Airplanes -- Motors -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
A Brief History of the Wright Aeronautical Corporation [Promotional brochure], 1940
Item — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.016
Identifier: 20170176
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Sales and marketing (Promotional).Purpose: Sales and marketing.Authority: Company (Manufacturer).Scope: Company marketing brochure with numerous drawings and photographs. Traces the evolution of the company from the first days of the Wright brothers to May of 1939 when Pan American Clippers using Wright Cyclone engines "inaugurated passenger service to Europe via airplane" and Wright engines are "providing...
Dates:
Publication: 1940
Armstrong Siddeley: The Parkside Story, 1896-1939 (Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #11), 1988, 1988
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 198, Call No.: HD 9710 .G74 A763 1988
Identifier: 20171013
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #11.NB: The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust and the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation are closely related. From "Rolls-Royce: The Pursuit of Excellence" (1984): "Both organisations share the history of the early days and work closely in harmony. This Historical Series of books was started by the Trust and...
Dates:
Publication: 1988; Copyright: 1988
Chrysler Aircraft Engines, 2012, 2012-11-21
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 099, Call No.: TL 703 .C4 M33 2012
Identifier: 20125000
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: The definative historical and technical study of Chrysler's aircraft engines written by Kimble D. McCutcheon, President of the Aircraft Engine Historical Society, and himself a certified aircraft powerplant mechanic.From the back cover: "From the early 1930s until just after World War II, when gas turbines were practically unknown, engine designers worked to create a new...
Dates:
Copyright: 2012; Publication: 2012-11-21
Correspondence to Kimble McCutcheon (AEHS President) from Ricardo Miguel Vidal, AEHS member and author of El Motor de Aviacion de la A a la Z [The Aviation Engine from A to Z, 2005-11-09 - 2011-03-17
File — Box TB.S7.002, Folder: TF.S7.C.0023
Identifier: 20135036.01
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Record (Business).Purpose: Business activities.Authority: Company (Other) and Individual.Scope: More than a dozen letters to Kimble McCutcheon (AEHS President) from Ricardo Miguel Vidal, AEHS member and author of El Motor de Aviacion de la A a la Z [The Aviation Engine from A to Z.Contents: This correspondence includes Vidal's...
Dates:
2005-11-09 - 2011-03-17
El Motor de Aviacion de la A a la Z [The Aviation Engine from A to Z] (2nd "Super" Edition with 7 revisions) [Unique encyclopedia of all known aircraft and rocket engines in Castilian Spanish], 2008-01, 2008-01 - 2008-07
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 230, Call No.: TBD
Identifier: 20135036
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Authoritative reference.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: This rare book is a unique encyclopedia of all known aircraft and rocket engines. Written in Castilian Spanish (but also available in English; see note below).Contents: This 2nd (2008) Super edition contains approximately 2800 pages in which the author attempts to include basic information and photographs...
Dates:
Publication: 2008-01; Revised: 2008-01 - 2008-07
Fedden: The Life of Sir Roy Fedden (Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #26), 1998, 1998
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 203, Call No.: TL 540 .F35 G86 1998
Identifier: 20171017
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Series: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #26.NB: The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust and the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation are closely related. From "Rolls-Royce: The Pursuit of Excellence" (1984): "Both organisations share the history of the early days and work closely in harmony. This Historical Series of books was started by the Trust and...
Dates:
Publication: 1998; Copyright: 1998
From Gipsy to Gem With Diversions, 1926-1986: A History of the de Havilland Aero Engine, Napier & Other Associations & of the Rolls-Royce Small Engine Division/Helicopter Engine Group (Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #10), 1987, 1987
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 083, Call No.: TL 686 .D4 S76 1987
Identifier: 20171012
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Series: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust Historical Series #10.NB: The Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust and the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation are closely related. From "Rolls-Royce: The Pursuit of Excellence" (1984): "Both organisations share the history of the early days and work closely in harmony. This Historical Series of books was started by the Trust and it is intended that a series shall...
Dates:
Copyright: 1987; Copyright: 1987
Guide to Pre-1930 Aircraft Engines
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 082, Call No.: TL 701 .R46
Identifier: 20212025
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).Purpose: Scholarly reference.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope (from the introduction): "The Guide To Pre-1930 Aircraft Engines is offered as testimony and a source of reference for the aircraft engines of that "golden age" of aviation. It brings together under one cover the details and important information concerning the great rarity of American aircraft powerplants which contributed to America's tremendous...
Dates:
Copyright: 1972; Publication: 1972
In The Company of Eagles: Pratt & Whitney 65th Anniversary Publication, 1990
Item — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.015
Identifier: 20191012
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Publication (Historical Study).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Company (Manufacturer).
Scope: Full color manufacturer's marketing brochure, with numerous photographs, celebrating Pratt & Whitney's 65th anniversary.
Contents: Series of vignettes with photos rather than a comprehensive history.
Dates:
Publication: 1990
Revision 3 of El Motor de Aviacion de la A a la Z (2nd "Super" Edition with 7 revisions) [The Aviation Engine from A to Z (Unique encyclopedia of all known aircraft and rocket engines in Castilian Spanish)], 2008-01, 2008-01 - 2008-07
Item — Box TB.S3.002, Folder: TF.S3.E.0100.A & .B
Identifier: 20135036.02
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).
Purpose: Authoritative reference.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Scope: This rare book is a unique encyclopedia of all known aircraft and rocket engines. Written in Castilian Spanish (but also available in English; see note below).
Contents: This object is Revision 3 of the primary book (ID #20135036) and will be incorporated into the book as time permits.
Dates:
Publication: 2008-01; Revised: 2008-01 - 2008-07