TBD

Identifier: 20220214

Scope and Contents Document Type: Operations Handbook and Manual Authority: Manufacturer (authoritative reference) Document Number: PWA Operating Instruction 200 (PWA Part No. 182408) From the Preface: “The Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine and Its Operation, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Operating Instructions 200, has been rewritten to provide aircraft flight and ground crews with a practical basic manual for aircraft gas turbine engines. Numerous good texts are available to the student of theory and...

Dates: Publication: 1952-06; Revised: 1958-02