The Reference Library
A collection of esoteric, odd, and sometimes a bit unusual set of unrelated reference documents - click on the document to be taken to the text.
New items are being uploaded on a regular basis - so check back often. Enjoy.
Aircraft Accident Report: Airlift International, Douglas DC-7C - 12 September 1966, Tachikawa Air Base, Japan. Source: NTSB
(Aviation in the) Belgian Congo. NACA Technical Memorandum - July 1922. Source: Central Intelligence Agency FOIA Reading Room
Bell OH-58, Procurement, Modification and Use - 12 August 1982. Source: U.S. GAO
Condensed Data on the Aircraft Engines of the World - April 1929. Source: NASA/NACA
Congo - USAF Airlift into the Heart of Darkness - 1960-1978. Source: Central Intelligence Agency FOIA Reading Room
Consolidated B-36 Peacemaker - A Look Back. Source: AFMC History & Heritage Program
Convair B-58 Hustler As A Missile Launcher. Date Unknown. Source: Central Intelligence Agency FOIA Reading Room
(The) Fighter Interceptor Force - 1962-1964. Air Defense Command Historical Study No. 27. Source: Defense Technical Information Center
(Grumman) OV-1 (Mohawk) Mishap Experience Report. Source: United States Army Agency For Aviation Safety, Fort Rucker, AL
Latin America - Acquisition of Air Bases in Latin America - June 1939 to June 1943. U. S. Air Force Historical Study No. 63. Source: USAF Historical Division
Latin America - Civil Aviation Development - April 1950. Source: U.S. State Department Archives
Landing Fields in the State of Florida (Aeronautical Bulletin) - February 1925. National Archives and Records Administration
Lockheed U-2R Carrier Suitability Tests on Land - August 1969. Source: Central Intelligence Agency FOIA Reading Room
NACA Aircraft Circular # 79. Sikorsky Type S-38 (1928). Source: NASA Archives
NACA Aircraft Circular # 151. Breguet Type 33 (1931). Source: NASA Archives
NASA - User Guide for NASA/Lewis DC-9 Reduced Gravity Aircraft Program. Source: NASA Archives
More Documents Below …
NASA’s Douglas DC-9-31F airliner, used as a zero-gravity research aircraft. It was in the NASA fleet from 1995 through 1997. Photo: NASA Archives
Naval Aeronautics Organization for Fiscal Year 1923. Source: Naval History and Heritage Command. To visit the NHHC website, please click HERE.
Soviet Aviation: Provocative Equipment and Blackmail - Roles of U.S. Aerial Reconnaissance. 5 December 1957. Source: Central Intelligence Agency FOIA Reading Room
United States Air Force - The Air Force Reserve in Vietnam, by Gerald T. Cantwell. Source: Air Force Reserve History Program
United States Marine Corps - Marine Aviation, Flying Leathernecks - 1992. Source: United Stated Marine Corps
Great photo: A Cessna amphib parked at the Old Chevak field site on the Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge - 2006. This bird was used by the Division of Migratory Bird Management for waterfowl monitoring and research. N728 - A Cessna 206G - is still operational with the Department of the Interior, and is based on Boise, Idaho. Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
