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.”
A copy of the Supplamental NASA T-38A Flight Manual. Dated 15 May 1970.
A copy of NASA’s First 50 Years – Historical Perspectives from the NASA History Division. Dated 2008.
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.
A copy of the NASA document 19780012208, On the Shoulders of Giants - A History of Project Gemini. Dated January 1 1977.
A copy of the Vanguard Rocket - A History from NASA’s Historical Series. Written by Green and Lomask. Dated 1971.
A number (66) of Saturn V Walk Around Photos from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: Howard Mason
A copy of the Fábrica Argentina de Aviones (FMA) FMA IA 58 Pucará Flight Manual. Dated 1986.
A copy of the Chance Vought F4U-4 Illustrated Assembly Brealdown. Dated September 1944.
Sixty photos of an Atlas Rocket walk around from the U.S. Space & Rocket Center collection. Credit:Howard Mason
A copy of the Erickson Company Brochure on all their products including the CH-54. Dated 2017.
A copy of the Northrop T-38A Thunderbird Flight Differences manual. Dated 1 September 1974.
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.
A large number of photos (98) of the Piper PA-48 Enforcer in the
Copies of General Dynamics EF-111 Photos.
A number of photos (31) and info on the Grumman F9F Cougar.
A copy of the Boeing Trainer Airplane Characteristics. Dated Jan 1925. Lots of photos.
A very nice article on the F/A-18 High Angle of Attack program of NASA. This is the:NASA research program that integrates F/A-18 flight test and wind tunnel data with computational fluid dynamics predictions and produces validated database that will be used by designers of highly maneaverable and stall/spin-resistant military aircraft in the future. Dated May 22, 1989.
A copy of the Boeing B-29 Mechanic’s Field Service Data Book. Dated June 1945
A copy of the Tupolev Tu-22B Bomber Flight Manual. An English translation. Dated ?
A copy of the Curtiss Model OX Aero Motor Handbook. Dated 1918.
A copy of the Boeing Model 247 Transport airplane Maintenance & Service Manual. Dated June 1933. Credit: Museum of Flight
A copy of the Consolidated Liberator PB4Y-1 Pilot’s Guide. Dated 1944. Credit: Museum of Flight
A copy of the North American Aviation AT-6C/D and SNJ-4/-5 Texan Pilot’s Handbook. Dated November 15 1943.
A copy of the Curtiss HS-1L Seaplane Handbook. Dated July 1918. Credit: Museum of Flight
A copy of the Avro Lincoln I & II Aircraft Maintenance Manual(AP 2847A&B v1)Dated December 1945.
A copy of The F-4 Phantom's F3H Demon Roots article.Dated December 2017. Credit: avgeekery
The story of the Douglas F6D Missileer and Bendix AAM-N-10 Eagle Missile. Credit: Tails thru Time
A number (117) photos of the Grumman F9F Panther.
An interesting find that gives details of the Messerschmitt Bf-109K-4 Cockpit! Dated November 1944. Written in German; but, nice illustrations.
A copy of the Pilot’s notes (A.P. 2062A&C) Vol 1 & 2 for the Avro Lancaster I & III aircraft. Dated April 1943. Credit: WW2Aircraft.net
A number of photos of the Grumman F9F Panther in Blue Angels markings.
The card present an "X" shaped piece of metal, with a residual coating of the launch gantry's red paint, attached alongside a photo of Juno I on the pad and a description of the history behind the small fragment. The title "Souvenir of America's First Satellite" stretches along the top of the cards. "The material that is on there is from a mesh screen that used to cover and surround the elevator that was used to go up and down the gantry.” Credit: L.M. “Roy” Reitter
A copy of the AeroJet-General 25 Year Anniversary Edition brochure. Dated March 1967. Credit: L.M. “Roy” Reitter
A copy of two atticles about the Douglas A-4 aircraft from Naval Aviation News. Issue March 1968.
A copy of the Convair F-106A and F-106B Powerplant Technical Maintenance manual. (T.O.1F-106A-2-4) Dated 1 December 1962.
A great group (34) of factory photos of the Martin P6M Seamaster aircraft.
A copy of the Boeing Company’s B-29 Superfortress Cabin Supercharger and Heating System section from the B-29 Familiarization and Maintenance Manual, USAAF 1944.
Twelve really good photos of the Lockheed P-38. Enjoy!
A copy of the North American Company’s XP-51H Flight Handbook. (AN 01-1F-51H-1).Dated February 25 1954,
A copy of the North American Company’s prelim XP-51J Pilot’s Handbook. (Report NA 8057).Dated February 20 1945,
A copy of the North American A-36A-1-NA Pilot’s Operating Instructions. (TO 01-60HB-1).Dated July 10 1943.
These are development photos of the F-15 Conformal Fuel Tanks while being built in Bldg. 002.
Here are three photos of the F-18 photo recon prototype installation on Hornet One.
Eighty five McDonnell Aircraft Flight Ramp Photos. A lot of hardly ever seen photos.
In 2012, Jack Abercrombie wrote several articles and a slide show to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the F-15’s first flight. They detail the challenges of bringing along a new aircraft and the changes that were required to the airframe to enable it to be the world class fighter that it became.
Additional QF-86 Aircraft and Ramp Photos from my summer 1981 visit to Flight Systems in Mojave, California.
Even after coming out of the paint booth (Bldg 48), McDonnell aircraft still had a lot of finish work to be completed before they could be delivered. We were issued and required to wear “booties” when ever we had to climb around on the aircraft; but, still the new paint jobs were scuffed, marked and scraped resulting in an inevitable paint cleaning and touch-up cycle having to be preformed! . After many years of complaining (Including yours truly), it was decided to finish the aircraft, flight test and then paint them. This resulted in unpainted aircraft flying around. A very strange sight to us long time employees conditioned to seeing painted flying aircraft; but, one can clearly see the different aluminum, composite or fiberglass sections of each aircraft. These planes have their own beauty!

