JOURNEY IN AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH: A Career at NASA Langley Research Center

Monographs in Aerospace History, Number 12

 

[195-200] Index

 

 

A

 
Abbott, Ira, 103
Adams, James J., 102, 174
Aerospace America, 73
Aiken, William S., 151, 152
Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, 33
Alford, William L., 173
Aldrin, Buzz, 165
Aldrin, Colonel E.E., 165
American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics, AIAA, 73, 76, 165, 166
American Physical Society, 166
American Yankee, 89
Ames Research Center, Ames Aeronautical Lab, 26, 61, 65, 151, 164
Andrisani, D., II, 173
Apollo program, 19, 119, 152
Armistice Day, 3
Army Air Corps, 6, 47
Ashkenas, Irving, 141, 165
Astronautics and Aeronautics, 73
Aviation Manufacturing Corporation, 12
 
B
 
Bailey, F.J., 70
Barker, L. Keith, 173
Barnes, John L., 39, 170
Beachy, Lincoln, 77
Beech B- 18, airplane, 122, 124
Beech B-35, airplane, 147, 148,149
Beech Corporation, 150
Bell Aircraft Corporation, 60, 65
Bell L-39, airplane, 60
Bell Telephone Laboratories, 39
Bellanca, airplane, 62
Bellanca Skyrocket, model airplane, 9
Bender, M.A., 173
Bendix Corporation, 142
Billing, Heinz, 171
Birnbaum, W., 171
Bode, Hendrik Wade, 39, 44, 170
Boeing B-15, airplane, 22, 62
Boeing B-17, airplane, 62
Boeing B-29, airplane, 52
Boeing 314, airplane, 30
Boeing Company, 30, 65
Bolling Field, 63
Boston Traveler, 9
Boucher, Robert W., 171
Brabazon, commercial airplane, l 14, 115
Braniff Airways, Inc., 138
Breuhaus, Waldemar O., 44, 170
Brewster Aircraft Company, 27
Brewster XSBA-I, airplane, 23, 27, 31, 32
British Aircraft Corporation, BAC, 137, 140
Brown, B. Porter, 172
Brown, Clinton E., 167
Brown, Willis C., 10
Bryan, G.H., 21, 119, 133, 169
Bureau of Standards, 163
Burris, P.M., 173
Bush, Kenneth, 122
Bush, Vannevar, 39, 170
 
C
 
CAA, 147
Cessna 190, airplane, 86
Champine, Robert A., 174
Chance Vought Company, 96
Cheatham, Donald C., 151, 152
Chilton, Robert G., 109, 132, 134, 172
China Clippers, 30
Civil Aeronautics Board, CAB, 137
Civil Air Patrol, 18
Civil Service Exam, 16, 18
Columbia University, 166
Congress, 62, 162
Convair B-58, airplane, 140, 143
Convair Corporation, 141
Cooney, T.V., 173
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, 44, 102
Coverley, Sir Roger de, Papers, 11
Cowley, W.L., 120, 173
Crane, Harold L., 132, 134, 170, 171, 172
Crowley, John W. (Gus), Jr., 19
Curtiss C-46, airplane, 80
Curtiss, Glenn, 101
Curtiss Jennies, airplanes, 5, 158
Curtiss P-40, airplane, 23, 24, 30, 54
Curtiss P-36, airplane, 47
Curtiss XP-42, airplane, 54, 56
 
D
 
December 7, 1941, 61
Diederich, Franklin W., 134, 173
Doetsch, K.H., 44
Donely, Philip, 116, 164
Douglas Aircraft Company, 22, 65, 165
Douglas B-l9, airplane, 98
Douglas DC-6, airplane, 52, 130
Douglas X-3, airplane, 74
Draper, Professor Charles, 14, 64, 72
Dryden Flight Research Center, 168
Dryden,Hugh L., 105, 115, 116
Duncan, W.J., 174
 
E
 
 
Edwards Air Force Base, 151
Eggleston, John M., 134, 173
EGR Associates, 132
Einstein, Albert, 105, 172
Engineers Club, 18
Etkin, Bernard, 134, 173
Euler, Leonhard,38
Evelyn Street School, England, 3
Exhaust Gas and Radiator Propulsion, thesis, 14
 
F
 
 
Fairchild PT-19, airplane, 156
Fairchild XR2K-I, airplane, 28
Fairchild 22, airplane, 28, 30
Fairchild 24, airplane, 85
Flettner, Anton, 50
Fokker, Anthony, 77
Fokker D-VIII, monoplane, 77
Franklin Institute, 102
French Air Museum, 130, 132
Fujita, Dr. Tetsuya, 139
 

G

 

Gardiner, William N., 115

Gardner, Murray F., 39, 170
Garner, H. Douglas, 86, 88
Gemini program, 19
Gilruth, Robert R., 19, 22, 26, 28, 29,32,33, 52,53,56,60,62,65,70,91, 115, 119, 143, 152, 169, 170
Glauert, Herman, 76, 120, 171, 173
Gough, Melvin N., 22, 54
Gracey, William C., 28, 74
Grumman, corporation, 64
Grumman XTBF-3, airplane, 33
Gustafson, F.B., 172
 

H

 

Hallisy, Joseph M., Jr., 172

Hamer, Harold A., 173
Hampton Armory, 18
Hampton Yacht Club, 19
Handley-Page Bomber, 53
Hansen, Dr. James, 62, 63, 174
Harder, Keith, 82
Harris, T. Aubrey, 164
Harvard University, 6
Hawker Hurricane, airplane, 23, 25,
Heaviside, Oliver, 39
Heisenberg, W., 106, 172
Hirsch,Rene, 116, 130, 131, 132, 172, 173
Hunter, Paul A., 170, 173
 

I

 

Ickes, Harold, Secretary of the Interior, 19

Ideal Every Boys Airplane, 9
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, IAS, 165
 
J
 
Johnson, Harold I., 92
Johnson Space Center, 19, 119, 151, 152
Jones, George W., Jr., 103
Jones, Robert T., 28, 30, 39, 42, 82,133,170,171
Jordan Marsh Company, 9
Jordan&emdash;Traveler Junior Aviation League, 9, 10, 12
Journal of the aeronautical Sciences, 14
 

K

 

Katzoff, Dr. Samuel, 33, 165, 174

Keystone Bombers, 6
Kilgore, Edwin C., 122
Klawans, Bernard B., 45, 170
Kleckner, Harold F., 170
Koppen, Professor Otto C., 12, 16, 85, 89, 101, 119, 172
Kraft, Christopher C., Jr., 119,151,152,172, 173, 174
Kuchnel, Helmut A., 86, 172
 

L

 

Laitone, Edmund V., 165

Langley Air Force Base, 17
Langley Field, 17, 18,19, 20, 22, 26, 27, 28, 30,32,33,38,40,61,63,65,73,77,89, 96, 102, 103, 105,115, 125, 151, 159, 160, 162, 163, 164, 167
Langley Flying Club, 89
Langley Full-Scale Tunnel, 28
Langley Impact Dynamics Research Facility, 139
Langley Lunar Landing Facility, 139
Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, 1,16,17,18,63,159,160,165
Langley Research Center, 1, 57, 58, 68, 164, 165, 166, 168
Langley 7- by 10-Foot High-Speed Tunnel, 93
Langley 20-Foot Vertical Spin Tunnel, 139
Larrabee, Professor E.E., 44, 170
Lever Brothers Company, 3, 9
Leverhulme, Lord, 3
Levy, Charles N., 169
Lewis Laboratory, Lewis Research Center, 61, 65, 164
Liberty, motor, 6
Liebnitz, Jacob, 37
Liepmann, R.W., 134
Lighthill, Dr. James, 165
Lin, Shih-Nge, 16, 41, 101, 170
Lindbergh, Charles A., 5
Lockheed C-35, airplane, 62
Lockheed Constellation, airplane, 130
Lockheed P-38, airplane, 97
Lockheed 14A, airplane, 28
Lockheed 14H, airplane, 29
Lockheed 1011, airplane, 129
Lundquist, Dr. Eugene, 160
 

M

 
Martin, corporation, 65
Martin B-26, bomber, 102
Martin Mars, flying boat, 98
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 18, 28, 32, 37, 39, 41, 44, 61, 64, 72, 73, 76, 77, 85, 89, 101, 109, 119,
Matheny, Cloyce E., 171
Mathews, Charles W., 70
Matthews, James T., Jr., 172
Maxim, Sir Hiram, 101
McFadden, publisher, 9
McLaughlin, Milton D., 174
McNair, Malcomn P., 168
McRuer, Duane, 141, 172
Mercury program, 19
Minorsky, Nicolai, 40, 86, 170
Mitsubishi 00, airplane, 63, 64
Model Airplane News, 9, 16
Moore, James W., 41
Morin, Relman, 174
Mueller, R.K., 44
Munk, Max M., 40, 165
 

N

 

NACA Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, 168

NACA, hangar, 20, 62
NACA Tennis Club, 18
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, NACA, 1,16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22,23,26,27,28,32,37,44,48,56,61,62, 63, 65, 67, 72, 86, 88, 96, 98, 105,115,125, 129, 137, 147, 150, 151, 152,158, 159, 162, 163, 164, 168
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, 1, 19, 137, 139, 151, 159, 162, 163, 164, 168
National Model Airplane Contest, Nats,10
National Space Act, 168
National Transportation Safety Board,
NTSB, 137
Naval Aircraft Factory, 27
Naval Test Pilot School, 65
Navy, 76, 163
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, 33, 99
Navy F9F-3, airplane, 110
Navy Test Pilot School, 32
Nellis Air Force Base, 144
New York 1939 Worlds Fair, 13
Newell, Professor Joseph, 12
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, 18
Newton, Sir Isaac, 37
Nissen, J.M., 170
Noble Order of the Green Cow, 18
North American BT-9B, airplane, 26, 27
Northrop F-89 Scorpion, airplane, 146
Norton, Dr. Frederick H., 63, 165
Nyquist, 44, 98
 
O
 
Ober, Professor Shatswell, 12
Oldenberger, Rufus, 41
ONERA, 130
O'Sullivan, William J., Jr., 167, 172
Oswald, W. Bailey, 165
 
P
 
Pearl Harbor, 19, 61, 62
Peters, Professor Heinreich, 12
Phillips, Bertha Pugh, 3
Phillips, Hilda Evelyn, 4, 5
Phillips, Thomas, 4
Phillips, William, 3
Phillips, William Hewitt, 3, 74, 169, 170,171, 172, 173, 174
Pinsker, W.J.G., 44, 81, 171
Piper Cub, airplane, 62
Pitcairn PA-18, model autogiro, 8, 9
Prandtl, Ludwig, 40
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company, 12
Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp, engine, 12
Puckett, Allen E., 165
 
Q
 
Quimby, Harriet, pilot, 113
 

R

 

Rauscher,Professor Manfred, 12, 14,72

Rayleigh, Lord John William Strutt, 76, 171
Reid, Dr. Henry J.E., 159
Reissner, Hans, 165
Republic Aircraft Corporation, 63, 144
Republic F-84, airplane, 146
Republic F- 105, airplane, 144
Republic P-47D-30, airplane, 12, 63, 64
Revolutionary War, 19
Ribner, H.S., 134, 173
Rich, Drexel A., 171
Rogallo, F.M., 165
Royal Aircraft Establishment, RAE, 44, 81,115
Rynaski, Dr. Edmund G., 132, 173
 

S

 

Schairer, George S., 30, 165

Schneider Cup, seaplane racers, 47
Schott, Russell L., 173
Scout Bomber, SB, 27
Seversky P-35, 62
Shenandoah, dirigible, 5
Silver Ace, model airplane, 9
Silverstein, Abe, 33
Smilg, Benjamin, 171
Smithsonian Institution, 163
Soulé, Hartley A., 22, 32, 70
Spaceflight Revolution, 167, 168
Sparrow, Gene W., 173
Sperry, Elmer, 101
Sproull, R.H., 144
Sputnik II, 167, 168
Sternfield, Leonard, 74, 171
Stinson, airplane, 62
Supermarine Spitfire, airplane, 23, 25, 47
Systems Technology Incorporated, 102
 

T

 
Taylor, C.W., 12
Taylor, E.S., 12
Taylor, G.I., 105, 172
Taylorcraft, airplane, 62
Technology Review, 11
Theodorsen, Theodore, 40, 77, 80, 171
Thompson, Floyd L., 19, 53, 151, 159
Thompson, Jim Rogers, 70
Tustin, A., 101, 172
Tyler, Bill, 169
Tyler, John M.,13
 

U

 

Underwood, Mr., 6

University of Virginia, 32, 62
 
V
 
Vensel, J.R., 169
Von Doenhoff, Albert E., 103, 172
von Karman, T.,105, 106, 172
Vought F4U-1, airplane, 62
Vought F7U-1 Cutlass, airplane, 96, 97, 98
Vought F8U-I, airplane, 28, 152,
Vought-Sikorsky, airplane, 22, 24
Vultee YA- 19, bomber, 12, 13
 

W

 
Wagner, Herbert, 171
Walker, P.B., 171
Warner, Dr. Edward P., 22
Waterman, Waldo,113, 117
Weick, Fred, 155, 157
Weingarten, N., 173
Weiss, Herbert K., 16, 41, 101, 170, 172
Wesleyan University, 119
White, Jack A., 174
White, Maurice D., 26, 33, 170
Whitten, James B.' 172, 174
Wilson, Edwin B., 119, 120
World War I, WWI, 3, 31, 47, 50, 132
World War II,WW II, 12, 18, 19, 23, 25, 28, 30, 31, 32, 38, 44, 47, 48, 50, 53, 56, 63, 69,74, 76, 77, 91, 96, 97, 102, 114, 119, 130, 151
Wright Brothers, 21, 28, 101, 133, 155, 157
Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel, MIT, 12
Wright-Patterson Field, 65, 74, 81, 102, 132, 144
 
Z
 
Zbrozek, J., 115
Zero, Japanese aircraft, 63, 64
Zimmerman, Charles H., 167

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