Airplanes -- Performance
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 61 Collections and/or Records:
"A Study To Determine The Maximum Weights Permitted By The Transport Category Requirements for the Douglas DC-3 Airplane" (CAA Flight Engineering Report No. 9), 1943-11-01
Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.042
Identifier: 20060316.01
"Airplane Climb Performance: General Discussion, and Corrections for Variations in Atmospheric Conditions, Engine Horsepower, and Airplane Weight" (CAA Flight Engineering Report No. 3), 1941-09-04, 1941-09-04
Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.040
Identifier: 20060316.25
Dates:
Publication: 1941-09-04; Issued: 1941-09-04
"Altitude and Its Effect Upon Airplane Performance" (CAA Flight Engineering Report No. 13), 1944-06-13, 1944-07-10
Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.043
Identifier: 20060316.04
Dates:
Publication: 1944-06-13; Issued: 1944-07-10
"Bamberg Speed-Measuring Station" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 397), 1922-08-29, 1923-02-15
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.016
Identifier: 20141402
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 397 (dated February 15, 1923), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 2008 (dated August 29, 1922).Scope: Report prepared by E. F. Bacon, Equipment Section, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.Contents:
"OBJECT.
The object of this report is to furnish information for the installation...
Dates:
1922-08-29; Publication: 1923-02-15
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
"Comparative Performance Test of X.B.I.-A Equipped with High Compression Wright Model H and Packard 1A-1237 Engines" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 327), 1921-08-11, 1922-03-15
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.012
Identifier: 20141331
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. IV, No. 327 (dated March 15, 1922), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 1768 (dated August 11, 1921).NB: Have 2 copies of document, however 2nd copy is missing pages 7 & 8).
Scope: Performance report No. 67, prepared by Flight Test Branch, Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field.Contents:...
Dates:
1921-08-11; Publication: 1922-03-15
Consolidated C-87 Long Range Procedure, Flight Analysis Charts, Cruising horsepower charts and other Materials for Long Range Flying [Likely using Pratt & Whitney R-1830-43 engines], Circa mid-to-late 1940s
File — Box TB.S6.003, Folder: TF S6.B.023
Identifier: 20060316.29
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Data (Charts and Tables).Purpose: Operations (authoritative) and Authoritative reference.Authority: Operator (Commercial) and Company (Manufacturer).Scope: Materials for conducting Consolidated C-87 long range flights, issued circa mid-to-late 1940s.Note: Some pages are marked "Restricted", a WW II-era msrking which are no longer applicable.Contents:
- Two...
Dates:
Publication: Circa mid-to-late 1940s
"Cruise Control for Flying Efficiency" (Parts 3, 5, 6 & 7 of a series in Aviation magazine, September 1943 to March 1944), 1943-09 - 1944-03
File — Box TB.S6.003, Folder: TF S6.B.036
Identifier: 20060316.35
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Article (Technical).Purpose: Informational.Authority: Author's Expertise.Scope: Series of articles titled "Cruise Control for Flying Efficiency" published in Aviation magazine covering all aspects of the cruising phase of flying. Authors are: R. Dixon Speas (Asst. to Vice-Pres. Engineering), Jere T. Farah (Chief Flight Analyst) and Sanford Hinton (Flight Analyst). All work for American Airlines....
Dates:
Publication: 1943-09 - 1944-03
"Design Characteristics for Most Suitable Pursuit Airplanes" (Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 436), 1922-10-20, 1923-05-01
Item — Box MC-019-001, Folder: 001.A.017
Identifier: 20141441
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report
Authority: Government Military (authoritative reference)
Document Number: Air Service Information Circular (Aviation) Vol. V, No. 436 (dated May 1, 1923), based on McCook Field Report Serial No. 2079 (October 20, 1922).Scope: Airplane Section Report prepared by Leslie MacDill [Major, possibly Chief Engineering Officer] and F. W Herman of the Engineering Division, Air Service, McCook Field. MacDill was a 1922 graduate of MIT with a...
Dates:
1922-10-20; Publication: 1923-05-01
"Determination of the Flying Qualities of the Douglas DC-3 Airplane" (NACA Technical Note 3088), 1953-12
Item — Box MC-019-002, Folder: 001.A.036
Identifier: 20060117
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Technical Research Report.
Purpose: Authoritative reference
Authority: Government Civil
Document Number: NACA Technical Note 3088, dated December 1953.Scope: Preliminary NACA research report by Arthur Assadourian and John A. Harper of Langley Aeronautical Laboratory, Langley Field, Va.Contents: From pages 1:
"Summary:
Flying qualities of the Douglas DC-3 airplane have been evaluated from a series of flight tests which were conducted to determine the...
Dates:
Publication: 1953-12