Friday, August 30, 2024

NASA Sounding Rockets 1958-1968

A copy of NASA Sounding Rockets 1958-1968 A Historical Summary. Dated 2014,

“The development and use of sounding rockets is traced from the Wac Corporal through the present generation of rockets. The Goddard Space Flight Center Sounding Rocket Program is discussed, and the use of sounding rockets during the IGY and the 1960's is described. Advantages of sounding rockets are identified as their simplicity and payload simplicity, low costs, payload recoverability, geographic flexibility, and temporal flexibility.”

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Thursday, August 29, 2024

NASA T-38A Flight Manual

A copy of the Supplamental NASA T-38A Flight Manual. Dated 15 May 1970.

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Wednesday, August 28, 2024

NASA’s First 50 Years

A copy of NASA’s First 50 Years – Historical Perspectives from the NASA History Division. Dated 2008.

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Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft

A copy of the NASA publication Chariots for Apollo: A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft.  A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft begins with the creation of NASA itself and with the definition of a manned space flight program to follow Mercury. It ends with Apollo 11. Dated 1979.

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Monday, August 26, 2024

On the Shoulders of Giants - A History of Project Gemini

A copy of the NASA document 19780012208, On the Shoulders of Giants - A History of Project Gemini. Dated January 1 1977.

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Friday, August 23, 2024

Vanguard Rocket - A History

A copy of the Vanguard Rocket - A History from NASA’s Historical Series. Written by Green and Lomask. Dated 1971.

Vanguard was the first U.S. rocket designed for the specific purpose of launching satellites, and represented the first program on Cape Canaveral that was not tied to a weapons system.

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Thursday, August 22, 2024

Saturn V Walk Around Photos

A number (66) of Saturn V Walk Around Photos from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Howard Mason

Note: this a large file of 230 Megs!

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Wednesday, August 21, 2024

FMA IA 58 Pucará Flight Manual

A copy of the Fábrica Argentina de Aviones (FMA) FMA IA 58 Pucará Flight Manual. Dated 1986.

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Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Chance Vought F4U-4 Illustrated Assembly Brealdown

A copy of the Chance Vought F4U-4 Illustrated Assembly Brealdown. Dated September 1944.

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Monday, August 19, 2024

Atlas Rocket Walk Around Photos

Sixty photos of an Atlas Rocket walk around from the U.S. Space & Rocket Center collection. Credit:Howard Mason

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Saturday, August 10, 2024

Notice!

I am taking a vacation next week and will resume postings on August 19.

Ron

Friday, August 9, 2024

Erickson Company Brochure

A copy of the Erickson Company Brochure on all their products including the CH-54. Dated 2017.

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Thursday, August 8, 2024

Northrop T-38A Thunderbird Flight Differences

A copy of the Northrop T-38A Thunderbird Flight Differences manual. Dated 1 September 1974.

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Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Majestic–12 Group Special Operations Manual

 

  Now something different! The UFO Bible. A copy of the Majestic-12 Group Special Operations Manual No. 1 -01 (SOM1-01).  EXTRATERRESTRIAL. ENTITIES RECOVERY. AND DISPOSAL. TECHNOLOGY, OPERATION. Dated April 1954.

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Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Piper PA-48 Enforcer Walk Around Photos

A large number of photos (98) of the Piper PA-48 Enforcer in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

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Monday, August 5, 2024

General Dynamics EF-111 Photos

  Copies of General Dynamics EF-111 Photos.

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Friday, August 2, 2024

Grumman F9F Cougar Photos and Info

A number of photos (31) and info on the Grumman F9F Cougar.

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Thursday, August 1, 2024

Boeing Trainer Airplane Characteristics

A copy of the Boeing Trainer Airplane Characteristics. Dated Jan 1925. Lots of photos.

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