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Airplanes -- Design and construction

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Found in 55 Collections and/or Records:

"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

"Metallography of Sand Cast Aluminum Alloys" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 449), 1923-06-30, 1924-03-01

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.017
Identifier: 20141454
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 449 (dated March 1, 1924), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 2203 (dated June 30, 1923).

Scope: Material Section report prepared by A. J. Lyon and Samuel Daniels, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio.

Contents: See title.

Dates: 1923-06-30; 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

"Metallography of Sand Cast Aluminum Alloys" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 449), 1923-06-30, 1924-03-01

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.019
Identifier: 20200071
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 449 (dated March 1, 1924), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 2203 (dated June 30, 1923).

Scope: Material Section report prepared by A. J. Lyon and Samuel Daniels, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio.

Contents: See title.

Dates: 1923-06-30; 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

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

Precautions and Safe Practices In Welding and Cutting with Oxy-Acetylene Equipment (Twenty-Fourth Edition), 1939, 1949

 Item — Box TB.S2.001, Folder: TF.S2.A.0004
Identifier: 20172117
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Handbook (Technical Reference).

Purpose: Technical reference.

Authority: Manufacturer.

Scope: TBD.

Contents: TBD.

Dates: Copyright: 1939; 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.A: Aircraft Design, Construction & Technical Data

Proceedings of the Aeronautical Design Symposium: The Lessons Learned, November 1-3, 1989, 1989-11-01, 1989-11-01 - 1989-11-03

 Item — Box TB.S2.002, Folder: TF.S2.A.xxxx
Identifier: 20121001
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Presentation (Technical).

Purpose: Technical reference.

Authority: Author Expertise.

Document Number: TBD

Scope: Proceedings of the Aeronautical Design Symposium: The Lessons Learned, November 1-3, 1989.

Contents: TBD

Dates: Publication: 1989-11-01; Event: 1989-11-01 - 1989-11-03
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

Riveting Manual (Chrysler Missile Division Technical Schools), 1958-10

 Item — Box TB.S2.001, Folder: TF.S2.A.0008
Identifier: 20060356
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Manual (Training).

Purpose: Training and Education.

Authority: Manufacturer.

Document Number: GBI 1201.

Scope: TBD

Contents: TBD

Dates: Publication: 1958-10
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

Series II: Aircraft (commercial & military)

 Series
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The AEHS collection includes material donated by AEHS Members to the Society and later to the UAH Archives and Special Collections. This includes thousands of published and manuscript documents, drawings, charts, 16mm film and 35mm film clips, aviation sounds, and emphemera. The collection as includes publications and documents donated by non-AEHS donors such as George Martin and Saverio Morea. The AEHS collection includes subjects on aviation training, aircraft research and...
Dates: 1911 - 2013
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection

Sikorsky Aircraft and Rotorcraft Concept Drawings, ca 1936 - 1983, bulk: 1936 - 1983

 File — Box TB.S2.001, Folder: TF.S2.A.0012.003
Identifier: 20140206.02
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Data (Research)

Purpose: Informational.

Authority: Author Expertise.

Scope: Blueprints afor various Sikorsky aircraft and rototcraft and a set of pencil concept designs Circa 1983. Likely from the Sikorsky Aviation Corporation.

Contents: TBD

Dates: Majority of material found within 1936 - 1983
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

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