Airplanes -- Motors -- Operation
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Includes aircraft engine operations manuals, handbooks, checklists, etc.
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Aircraft Engine Operation and Test (War Department Technical Manual TM 1-408), 1940-09-16
Item — Box TB.S6.003, Folder: TF S6.B.035
Identifier: 20170200
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Manual (Technical).Purpose: Technical reference.Authority: Government Military.Document Number: War Department Technical Manual TM 1-408, dated September 16, 1940.Scope: Intended for aircrew, mechanics and other military personnel using or supporting aircraft engines.Contents: Contains basic information and instruction on airraft engine controls, operation, testing, troubleshooting and...
Dates:
Issued: 1940-09-16
Allison 501-D13: "Flight Crew Guide: Allison 501-D13 Prop-Jet", 1959-12-01
File — Box TB.S6.003, Folder: TF S6.B.003
Identifier: 20122022
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Manual (Engine Operations).Purpose: Operations (authoritative).Authority: Company (Manufacturer).Document Number: Publication No. 3M.Scope: From the Introduction: “The intent of this booklet is to provide you, the flight crew member, with a guide of how Allison feels you should operate, trouble shoot, and "write-up" the engine and propellers. Remember, this guide does not constitute an official...
Dates:
Publication: 1959-12-01
C-54 flight planning and long-range cruising information (including "Pilots's Check List for C-54, C-54A & C-54B Airplanes" and "C-54A, B 3 Engine Long Range Cruise Chart" [Likely using Pratt & Whitney R-2000-9 Twin Wasp engines], 1944-11-04
Item — Box TB.S6.003, Folder: TF S6.B.023
Identifier: 20060316.36
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Data (Charts and Tables).Purpose: Authoritative reference.Authority: Government Military.Document Number: [likely to be Army Air Forces Air Transport Command] C5-9202.AF ("Pilots's Check List for C-54, C-54A and C-54B Airplanes"); C5-9203,AF ("3-Engine Maximum range for C-54A and C-54B Airplanes"); C5-7172,AF ("3-Engine Long range Cruising Chart for C-54A and C-54B Airplanes")...
Dates:
Issued: 1944-11-04
Continental Operators Handbook (A50 Series 4 & 5, A65 Series 1 & 3, A75 Series 3), 1939-06-15
Item — Box TB.S6.003, Folder: TF.S6.B005
Identifier: 20210014
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Operators Handbook and Manual
Authority: Manufacturer (authoritative directive)
Document Number: AV8Special Note on page 2: “This Operators Handbook and Table of Fits and Clearances combines in one unit engines; A50 Series 4 and 5, A65 Series 1 and 3 and A75 Series 3, and therefore cancels and supersedes all previous instructions and clearance data which may have been published or issued on the above engines.”Contents: Warranty, Continental...
Dates:
Publication: 1939-06-15
DC-2 and DC-3 "Airspeed Correction" charts & "True Airspeed vs. horsepower in Cruising Level flight chart" (Transcontinental & Western Air Inc.), Circa mid-to-late 1930s, 2024-07-03
Item — Box TB.S3.001, Folder: TB.S3.A.001
Identifier: 20060316.09
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Data (Charts and Tables).
Purpose: Authoritative reference.
Authority: Operator (Commercial) and Company (Manufacturer).
Scope: Charts showing DC-2 and DC-3 airspeed corrections, etc.
Contents: Using these engine charts and known factors, trained flight engineers and pilots can determine true airspeed. Intended for aircrew of Transcontinental & Western Airline (T&WA).
Dates:
Issued: Circa mid-to-late 1930s; Digitized: 2024-07-03
"Graphic Method of Determining True Airspeed" (Aero Digest, September 1935), 1935-09, 2024-07-03
Item — Box TB.S3.001, Folder: TB.S3.A.001
Identifier: 20060316.08
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Article (Technical).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Scope: Article discusses using engine charts and known factors to determine true airspeed. Intended for trained flight engineers and pilots.
Content: TBD
Dates:
Publication: 1935-09; Digitized: 2024-07-03
"Liberty-12 Gasoline Consumption" (Bulletin of the Experimental Department, Airplane Engineering Division, U.S.A, Vol. II, No. 3) [Photocopy], 1918-12
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.007
Identifier: 20140707
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. 3 (dated December 1918). This section on pages 41 through 43.Scope: By the Experimental Department. Intended for limited, controlled distribution (see General note on publication data).Contents: article includes "Tests at Maximum,...
Dates:
Publication: 1918-12
"Long Range Cruising Analysis and Control (First Edition)" [by Frank B. Lary, Wright Aeronautical Corporation], 1944-08
Item — Box TB.S6.003, Folder: TF S6.B.035
Identifier: 20060316.2
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Report (Technical).Purpose: Technical Reference.Authority: Author's Expertise and Company (Manufacturer).Scope: Paper discusses improvements in both procedure and equipment as related to the cruise phase of flight. Content: From page 1: "In aviation's rather dim past, engine operators ordinarily fell in one of two classes, high rpm men and low rpm men, the latter being the least...
Dates:
Publication: 1944-08
"Methods Used in Preparing Engine Specifications" by E.F. Pierce, Wright Aeronautical Corporation, 1939-06-20, 2024-07-03
Item — Box TB.S3.001, Folder: TB.S3.A.001
Identifier: 20060316.07
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Report (Technical).Purpose: Authoritative reference.Authority: Company (Manufacturer).Scope: Commercially printed document prepared by E. F. Pierce (Specification Engineer) for internal use in Wright Aeronautical Corp, as well as for external use by Wright Aeronautical aircraft engine customers.Content: "The engine specification inherently is a compromise as it represents two distinct...
Dates:
Copyright: 1939-06-20; Digitized: 2024-07-03
Operator's Handbook: A and C Series 4 cyclinder Continental Red Seal Aircraft Engines for your Piper Airplane, Circa late 1930s-early 1940s
Item — Box TB.S6.003, Folder: TF.S6.B005
Identifier: 20212020
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Operators Handbook
Authority: Manufacturer (authoritative directive)Note under "Service": "The engines described in this Handbook are of similar design and construction, their differences being in accessory drives, piston size, etc. Cylinders of aluminum heads and steel barrels are individually assembled to crankcase. Provisions are made for a Starter, Fuel Pump, Fuel Injector, and Oil Cooler on all "A" series en-gines. Provisions are made on all "C" series engines...
Dates:
Publication: Circa late 1930s-early 1940s