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Airplanes -- Design and construction

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Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

"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
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series II: Aircraft (commercial & military) / Sub-series II.A: Aircraft Design, Construction & Technical Data

Die Junkers-Lehrschau: eine Führung durch die Lehrschau der Junkers Flugzeug- und -Motorenwerke A.-G, Dessau (30 Jahre Junkers-Flugzeugforschung, 1910-1940) [The Junkers Show: A Guided Tour of the Junkers Aircraft and Engine Plant, Dessau (30 Years of Junkers Aircraft Research, 1910-1940)] (Second Edition), 1939

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 193, Call No.: TL 503 .J859 1939
Identifier: 20191010
Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Informational).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Manufacturer.NB: The book is written in German. The primary in-house company writer was A. Dresel with graphic design by B. Schütte.Scope: This book, written and published by staff of the Junkers Company, captures the history of the company, and particularly the Junkers Aircraft and Engine manufacturing plant at Dessau, Germany, from 1910 to late 1939. It is a...
Dates: Publication: 1939
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)

"Fafnir Ball Bearings in Aircraft Applications" [Manufacturer's advertisement], Circa late 1920s to mid-1930s

 Item — Box TB.S2.001, Folder: TF.S2.A.0002
Identifier: 20170512
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Sales Material (Technical)

Purpose: Sales and marketing.

Authority: Manufacturer.

Scope: Manufacturer's advertisement.

Contents: Describes manufacturer's expertise in ball bearings. Details various uses in aircraft.

Dates: Publication: Circa late 1920s to mid-1930s
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series II: Aircraft (commercial & military) / Sub-series II.A: Aircraft Design, Construction & Technical Data

"Light Alloys in Aircraft" [Manufacturer's promotional booklet], 1929, 1929

 Item — Box TB.S2.001, Folder: TF.S2.A.0001
Identifier: 20170477
Scope and Contents Document Type: Publication (Technical).Purpose: Technical ReferenceAuthority: Manufacturer.Document Number: No. 324Scope: Manufacturer's brochure from The British Aluminum Company Ltd. States "The future of aircraft, other than "home-made" kind, lies in the direction of all-metal construction" (pg 9). Numerous black and white aircraft photos.Contents: Discusses aircraft materials...
Dates: Publication: 1929; Copyright: 1929
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series II: Aircraft (commercial & military) / Sub-series II.A: Aircraft Design, Construction & Technical Data

"Metal-Clad Airplane Material Made By The D.L. Auld Co." [Detailed test report, specifications, manufacturer's sales catalog & price list], circa Spring 1930

 Item — Box TB.S2.001, Folder: TF.S2.A.0003
Identifier: 20170469
Scope and Contents Document Type: Sales Material (Technical)Purpose: Sales and marketing.Authority: Manufacturer.Scope: Manufacturer's sales catalog and price list of aluminum-wood composite materials. Includes detailed specifications and a copy of an Air Corps test report dated April 17, 1929. Price list "...is effective July 1st, 1930."Contents: Detailed description and specifications of "Metal-clad Airplane...
Dates: Publication: circa Spring 1930
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series II: Aircraft (commercial & military) / Sub-series II.A: Aircraft Design, Construction & Technical Data

Patents Vested in the Alien Property Custodian: Reproduced from the Patent Office Official Gazette (Class 244: Aeronautics), 1943-06-08

 Item — Box TB.S2.001, Folder: TF.S2.A.0011.01
Identifier: 20170498
Scope and Contents Document Type: Publication (Informational).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Government Civil.Scope: Report extract showing Class 244 (Aeronautics) patents held by enemy (or occupied) aliens [i.e. non-U.S. citizens] which were seized at the start of World War II and vested in the Alien Property Custodian for use by U.S. companies for the war effort. This report is a sort of sampler, in which key patent information and descriptions, including...
Dates: Existence: 1943-06-08
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series II: Aircraft (commercial & military) / Sub-series II.A: Aircraft Design, Construction & Technical Data

Sikorsky "Flying Boat" Design Notebook, 1926 - 1938 [Photocopy], 1926-10 - 1938-08

 File — Box TB.S2.001, Folder: TF.S2.A.0012
Identifier: 20220020
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1926-10 - 1938-08
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series II: Aircraft (commercial & military) / Sub-series II.A: Aircraft Design, Construction & Technical Data

"The Fafnir Aircraft Blue Book: Bearing for Airplane Controls" (2d Edition) [Manufacturer's promotional booklet & sales brochure], 1938-01

 Item — Box TB.S2.001, Folder: TF.S2.A.0002
Identifier: 20170483
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Sales Material (Technical)

Purpose: Sales and marketing.

Authority: Manufacturer.

Scope: Manufacturer's promotional booklet and sales brochure with prices.

Contents: Describes manufacturer's expertise in ball bearings. Details various uses in aircraft. Includes black and white photographs of aircraft using Fafnir bearings.

Dates: Publication: 1938-01
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series II: Aircraft (commercial & military) / Sub-series II.A: Aircraft Design, Construction & Technical Data

"Tite Flex All-Metal Flexible Tubing" (Tite Flex Metal Hose Co. Catalogue No. 108) [Sales catalog & price list], circa early to mid-1930s

 Item — Box TB.S2.001, Folder: TF.S2.A.0001
Identifier: 20170481
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Sales Material (Technical)

Purpose: Sales and marketing.

Authority: Manufacturer.

Document Number: Catalog No. 108.

Scope: Sales brochure with prices.

Contents: TBD

Dates: Publication: circa early to mid-1930s
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series II: Aircraft (commercial & military) / Sub-series II.A: Aircraft Design, Construction & Technical Data

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