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technical reports

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Reports giving details and results of a specific investigation of a scientific or technical problem

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Carol Peterson Continental Airlines Boeing 707 Crash Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2024-09-20-A
Contents of the Collection

The Carol Peterson Continental Airlines Boeing 707 Crash Collection is a small collection related to the crash of Continental Airlines Boeing 707 (N70775), Flight 11 on May 22, 1962 in Missouri. Included is an official report about the jet's powerplants. The report includes eight black-and-white photographs of the powerplants found after the crash. Also present are approximately 30 assorted newspaper clippings about the crash and investigation.

Dates: 1962
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Henry C. Runkel Apollo Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1987-09-23
Content Description The Henry C. Runkel Apollo Collection is a small collection with visual and textual materials documenting the development of the Saturn launch vehicles used in NASA's Apollo program in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The collection consists of items gathered by Runkel who was Boeing's Chief Engineer for the S-1C stage of the Saturn V rocket at NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. Of most interest is a bound document titled "Apollo Saturn V S-1C Booster...
Dates: circa 1966-1977
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

G. Harry Stine Space History and Model Rocketry Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2013-09-17
Overview

The G. Harry Stine Space History and Model Rocketry Collection encompasses the professional work of G. Harry Stine, the founder of model rocketry in the United States. The collection includes material related to his work in the National Association of Rocketry, drafts of his writings, rocket designs, materials affiliated with model rocketry corporations, his aeronautical research files, and his work in commercial space flight.

Dates: 1874-2008; Majority of material found within 1956-1997
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Lawrence P. Tanguay Aviation Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-04-02-2
Content Description The Lawrence P. Tanguay Aviation Collection is a small collection of documents and photographs collected by Paul Alan Roales related to Tanguay's aviation career, and especially his 1942-1943 civilian service during World War II in Eritrea with Douglas Aircraft Company's Project 19.Textual materials in the collection document realte specifically to Tanguay's participation in Project 19 and document the operations of the program and actions on specific aircraft. Materials include...
Dates: circa 1942-1943
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Alfred G. Thompson World War II Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2003-12-03
Contents of the Collection The collection contains textual materials related to the military service of Alfred G. Thompson, who served as a B-25 pilot during World War II. Materials include training documents and worksheets, military orders and ephemera, such as an enlisted men's pass and pay envelope, and aircraft arrival reports. There are a photograph album, miltary personnel files, many loose photographs and correspondences. Also included are pilot logs for Thompson as well as a Pilot Rating Book for Clare Rupert...
Dates: 1941-1944
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Douglas I. Tilden Lunar Roving Vehicle Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1998-08-10
Abstract

Douglas I. Tilden worked on the restoration of the Museum of Flight's Lunar Roving Vehicle. A crew of 18 volunteers worked on the restoration project from about 1993-1995. The materials in the collections were used for that restoration project.

Dates: circa 1970-1990s; Majority of material found within 1970-1971
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

The University of Washington Venturi Wind Tunnel Reports

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2012-07-30
Content Description

The University of Washington Venturi Wind Tunnel Reports document experiments by the University’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics to study the “Venturi Effect,” the effect of a fluid’s velocity as it passes through a constricted space. The collection contains memos and notations about calibrating and using the wind tunnel and reports by students describing the findings of their experiments ranging from the construction of the wind tunnel in 1930 to 1993.

Dates: 1930-1993
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Donald D. Viele Lunar Orbiter Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-11-06
Abstract

Donald Viele was a Systems Engingeer with Boeing who worked with NASA on the Lunar Orbiter Program (1964-1967). This collection contains documents and photographs collected and authored by Viele during his time on the Lunar Orbiter team.

There is also some documentation relating to Viele's work with the Minuteman Missile program.

Dates: 1950-2016; Majority of material found within 1960-1970
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Series XII. LearAvia Corporation, 1838-1992, 1999, undated

 Series
Scope and Contents: LearAvia Corporation This series, the largest in the collection, documents the activities of LearAvia Corporation which was established in April 1968 by William P. Lear in Reno, Nevada at the site of former Stead Air Force Base. The company was engaged in the development, manufacture, and distribution of avionic products as well the design and development of three aircraft: the LearStar 600, the Lear Allegro, and the Lear Fan 2100. The series is divided into eight subseries, ...
Dates: 1838-1992, 1999, undated
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives / William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers

Series XIV. Lear Fan Limited, 1942-1947, 1975-1999, undated

 Series
Scope and Contents: Lear Fan Limited Series XIV: Lear Fan Limited (LFL) provides a look into the development, production, flight testing, and quest for FAA certification of the Lear Fan 2100, an innovative all-composite airplane that William P. Lear and his team designed in 1976-1977. The series is arranged into eight subseries: administrative records, correspondence, financial records, legal records, photographs, publicity materials, research materials, and...
Dates: 1942-1947, 1975-1999, undated
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives / William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers

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