Airplanes -- Motors -- Design and construction
Subject
Subject Source: World Cat Fast Authority File
Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:
The Development of Piston Aero Engines -- From the Wrights to microlights: A Century of Evolution and Still a Power to be Reckoned With, 1993, 1993
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 084, Call No.: TL 701 .G97 1993
Identifier: 20123045
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).
Purpose: Scholarly reference.
Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: An excellent technical history written by Bill Gunston, a former RAF pilot and flying instructor, and one of the top aviation writers in Great Britain.
From the introduction: "When the first aviators sought engines to power their flying machines nearly a century ago, they did so in a world of rapid and exciting progress. This was a time of experiment and adventure, in...
Dates:
Copyright: 1993; Publication: 1993
The Gnome Engine, a Revolutionary Engine for its Time, 1984-10-13
Item — Box 096, Folder: 006
Identifier: 20212023
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Historical Monograph (condensed version of author's Masters Thesis)Contents primarily contain a reprint of an article titled "50 hp Gnome Omega #1" published in World War I Aeroplanes magazine (Issue No. 96, September 1983) "with thanks and credit to Leo Opdycke." Author added several small footnotes.From Page 1: ""The following article and accompanying photographs and drawings have been contributed by Lauren McCready as noted below.We are...
Dates:
Publication: 1984-10-13
The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design [Smithsonian Annals of Flight series, Volume 1, Number 5], 1971
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 080, Call No.: TBD
Identifier: 20160503
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).
Purpose: Scholarly reference.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Document Number: Smithsonian Annals of Flight, Vol 1, No. 5.
Scope: TBD
Contents: TBD
Dates:
Publication: 1971
"USD-9A Day Bomber: The Lubricating System" (Bulletin of the Experimental Department, Airplane Engineering Division, U.S.A, Vol. II, No. 2), 1918-11
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.006
Identifier: 20140706
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Bulletin of the Experimental Department, Airplane Engineering Division, U.S.A. [United States Army], Vol. II, No. 2 (dated November 1918). This section on pages 74 through 76.Scope: By the Airplane Engineering Division. Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data).Contents: article includes "Arrangement of USD-9A...
Dates:
Publication: 1918-11
"USD-9A Day Bomber: The Powerplant" (Bulletin of the Experimental Department, Airplane Engineering Division, U.S.A, Vol. II, No. 2), 1918-11
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.006
Identifier: 20140706
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Bulletin of the Experimental Department, Airplane Engineering Division, U.S.A. [United States Army], Vol. II, No. 2 (dated November 1918). This section on pages 51 through 60.Scope: By the Airplane Engineering Division. Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data).Contents: article includes "USD-9A Designed for...
Dates:
Publication: 1918-11