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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Melvin N. Gough Papers, Ms1987-057, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Acquisition Information
The Melvin N. Gough Papers were donated to Special Collections in 1987.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Melvin N. Gough Papers commenced and was completed in 1990.
Biographical Information
Melvin N. Gough was born in Washington, D. C., in 1906. He received a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University in 1926. In the same year he began a long career with the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in Hampton, Virginia. From 1926 to 1958, Gough was successively an engineer, a test pilot (he was commissioned as a naval aviator in 1929), Chief Test Pilot, and Chief of Flight Research at NACA-Langley.
When the NACA became the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958, Gough transferred to Cape Canaveral, where he was Director of NASA Operations at the Atlantic Missile Range for two years. In 1960, he became Director of the Bureau of Safety for the Civil Aeronautics Board. From 1962 to 1964 he was Director of Aircraft Development of the Federal Aviation Agency, retiring from government service in 1964. He died on March 6, 1994.
Gough's professional organization memberships include the Society of Experimental Test Pilots (of which he was a Fellow) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (also a Fellow). He served on the Board of Governors of the Flight Safety Foundation and was a charter member of the Society of Air Safety Investigators. He received the Octave Chanute Award for Test Pilots from the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences in 1941 for "outstanding contributions in the field of aeronautics"; the Distinguished Service Award from the Flight Safety Foundation in 1956 for "distinguished service in achieving safer utilization of aircraft"; and the Flight Safety Foundation's Laura Taber Barbour Award in 1960 for championing "through unstinting personal activity the cause of flight safety." For his contributions to aeronautical history, Gough was elected to the Virginia Aviation Hall of Fame.
Scope and Content
The Melvin N. Gough collection spans from 1919 to 1971 and includes a wide variety of materials reflecting Gough's career as a test pilot, NACA administrator, and flight safety investigator. It is especially rich in materials from his years at Langley and equally rich on the topics of aviation safety and accident investigation procedures.
The papers are organized largely according to Gough's own filing system, and there is some degree of overlap in the contents of folders. Many of the folders include manuscript materials and other items such as magazine articles and newspaper clippings. The NACA reports and other documents that are individually listed include manuscript annotations, correspondence, or other items that make them unique. Documents published before 1930 are also listed individually, whether they have manuscript items associated with them or not. Other NACA reports and miscellaneous publications are arranged chronologically. NACA reports are usually grouped by year; other publications are grouped by decade.
Arrangement
The arrangement of the collection is chronological, with all the files within a given year arranged alphabetically. Where the contents of folders span two or more years, they are subarranged by period, with all the entries for 1941-43 (for example) before the entries for 1941-44.
Index Terms
- Gilruth, Robert R. (Robert Rowe), 1913-
- Gough, Melvin N. (Melvin Neilson), 1906-1994
- Kraft, Christopher C.
- Soule, Hartley A. (Hartley Akin), 1904-1988
- Aircraft accidents
- United States. Civil Aeronautics Board
- United States. Federal Aviation Agency
- United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
- United States. United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Aeronautical engineers
- Test pilots
Persons:
Subjects:
Occupations:
Adjunct Descriptive Data
Related MaterialChristopher C. Kraft Papers, 1941-1998 (Bulk 1941-1982). Ms85-001.
Robert R. Gilruth Papers, 1936-1989. Ms90-053.
Hartley A. Soule Papers, 1950-1967. Ms87-004.
Contents List
Box-folder
1-1
"Report of Flight Test on Moss Supercharger,"
1919.
1-2
Miscellaneous photographs, c.1920-1929.
1-3
Spoiler-Aileron control system, 1921-1926.
1-4
"Fifty Hour Endurance Test on Liberty Twelve (1921 model)
Aviation Engine," 1922.
1-5
"Investigation of a Pressure-Type Fog Landing
Device" (Carroll and Crowley), 1922.
1-6
"Standard Method of Engine Calculations" (Caminez
and Iseler), 1922.
1-7
"Control of Aeroplanes at Low Speeds" (Jones),
1923.
1-8
Official Performance Test of Curtiss NBS-4 Equipped with two 400 HP
Liberty Twelve Engines, 1924.
1-9
"World Cruise Liberty Engine Performance,"
1924.
1-10
"Aeronautique militaire" (Letournernir), c.1925.
1-11
Chapter V of "Airplane Design"The
Prediction of Performance, 1925.
1-12
NACA reports, 1925.
1-13
Notes on the "Measurement of Maximum Level Flight Speed of
an Airplane" (Vensel), 1925.
1-14
Official Performance Test of Atlantic DH4M-2 Equipped with Liberty
Twelve Engine, 1925.
1-15
"Report on Part VAppendix to Airplane
Design," 1925.
1-16
"Report on Part VIAppendix to Airplane
Design," 1925.
1-17
"The Spinning of Aeroplanes" (Bryant, advance
proof), 1927.
1-18
"A Warning Concerning the Takeoff with Heavy Load"
(Reid and Carroll), 1927.
1-19
Sketches of airplanes, 1927-1929.
1-20
"The Formation of Ice Upon Exposed Parts of an Airplane in
Flight" (Carroll and McAvoy), 1928.
1-21
"The Effect of Fillets Between Wings and Fuselage on the
Drag and Propulsive Efficiency of an Airplane" (Gough), 1928.
1-22
NACA reports, 1928.
1-23
Cowling, 1928-1930.
1-24
"Adoption of the NACA Low Drag Cowling...,"
1929.
1-25
Daily log sheets, 1929.
1-26
"Notes on the Design of the NACA Cowling,"
1929.
1-27
"Report on NACA Low Drag Cowling" (Carroll),
1929.
1-28
"Spiral Tendency in Blind Flying" (Carroll and
McAvoy), 1929.
1-29
XF7C-1data and photos, 1929.
1-30
Speed coursesuse and data, 1929-1936.
1-31
Blind flying, 1929-1938.
1-32
Address book, 1930.
1-33
"Comparative Performance Obtained with XF70-1 Airplane Using
Several Different Engine Cowlings" (Shey, Johnson, Gough),
1930.
1-34
Daily log sheets, 1930.
1-35
"Effect of the Angular Position of the Section of a Ring
Cowling on the High-Speed of an XF7C-1 Airplane" (Gough), 1930.
1-36
Effect of humidity on engine performance, 1930.
1-37
Fairchild comparison tunnel, 1930.
1-38
"Fire and Life Safety in Aviation," 1930.
1-39
NACA reports, 1930.
1-40
Miscellaneous photographs, c.1930-1939.
1-41
Miscellaneous publications, 1930-1939.
1-42
Names and addresses, 1930-1950.
1-43
Aviation engine log bookMcDonnell O2U-1 F-22 #60,
1931.
1-44
Daily log, 1931.
1-45
Directional stability, 1931.
1-46
Instrumentsmemo, 1931.
1-47
"...Low-Drag Cowling for Radial Air-Cooled Engines"
(McAvoy, Shey, Young), 1931.
1-48
NACA reports, 1931.
2-1
Report on a flight of an NSC-2 airplane, 1931.
2-2
XSL-1report, 1931.
2-3
"Variation in Pressure in the Cabin of an Airplane in
Flight" (Gough), 1931.
2-4
McDonnell test, 1931-1932.
2-5
Smoke flow research, 1931-1932.
2-6
"The Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Model
Wing..." (Weick and Harris), 1932.
2-7
Daily log, 1932.
2-8
"Methods of Visually Determining the Air Flow Around
Airplanes" (Gough and Johnson), 1932.
2-9
NACA reports, 1932.
2-10
"The Nature of Air Flow About the Tail of an Airplane in a
Spin" (Scudder and Miller), 1932.
2-11
Report of a flight test of a Lockheed Altair type C-23, 1932.
2-12
B.J.-Zapp flight tests, 1932.
2-13
National air races, 1932-1933.
2-14
"The Physiological Aspects of Aviation," 1933.
2-15
"Study of Factors Affecting the Steady Spin of an
Airplane" (Scudder), 1933.
2-16
Visibility measurements, 1933.
2-17
BF2C-1Flight test report, 1934.
2-18
Daily log, 1934.
2-19
Eaton, Warrendeath. 1934.
2-20
"A Flight Investigation of the Lateral Control
Characteristics of Short Wide Ailerons and Various Spoilers with Different
Amounts of Wing Dihedral" (Gough, Soule, Weick), 1934.
2-21
Flight test report on XBF2C-1 airplane, 1934.
2-22
NACA reports, 1934.
2-23
Cruising controlarticles, 1934-1935.
2-24
Club and technical talks, 1934-1944.
2-25
Ice, 1934-1939.
2-26
Daily log, 1935.
2-27
Hulcher camera, c.1935.
2-28
NACA "Altitude Pressure Tables," 1935.
2-29
NACA reports, 1935.
2-30
Test reportAmphibian 9401, 1935.
2-31
"Effect of the Angular Position of the Section of a Ring
Cowling on the High Speed of an XF7C-1 Airplane" (Gough), 1935.
2-32
Hulcher 70mm High Speed Sequence Camera, c.1935.
2-33
"Limitations of the Pilot in Applying Forces to Airplane
Controls" (Gough and Beard), 1935.
2-34
Daily log, 1936.
2-35
Landing a flapped airplanecorrespondence, 1936.
2-36
"...Landing Planes Equipped with Wing Flaps"
(Gough), 1936.
2-37
"Limitations of the Pilot in Applying Forces to Airplane
Controls" (Beard and Gough), 1936.
2-38
NACA reports, 1936.
2-39
"Full Scale Tests of a New Type NACA Cowling,"
1936-1937.
2-40
Wing flaps, 1936-1937.
2-41
"Action in Flight of the Stall Warning Device as Installed
on the J-2 Airplane" (Memo to Mr. Crowley), 1937.
2-42
"An Attempt to Improve the Stalling Characteristics of a
Low-Wing Monoplane" (Gough), 1937.
3-1
"Experiments with a Wing Passageway, Automatic Flaps, and
Lateral Control..." (Hall), 1937.
3-2
"Handling Characteristics of Modern Airplanes from a Pilot's
Standpoint" (Gough), 1937.
3-3
NACA reports, 1937.
3-4
Talk on handling characteristics of modern airplanes, 1937.
3-5
"Tapered Wings, Tip Stalling, Stall-Control Flap"
(Jacobs), 1937.
3-6
Flight notes, memoranda, 1937-1940.
3-7
Landing gear, 1937-1949.
3-8
"Detailed Report of Gusts Encountered While on the XB-15
Flight December 22, 1938," 1938.
3-9
Kellett YG-1B Autogiroreport, 1938.
3-10
NACA reports, 1938.
3-11
"Notes on Stability from the Pilot's Standpoint"
(Gough), 1938.
3-12
Brewster fighter testscorrespondence, clippings, photos,
1938-1939.
3-13
B-17 and B-15 maneuvers, 1938-1942.
3-14
General data, 1938-1942.
3-15
Daily log, 1939.
3-16
Bell XFL-1 (Aircobra), c.1940.
3-17
NACA reports, 1940.
3-18
Flying qualities correlationP-40, XSBA-1, XTBF-1, P- 36A,
1940-1943.
3-19
Lilly, Howardpilot logs, 1940-1948.
3-20
Personal aircraft, 1940-1945.
3-21 to 3-24 (4
folders)
Miscellaneous photographs, c.1940-1949.
3-25 to 3-26 (2
folders)
Miscellaneous publications, c.1940-1949.
3-27
Pilotsphotographs, c.1940-1955.
3-28
"Measurements of the Flying Qualities of a Piper Cub
Airplane [Model J3L-50]" (Gilruth, Gough, Gracey), 1940-1965.
3-29
"Requirements for Satisfactory Flying Qualities of
Airplanes" (Gilruth), 1941-1947.
3-30
"Cerebral Function in Aviation" (Fulton), 1941.
3-31
"Factors Affecting Elevator Control Forces"
(Trimble), 1941.
3-32
Flight Test Organization, Procedures and Crew Training (Reed and
Milliken), 1941.
4-1
NACA reports, 1941.
4-2
P-51H Mustang Fighter Plane, c.1941.
4-3
"Requirements for Satisfactory Flying Qualities of
Airplanes" (GilruthTypescript and notes), 1941.
4-4
Spitfire VAtest flight, December 27, 1941, 1941.
4-5
XP-51 Airplane, c.1941.
4-6
British Hurricanetest flight, 1941.
4-7
Martin B-26, 1941-1942.
4-8
P-40 Spitfire, 1941-1948.
4-9
Accident analysismethodology, 1941-1956.
4-10
B-18B, B-26crash photographs; 1942.
4-11
"Certain Comments on Cockpits by Jesse W.
Lankford," 1942.
4-12
"Comments on Proposed General Specifications for Stability
and Control Characteristics of Airplanes," 1942.
4-13
NACA reports, 1942.
4-14
"New Developments in Simplified Control" (Upson),
1942.
4-15
P-38E, 1942.
4-16
Supersonic air flight, 1942.
4-17
Diehl, WalterCorrespondence, 1942-1959.
4-18
"Altitude Wind Tunnel at AERL" (Witney), 1943.
4-19
Compressibility Notes, c.1943.
4-20
NACA reports, 1943.
4-21
P-38FFlying Qualities, 1943.
4-22
"Summary of the Flying Qualities of the Douglas
A-20A," 1943.
4-23
Thunderbolt P-47, 1943-1944.
4-24
Helicopters, c.1943-1947.
4-25
Helicopter notes, 1943-1951.
4-26
Brewster SB2A-1, 1944.
4-27
Daily log, 1944.
4-28
Flight instrument research projects, c.1944.
4-29
Gilruth, Robert R.confidential letter to, 1944.
4-30
Liberator VI take-off tests, 1944.
4-31
Mosquito F.B. MK.21, 1944.
4-32
NACA reports, 1944.
4-33
"Resume of NACA Stability and Control Tests of the Bell P-63
Series Airplane" (Johnson), 1944.
4-34
Talk to Patuxent test pilotsNotes on speech and report on
joint fighter conference, 1944.
4-35
Talk to supervisors, 1944.
4-36
Technical report writing, 1944.
4-37
Jet propulsion, 1944-1953.
4-38
Cockpit photographs, c.1945.
4-39
ESMWT CourseAppreciation and Prediction of Flying
Qualities, 1945.
4-40
Fires in airline accidents1938-1944, c.1945.
4-41
Fires in non-airline accidents, 1945.
5-1
"Instrument Flight Trials with a Helicopter Stabilized about
each Individual Axis" (Salmirs and Tapscott), c.1945.
5-2
Langley aerial photographs, c.1945.
5-3
NACA reports, 1945.
5-4
"Personal Light Airplanes-Investigation of Stability and
Control Problems," 1945.
5-5
XBTK-1 experimental navy divebomber, 1945.
5-6
Boundary layer control, 1945-1946.
5-7
Miscellaneous phone calls, 1945-1946.
5-8
D-558-1 notes, etc., c.1945-1951.
5-9
X-1 correspondence, notes, clippings. 1945-1951.
5-10
Flight operations summaries, 1945-1953.
5-11
Aero Medical Association 1945-1958.
5-12
HydrodynamicsSeaplanes, 1945-1958.
5-13
Daily log, 1946.
5-14
"Designing to the New Transport Category Performance
Requirements...," 1946.
5-15
G.E. jet propulsion in P-59 airplanes, 1946.
5-16
NACA reports, 1946.
5-17
"Stability and Control Flight Tests on the C-54 G
Airplane," 1946.
5-18
Academy of Model Aeronautics, c.1946-1950.
5-19
Aircraft stalling, 1946-1956.
5-20
Aircraft noise reduction, 1947.
5-21
Annual inspection of NACA Laboratories, 1947.
5-22
Boundary layer control, 1947.
5-25
Daily log, 1947.
5-26
Hughes-Kaiser flying boat, 1947.
5-27
HydrodynamicsSeaplanes 1947.
5-28
Langeweiesche, Wolfgangarticles, c.1947.
5-29
NACA reports, 1947.
5-30
P-80-ALateral control and accelerated stall reports,
1947.
5-31
"Psychological Aspects of Instrument Display" (U.S.
Air Forces Headquarters), 1947.
5-32
Remote controlcorrespondence, 1947.
6-1
Scudder, Nathan, 1947.
6-2
Flying qualities of transport airplanes, 1947-1948.
6-3
Talks, 1947-1948.
6-4
Miscellaneous phone calls, 1947-1949.
6-5
Muroc operations, 1947-1949
6-6
Compressibility, 1947-1950.
6-7
X-1 notes and correspondence, 1947-1955.
6-8
Handling qualities of airplanes, 1947-1955.
6-9
F-80BF-80B, 1947-1956.
6-10
F-48, 1947-1957.
6-11
High altitude and engine supercharging, c.1947-1957.
6-12
Airline accident investigationsarticles, 1947-1960.
6-13
Accident reports, 1948.
6-14
Air Transport SymposiumInstitute of Aeronautical Sciences,
1948.
6-15
AirspeedPitot-static and yawmeter head, 1948.
6-16
Daily log, 1948.
6-17
Douglas D-558-1 accident, Muroc, California, May 3, 1948.
6-18
Douglas D-558-1 accidentmicrofilm, 1948.
6-19
Douglas D-558-1 accidentphotographs, 1948.
6-20
Lilly, Howarddeath, 1948.
7-1 to 7-2 (2
folders)
NACA reports, 1948.
7-3
White Sands Proving Ground, 1948.
7-4
Aircraft estimates, c.1948-1951.
7-5
D-558-1,2 airplanes, 1948-1952.
7-6
Stall warning devices, 1948-1952.
7-7
X-1articles, clippings, etc., c.1948-1952.
7-8
X-1memos, photos, c.1948-1952.
7-9
XS-3, X-3, 1948-1956.
7-10
Flight accidents and damage, 1948-1957.
7-11
High-speed flight problems, 1948-1957.
7-12
Lockheed model 12, c.1948-1958.
7-13
Daily log, 1949.
7-14
Fire safety, 1949.
7-15
Flight program for NACA annual inspection, 1949.
7-16
NACA reports, 1949.
7-17
Patrick Henry Airportdedication, 1949.
7-18
Reserve officers employed at NACA-Langley, c.1949.
7-19
Talks, 1949.
7-20
XF-82 incident, Langley Field, 1949.
7-21
"Notes on Some Recent and Current Aerodynamic Research Work
in England" (Kerr), 1949-1951.
7-22
Icarian Flying Club, 1949-1952.
7-23
Jetsmiscellaneous clippings, etc., 1949-1955.
7-24
Turbo-props vs. turbo-jets, 1949-1958.
7-25
Weather conditions and flying problems, 1949-1962.
7-26
Fire, 1949-1963.
8-1
"Crash Loads" (Preston); "Crash Impact
Survival," 1950.
8-2
Crowley partyphotographs, c.1950.
8-3
Daily log, 1950.
8-4
F-84E-1RE airplane crash, Pitkin, Louisiana, 1950.
8-5
NACA reports, 1950.
8-6
Operation Portex, 1950.
8-7
"Review and Status Report of a High-Speed Research Airplane
Program," (Hartley Soule), 1950.
8-8
Stall warning device, NACA memo, 1950.
8-9
Talks, 1950.
8-10
Flight safetyclippings, c.1950-1955.
8-11
Automatic control panel, 1950-1952.
8-12
Miscellaneous phone calls, 1950-1952.
8-13
MAC service letters, 1950-1953.
8-14
Overshoot accidents, 1950-1955.
8-15
Helicopter notes, c.1950-1957.
8-16
X-15, X-5, X-13, 1950-1958.
8-17
Miscellaneous photographs, c.1950-1959.
8-18 to 8-20, 9-1 (4
folders)
Miscellaneous publications, c.1950-1959.
9-2
"Airplane Performance Determination At Velocities Below
Critical Mach Number," 1951.
9-3
Avro C-102, 1951.
9-4
Daily log, 1951.
9-5
F-9F stalls, 1951.
9-6
Flight Safety Conference, 1951.
9-7
MIG airplane, 1951.
9-8
NACA reports, 1951.
9-9
Slidable and jettisonable canopies; list of navy aircraft delivered
1941-1945, 1951.
9-10
Boundary layer control, 1951-1952.
9-11
Civil Aeronautics Board Resume of U.S., 1951-1953.
9-12
Travel insurance policies, 1951-1953.
9-13
Inlets, 1951-1954.
9-14
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, 1951-1955.
9-15
Loads, 1951-1958.
9-16
B-45 accident, 1952.
9-17
"Cockpit Design and Safety" (Stieglitz), 1952.
9-18
Daily log, 1952.
9-19
Investigation of a trailing-edge angle-of-attack vane, as
stall-sensing device, 1952.
9-20
NACA Committee on Operating Problems minutes, 1952.
9-21
NACA reports, 1952.
9-22
"Some Aspects of Aircraft Accident Prevention"
(Stieglitz), 1952.
9-23
Accident Survival PanelNACA Committee on Operating
Problems, 1952-1953.
9-24
Icing rate meter, 1952-1953.
9-25
B-45 crashes, 1952-1954.
9-26
Auto-pilot, 1952-1955.
9-27
Turbo-jet performance, 1952-1955.
9-28
B-47, 1952-1956.
10-1
Jet engines, 1952-1956.
10-2
Jet streams, 1952-1956.
10-3
Noise problems, 1952-1956.
10-4
Shoulder harness, 1952-1956.
10-5
Aero Medical Association, 1952-1957.
10-6
Jet transports, 1952-1957.
10-7
Aircraft seating, 1952-1958.
10-8
Ice, 1952-1958.
10-9
Temperature instruments, 1952-1958.
10-10
Spinning, 1952-1968.
10-11
Aircraft accident survival, 1953.
10-12
Annual Conferencephotographs, 1953.
10-13
Daily log, 1953.
10-14
Fiftieth anniversary of flight, 1953.
10-15
"Flight Research"memo, c.1953.
10-16
Flying saucers, 1953.
10-17
NACA reports, 1953.
10-18
Performance parameters, 1953.
10-19
Thrust indicatortalk by Vogelry and Gough, 1953.
10-20
Turbojetwater damage, 1953.
10-21
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1953-1954.
10-22
Reliabilityclippings and reports, 1953-1954.
10-23
Take-offperformance indicators, 1953-1954.
10-24
De Haviland Comet, c.1953-1955.
10-25
Names and addresses, c.1953-1955.
10-26
Crash fires, c.1953-1956.
10-27
Ditching, 1953-1956.
10-28
Speeches, c.1953-1957.
11-1
Telephone calls, 1953-1957.
11-2
Air Safety Digest, 1953-1958.
11-3
Cockpit layout standardization, 1953-1958.
11-4
Jetspiloting problems, 1953-1958.
11-5
Navion, L-17A, Bonanza Airplanes, 1953-1958.
11-6
Security, 1953-1958.
11-7
AGARD (Paris)notebook, 1954.
11-8
Air France Super Constellation accident, Idlewild Airport, N.Y.,
1954.
11-9
AGARD Flight Test Manual, Chapter III Draft (Johnson), 1954.
11-10
Daily log, 1954.
11-11
Dutch K.L.M. 1049 Lockheed Super-Constellation accident, Shannon,
Ireland, 1954.
11-12
Emergency access devices on pilot enclosures, 1954.
11-13
Emergency procedures, 1954.
11-14
Felker Heliport, Fort Eustis, 1954.
11-15
"Flight Tests of Airplanes Equipped with Irreversible Servo
Controls" (Lefebvre), 1954.
11-16
Flight Safety Foundation Conference, 1954.
11-17
"High-Speed Stability and Control Problems"
(Phillips), 1954.
11-18
Martin Companyvisit, 1954.
11-19
NACA reports, 1954.
11-20
Pilot errorclippings, 1954.
11-21
"Some Applications of Experiments and Theoretical Analysis
in Accident Investigations" (Rhode), 1954.
11-22
Supersonic fighters, 1954.
11-23
Thrusttalk presented at operational conference, Cleveland,
Ohio, November 17-18, 1954.
11-24
Thrust-reversal in turbo-propelled aircraft, 1954.
11-25
"Turbine Transports," 1954.
12-1
Helicopter research projects, 1954-1955.
12-2
"Jet Instrumentation Problems," "Toward
Better Instrumentation" (Gough), 1954-1955.
12-3
Jet thrust reversals, 1954-1955.
12-4
AGARD, 1954-1957.
12-5
Air Research and Development Command Flying Safety Newsletters,
1954-1957.
12-6
Aviation Medicine Residency Program, 1954-1958.
12-7
Tires, 1954-1958.
12-8
Jet takeoff safetyreports, correspondence, 1954-1961.
12-9
Boeing 707, c.1854-1961.
12-10
Passenger flyingarticles, 1954-1963.
12-11
Angle-of-attack, c.1954-1965.
12-12
Aero Commander 680Fhandling qualities, c.1955.
12-13
Airframe and engine icing problems, 1955.
12-14
"Automatic Control of Gust Response" (Kraft),
1955.
12-15
Boundary layer control, 1955.
12-16
Buck, Robert N.articles, 1955.
12-17
Coanda effect, 1955.
12-18
Daily log, 1955.
12-19
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences fellowships, 1955.
12-20
NACA reports, 1955.
12-21
"Reliability and Safety as Design Parameters"
(Stieglitz), 1955.
12-22
"Report on the Shooting Down of El Al Aircraft 4x-
AKC," 1955.
12-23
X-1B, X-1E, D-558-2 rocket research airplanesphotos,
1955.
12-24
F-101A, 1955.
12-25
Ingestion screens, 1955-1956.
12-26
JRF-5 accident, 1955-1956.
12-27
Turboprop enginesperformance, 1955-1956.
12-28
Stall warning systems, 1955-1957.
13-1
Field of viewvisibility, 1955-1958.
13-2
Vertical take-off aircraft, 1955-1963.
13-3
"Analysis of Lift-Curve Slopes Determined in Flight of a
Flexible Swept-Wing Jet Bomber" (Aiken and Fisher), 1956.
13-4
"An Analysis of Vertical Tail Loads Measured in Flight on a
Swept-Wing Bomber Airplane" (McGowan and Cooney), 1956.
13-5
Boeing XB-47D Stratojetsclippings, 1956.
13-6
B-29 D558-2 accident, 1956.
13-7
Comparison of F-100 wind tunnel and flight spin, c.1956.
13-8
Confederate Air Force, c.1956.
13-9
Daily log, 1956.
13-10
Eastern Airlines Martin 404 accident, Owensboro, KY, 1956.
13-11
"Flight Investigation of the Fuselage Deformations on a
Swept-Wing Bomber During Push-Pull Maneuvers" (Mayo), 1956.
13-12
Flight Safety Foundation Award, 1956.
13-13
Hypoxia and undetermined jet accidents, 1956.
13-14
International Civil Aviation Organization Papers, 1956.
13-15
"A Modified Matrix Method..." (Gainer and Aiken),
c.1956.
13-16 to 13-18 (3
folders)
NACA reports, 1956.
13-19
National Aeronautical Laboratory (Japan)visit, 1956.
13-20
Netherlandsmaps, etc., 1956.
13-21
"Notes on Correlation of Model and Full-Scale Spin Recovery
Characteristics" (Gough), 1956.
13-22
"Tire-Runway Braking Friction Coefficients" (Gough,
Sawyer, Trant), 1956.
13-23
Thrustmeternotes and photos, 1956.
13-24
XP6M-1 accident, 1956.
13-25
"Flight Measurements of Some of the Flying Qualities and
Stability Derivatives of the Chance F8U-1 Airplane" (Kraft,
McLaughlin, White), c.1956.
13-26
"AGARD's views about flight safety and pilot
selection" [Bergeret]; pilot errorclippings, 1956-1957.
13-27
Flight Safety Foundationbulletins, 1956-1957.
13-28
Reliabilityclippings, 1956-1957.
13-29
Angle-of-attack, 1956-1958.
13-30
Approach and runway lights, 1956-1958.
14-1
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, 1956-1958.
14-2
AGARDmaterial From Dr. G. Bock, 1956-1958.
14-3
Skidding, 1956-1958.
14-4
Noise, c.1956-1959.
14-5
Angle-of-attack instrumentation, c.1956-1961.
14-6
Landing problems, c.1956-1965.
14-7
Helicoptersarticles, 1956-1970.
14-8
AGARDFlight Test Panel 7th General Assembly, 1957.
14-9
AGARD, 1957.
14-10
AGARD General AssemblyWashington, D.C., 1957.
14-11
AGARDLondonclippings, etc., 1957.
14-12
AGARDLondonpreliminaries, 1957.
14-13
Atkins anti-collision light, 1957.
14-14
Av-Cir analysis and photographic report, 1957.
14-15
Communicationmanagement, 1957.
14-16
Daily log, 1957.
14-17
Hiller X-18 tilt wing aircraft, Palo Alto, California, November 11-15, 1957.
14-18
"Flight and Analog Simulator Studies of an Automatically
Controlled Interceptor" (Cheatham and Brissenden), c.1957.
14-19
H19B helicopter accident report, 1957.
14-20
"Effect of the Proximity of the First Wing
Bending..." (Huss and Donegan), 1957.
14-21
NACA flight operations aircraft, 1957.
15-1
NACA reports, 1957.
15-2
Propjet ski transport, 1957.
15-3
SAE Committee S-7, 1957.
15-4
Takeoff progress indicator, 1957.
15-5
Tire wear, 1957.
15-6
"Understanding and Interpreting Pilot Opinon"
(Cooper), 1957.
15-7
AGARD, 1957-1958.
15-8
F-8-U1, 1957-1958.
15-9
Northeast Airliner accident, Riker's Island, New York. 1957-1958.
15-10
TWA Lockheed 1049A accident, Grand Canyon (1956), 1957-1958.
15-11
Lists of files burned, 1957-1963.
15-12
"Accuracy at the Height of an ILS Glide Slope at the Outer
Marker Beacon," 1958.
15-13 to 15-14 (2
folders)
AGARD, 1958.
15-15
AGARDflight test panelquestionaires, 1958.
15-16 to 15-18 (3
folders)
AGARDParis, 1958.
15-19
AGARDtravel plans, 1958.
15-20
B47 cyclic load tests, 1958.
15-21
Boeing DC-3notes, 1958.
15-22
"Control-Fixed Stability Derivatives" (Crane,
McGlaughlin, and White), 1958.
15-23
"...Effects of Retreating Blade Stall...Helicopter Rotor
Blade" (Ludi), 1958.
15-24
"External Interference Effects..." (Silsby),
1958.
15-25
F-11F-1accident summary, July 1955-July 1957, 1958.
15-26
Helicopter airlift at Wallops island, 1958.
15-27
"IBM Code Heading for Recording Crash Injury and Survival
Data from Accidents" (Hasbrook, et al), c.1958.
15-28
International Air Transport Association, 1958.
15-29
International Civil Aviation Organization, 1958.
15-30
"Landing and Taxiing Tests Over Various Types of Runway
Lights" (Dreher and Batterson), 1958.
15-31
MinneapolisHoneywell Regulator Co.take-off
monitor, 1958.
15-32
NACA reports, 1958.
15-33
New York Airways Sikorsky S-58 Accident, 1958.
15-34
"Philosophy of Airworthiness" (Tye);
Reliability Correspondence, 1958.
15-35
"Piloting Research Aircraft" (Walker), 1958.
15-36
"Requirements and Factors Which Influence Precision Landing
Approaches," 1958.
15-37
SAE [Society of Automotive Engineers] committee S-9, 1958.
15-38
Society of Automotive EngineersDenver, 1958.
16-1
Space explorationarticles, 1958.
16-2
Take-off monitor, 1958.
16-3
Gough, Melvinvita, list of reports and speeches, 1958.
16-4
NASAOrganization, 1958-1959.
16-5
"Recommendations Regarding a National Civil Space
Program" (NASA Special Committee on Space Technology), 1958-1959.
16-6
Reliabilityclippings, 1958-1959.
16-7
Correspondence, A-B, 1958-1960
16-8
Correspondence, C-D, 1958-1960.
16-9
Correspondence, E-F, 1958-1960.
16-10
Correspondence, G-H, 1958-1960.
16-11
Flight Safety Foundation, 1958-1960.
16-12
InstrumentationJoseph Walker paper, letter, 1958-1960.
16-13
Telephone calls, 1958-1960.
16-14
Fires, 1958-1962.
16-15
Speeches, writings, miscellaneous articles, 1958-1963.
16-16
Alford, Williamdeath, 1959.
16-17
American Rocket Society, 1959.
16-18
Barbour Awardnotices, 1959.
16-19
Bomarc and Nike Hercules missiles/air defense, 1959.
16-20
Boundary layer control, 1959.
16-21
Daily log, 1959.
16-22
Events for, August 15-21, 1959.
16-23
Flight Safety Foundationmemo, bulletins, corresondence,
1959.
16-24
Flight Safety Foundationnotices and correspondence,
1959.
16-25
Glennan, T. Keithaddress, Republic Research Center,
June 18, 1959.
16-26
Jet Propulsion Labcontractors meeting, August 21, 1959.
16-27
Johns Hopkins engineersJoseph Truman Thompson Fund and
Abel Wolman Fund, 1959.
16-28
Mercury ProjectCongressional reports, 1959.
16-29
Official visit to AFMTC; fiscal year 1960 memorandums,
August 15, 1959.
16-30
NASAcontract cuts, 1959.
16-31
NASA statementresearch with British scientists, 1959.
16-32
"The Pilot's Role in Space Flight" (Westbrook),
1959.
16-33
"The Problem of Escape from Satellite Vehicles"
(Carter and Huff), 1959.
16-34
Satellite payloadsummary and correspondence, 1959.
16-35
SLV-6progress report #3, 1959.
16-36
SLV-7progress report, 1959.
16-37
"Spotlight on Safety" (Harris), 1959.
16-38
Thor (XSM-75) missile, c.1959.
16-39
Vanguard Thor-Ablememo and correspondence, 1959.
16-40
Atlantic missile range operations office, 1959-1960.
16-41
Flight safety"Safety in the Jet Age"
(Harris), 1959-1960.
16-42
Symposiuminstruments, 1959-1960.
16-43
Travel, 1959-1960.
17-1
American Airlines accidentLaguardia, 1959-1961.
17-2
Fire, 1959-1963.
17-3
Miscellaneous NASA publications, 1959-1972.
17-4
"The Accident Investigator's View" (Tweedie),
1960.
17-5
AGARDParis, 1960.
17-6
Calendar, 1960.
17-7
Cleveland Hopkins Airport-crash and rescue
operationscorrespondence, 1960.
17-8
Crash safety of kerosene vs. aviation grade gasoline, 1960.
17-9
Helicopter accidentChicago, 1960.
17-10
Northwest Airlines accident, 1960.
17-11
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1960.
17-12
"Reliability and Murphy's Law" (Burch); Office of
Reliability and Systems Analysis, 1960.
17-13
"Satellite Instrumentation for Measurement of the Thermal
Radiation Budget of the Earth" (Sucmi and Parent), c.1960.
17-14
U.S. Air Force safety congress, first annual, 1960.
17-15
Foreign accidents, 1960-1961.
17-16
Insurance, 1960-1961.
17-17
Lockheed Electra crashes, 1960-1961.
17-18
Lockheed Electrameetings, 1960-1961.
17-19 to 17-20 (2
folders)
Mid-air collision between TWA Constellation and United DC-8, Staten
Island, NY, 1960-1961.
18-1
Sabena Airlines crash, 1960-1961.
18-2
SCAT (Speed Condition-Approach/Takeoff), 1960-1961.
18-3
Arctic-Pacific Inc., crashToledo, Ohio, 1960-1962.
18-4 to 18-5 (2
folders)
Lockheed Electra crashBoston, 1960-1962.
18-6
Reimbursement vouchers, 1960-1962.
18-7
UAL-TWA collisionNew York, 1960-1962.
18-8
Notes and correspondence re: talks, 1960-1963.
18-9
DC-8, c.1960-1964.
18-10
Miscellaneous notes, 1960-1964.
18-11
Gough, Melvinbiographical information, 1960-1965.
18-12
Miscellaneous photographs, 1960-1969.
18-13 to 18-14, 19-1 to 19-2 (4
folders)
Miscellaneous publications, c.1960-1969.
19-3
Altimetercorrespondence and articles, 1961.
19-4
American Airlines Electra accidents, 1959 and 1961, 1961.
19-5
Calendar, 1961.
19-6
Collisions, 1961.
19-7
Delta Airlines flight 744, Jacksonville, Florida, December 2, 1961.
19-8
"Fatal Airline Accident InvestigationsHuman
Factors Team Approach" (Hopper), 1961.
19-9
Fiat G91 crash investigation, 1961.
19-10
Fiat G91 flight testing, 1961.
19-11
Lockheed Super-Constellation aircraft HK-177Report of
inquiries and transcription of hearings partial, 1961.
19-12
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1961.
19-13
"A Scientist Looks at Religion" (Dryden), 1961.
19-14
United Airlines DC-8 accident, Denver, July 11, 1961
correspondence, 1961.
19-15
VTOL-STOLreports, 1961.
19-16
"Women in Space," 1961.
19-17
Boundary layer control, 1961-1962.
19-18 to 19-19 (2
folders)
Civil Aeronautics Boardaccident files, 1961-1962.
20-1
Correspondence and notes, 1961-1962.
20-2
Fire and fuel, 1961-1962.
20-3
Military accidents, 1961-1962.
20-4
Speeches, 1961-1962.
20-5
United Airlines DC-8 accident, Denver, Colorado, July 11,
1961reports and photos, 1961-1962.
20-6
Variation and flutter, 1961-1962.
20-7
Fuels, 1961-1963.
20-8
Hazard properties of aviation fuels, 1961-1963.
20-9
Address to sixth IATA Public Relations Conference (Gough), 1962.
20-10
Altimeter research, 1962.
20-11 to 20-13 (3
folders)
American Airlines Boeing 707 accident, Jamaica Bay, Long Island,
1962.
20-14
Angle-of-attackcorrespondence, 1962.
20-15
Arresting gear, 1962.
20-16
Calendar, 1962.
20-17
Fire, 1962.
20-18
"Methodology and Patterns of Research in Aircraft
Accidents" (Lederer), 1962.
20-19
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1962.
20-20
"Trends in Modern Aircraft Accident Investigation"
(Gough), 1962.
20-21
Lightning, 1962.
20-22
Haldeman, Georgecorrespondence, 1962-1964.
20-23
Personnel, c.1962-1969.
20-24
Tires and runways, 1962-1963.
20-25
ConsultantsSoule, Sanders, 1962-1965.
20-26
Boundary layer control, 1963.
20-27
15th Annual National Aerospace Electronics Conference, 1963.
20-28
Flying in turbulence, c.1963.
20-29
Flying qualities of modern light planes, 1963.
20-30
Institute of Science and Technology Navigation and Guidance
Laboratorymeeting summary, 1963.
20-31
Manned spacecraftreliability and quality control,
1963.
20-32
Speech by Addison M. Rothrock, at AIAA Space Flight Testing
Conference, Cocoa Beach, Florida, March 18-20,
1963.
20-33
Vortac, 1963.
20-34
Vortex, 1963.
20-35
Severe turbulence operations testingarticles, reports,
flight record data, 1963-1964.
21-1
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1963.
21-2
Mohawk Airlines Flight 112accident, 1963.
21-3
NASA-DOD-FAA SST program coordination statement, 1963.
21-4
NWA airplane accident, Miami, Florida, February 2,
1963correspondence, 1963.
21-5
Special Conference on General Aviation Safety, April 25, 1963.
21-6
Angle-of-attack, 1963-1965.
21-7
B-58 accidents, 1964.
21-8
Correspondence, notesMobile, Alabama, 1964.
21-9
F-105 problems and findingstranscript, 1964.
21-10
Kenyon EnterprisesPilot Orientation Instrument, 1964.
21-11
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1964.
21-12
Paul Rosenbergphysics consultant, 1964.
21-13 to 21-14 (2
folders)
Republic Aviation, 1964.
21-15
Specialties Inc., Chromosorter Web Scanner, 1964.
21-16
Specialties Inc., Flight tests of angle-of-attack transmitter casod
[1961-1963], 1964.
21-17
Turbojet incidents and accidents, 1964.
21-18
Turbulence, 1964.
21-19
Severe turbulence operations testingcorrespondence,
1964-1965.
21-20
X-15 research, 1964-1967.
21-21
Douglas C-133, 1965.
21-22
Flight Safety Foundation report, "Loss of Control of
Swept-Wing Aircraft," 1965.
21-23
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1965.
21-24
Paradise Airlines Lockheed Constellation accident, Zephyr Cove,
Nevada, 1965.
21-25
"Qualitative Stability and Control-Reevaluation of a C- 133A
Aircraft" (Johnson and Benfield), 1965.
21-26
"Questions"notebook, 1965.
22-1
"Survey of Ocurrences Involving Loss of Control of
Swept-Wing Aircraft" (Project "Upset"), 1965.
22-2
Edwardsaccidents, c.1965-1966.
22-3
C-133 airplane, 1965-1967.
22-4
NASA flight research center 258-3311-Extension 211 NAS 4-866,
1965-1967.
22-5
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1966.
22-6
NASA employment, 1966.
22-7
NASA Research Advisory Committee on Aircraft Operating Problems,
1966.
22-8
"Numerical Safety Goals" (Steiglitz), 1966.
22-9 to 22-11 (3
folders)
Flight recorders, c.1966-1967.
22-12
Total inflight simulation, 1966-1971.
22-13
Apollo accidentclippings, articles, 1967.
22-14
Aviation Aircraft accidentsstudy, 1967.
22-15
DC-7, 1967.
22-16
Douglas C-133, 1967-1968.
22-17
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1967.
22-18
Pacific Airlines accident, Danville, California, May 7, 1964,
1967-1968.
22-19
Stack, John, 1967-1968.
22-20 to 22-21 (2
folders)
Society of Experimental Test Pilots, 1967-1973.
22-22
Economic and Governmental Impact on Safety, 1968.
22-23
Litton Industriesconsulting contract, 1968.
22-24
Manned space flight safety program, 1968.
22-25
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1968.
22-26
Balloon Platforms, AFCambridge Research Labs, 1969.
22-27
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1969.
22-28
Value Engineering Co. services, Alexandria, Virginia, 1969.
22-29
Other jobs, 1970.
22-30
Prospective team jobs for NASA, August
1970.
22-31
Concorde test flight, 1971.
22-32
George HaldemanSST aircraft, 1971.
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Gilruth, Robert R. (Robert Rowe), 1913-
- Gough, Melvin N. (Melvin Neilson), 1906-1994
- Kraft, Christopher C.
- Soule, Hartley A. (Hartley Akin), 1904-1988