Airplanes -- Motors -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 26 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
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
Rolls-Royce Aero Engines, 1989, 1989
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 101, Call No.: TL 703 .R6 G86 1989
Identifier: 20171004
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Series: This is the first of three books in the history. Scope: Historical study of Rolls-Royce aeronautical engines, written by Bill Gunston, a former RAF pilot and flying instructor, and one of the top aviation writers in Great Britain.From the dust jacket: "Although formed in 1906 as a motor car manufacturer, by 1914 Rolls-Royce was urgently developing an aeroplane engine....
Dates:
Copyright: 1989; Publication: 1989
Rolls-Royce: The Merlin At War
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 100, Call No.: HD 9711 .G74r
Identifier: 20171007
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Historical Study).
Purpose: Informational.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Series: This is the third of three books in the history. Scope: Historical study of the Rolls-Royce company, written by Ian Lloyd, an independent historian.From the dust jacket: "The history of the Battle of Britain, which will certainly rank as one of the decisive battles of British, if not world, history, will be rewritten by many authors. In this book, the third in his...
Dates:
Copyright: 1978; Publication: 1978
Series VII: Aviation Organizations & History
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