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Airplanes -- Fuel

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Variants: Aircraft fuels // Airplane fuels // Aviation fuels // Aviation gasoline Broader terms: Gasoline // Motor fuels Narrower term: Jet planes—Fuel

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

"Alcohol-Gasoline Mixtures" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 450), 1923-10-23, 1924-03-01

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.B.005
Identifier: 20141455
Scope and Contents Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 450 (dated March 1, 1924), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 2232 (dated October 23, 1923).Scope: Material Section report prepared by A.C. Zimmerman, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio.Contents: Purpose is: "To investigate some of the properties of mixtures of...
Dates: 1923-10-23; 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.B: Aircraft Engine (Motor) RDT&E

"Alcohol-Gasoline Mixtures" (Air Service Information Circular Vol. V, No. 450), 1923-10-23, 1924-03-01

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.019
Identifier: 20200072
Scope and Contents Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 450 (dated March 1, 1924), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 2232 (dated October 23, 1923).Scope: Material Section report prepared by A.C. Zimmerman, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio.Contents: Purpose is: "To investigate some of the properties of mixtures of...
Dates: 1923-10-23; 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

A.M. Fuel Systems for Aircraft, 1938

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 105, Call No.: TL 702 .F8 D42
Identifier: 20180016
Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope: Technical work on aircraft fuel systems written by "Basile Demtchenko, Ph.D. with an introduction by Paul Dumanois, General Inspector of Aeronautical Research and Instruction at the [French] Air Ministry. Translated from the French by M. E. Boname, B.A." Note: a 4" x 5.25" paper insert is in the book. A.M Pumps was a fuel pump producer and it was...
Dates: Publication: 1938
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series III: Aircraft Engines (commercial & military) / Sub-series III.E: Aircraft Engines (Special Collection)

"Analysis of Some United States Gasolines" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 465), 1924-02-15, 1924-05-01

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.B.005
Identifier: 20141471
Scope and Contents Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 465 (dated May 1, 1924), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 2290 (dated February 15, 1924).Scope: Material Section report prepared by A.C. Zimmerman, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio.Contents: "PURPOSE To determine approximately the content of aromatics, naphthene,...
Dates: 1924-02-15; Publication: 1924-05-01
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.B: Aircraft Engine (Motor) RDT&E

"Analysis of Some United States Gasolines" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 465), 1924-02-15, 1924-05-01

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.019
Identifier: 20200079
Scope and Contents Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 465 (dated May 1, 1924), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 2290 (dated February 15, 1924).Scope: Material Section report prepared by A.C. Zimmerman, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio.Contents: "PURPOSE To determine approximately the content of aromatics, naphthene,...
Dates: 1924-02-15; Publication: 1924-05-01
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

Aviation Fuels and Their Effects on Engine Performance (Revised Edition), 1951, 1951

 Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 107, Call No.: TL 704.7 .E8
Identifier: 20220602
Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Authoritative reference.Authority: Author Expertise and Manufacturer.Document Number: NAVAER-06-5-501 [Navy Technical Order] and USAF T.O. No. 06-5-4 [Air Force Technical Order]NB: Kimble McCutcheon attributes authorship to Sam Heron of Ethyl Company based on Kim's personal knowledge of Heron's history and other data.Scope (from Note on page 2): "Provides information...
Dates: Copyright: 1951; Publication: 1951
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series III: Aircraft Engines (commercial & military) / Sub-series III.E: Aircraft Engines (Special Collection)

Aviation Fuels and Their Effects on Engine Performance (Revised Edition), 1951, 1951

 Item — Box TB.S3.002, Folder: TF.S3.D.xxB
Identifier: 20123048
Scope and Contents Document Type: Book (Technical Reference).Purpose: Authoritative reference.Authority: Author Expertise and Manufacturer.Document Number: NAVAER-06-5-501 [Navy Technical Order] and USAF T.O. No. 06-5-4 [Air Force Technical Order]NB: Kimble McCutcheon attributes authorship to Sam Heron of Ethyl Company based on Kim's personal knowledge of Heron's history and other data.Note: This item includes 3 loose-leaf photcopied pages. The first is titled...
Dates: Copyright: 1951; Publication: 1951
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series III: Aircraft Engines (commercial & military) / Sub-series III.D: Aviation Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants (POL)

"Effect of Benzol and Gasoline on Aluminum and Duralumin" (Bureau of Aeronautics Technical Note No. 98) [Photocopy], 1923, 1922-04-25

 Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.021
Identifier: 20152098
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Technical Research Report Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference) Document Number: Navy Department, Bureau of Aeronautics Technical Note No. 98 (dated 1923), based on "Reprint of T. N. [Bureau of Aeronautics Technical Note] No. 219, Issued Apr. 25, 1922."

Scope: Report #53245-23 is a reprint of T.N. 219 (one-half page).

Contents: See Title.

Dates: Publication: 1923; Issued: 1922-04-25
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

Invoices from Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Co. for the sale of Tydol gasoline to Haggerstown MD City employees, 1929-02-06 - 1929-03-19

 File — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.0001.b
Identifier: 20170503
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Record (Business).

Purpose: Business activities.

Authority: Company (Services).

Scope: Invoices from Kreider-Reisner Aircraft Co. for the sale of Tydol gasoline to Haggerstown MD City employees.

Contents: - On 6 Feb 1929: 10 gallons of gas at $0.18 per gal

- On 19 Mar 1929: 5 gallons of gas at $0.18 per gal

Dates: Issued: 1929-02-06 - 1929-03-19
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series VII: Aviation Organizations & History / Sub-series: VII.B: Aviation Organizations & History (Commercial)

Invoices from United Airports of Connecticut, East Hartford CT for maintenance of Ford plane NC-6926 & gasoline sold to US Navy aircraft, 1931-06-10 - 1933-03-31

 File — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.0001.b
Identifier: 20170504
Scope and Contents

Document Type: Record (Business).

Purpose: Business activities.

Authority: Company (Services).

Scope: Invoices from United Airports of Connecticut, East Hartford CT for maintenance of Ford plane NC-6926 and gasoline sold to US Navy aircraft.

Contents: Invoices for gasoline and maintenence on Ford airplane NC-6926.

Dates: Issued: 1931-06-10 - 1933-03-31
Found in: The University of Alabama in Huntsville Archives & Special Collections / Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection / Series VII: Aviation Organizations & History / Sub-series: VII.B: Aviation Organizations & History (Commercial)

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