Air Ministry

The Air Ministry was created to oversee the formation of the Royal Air Force an amalgamation of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service. As well as overseeing and managing the affairs of the Royal Air Force it also issued specifications for aircraft to aircraft companies. The prototype aircraft would be tested by the Ministry who would then assigned it with a name.

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Papers, reports and other ephemeral material regarding the development of equipment, vehicles and environments for the purposes of space travel with particular interest in pressure and thermal protection.

Research and Development for the British Space Programme
Collection consisting of a series of photographic prints and information sheets about early aircraft and Rolls-Royce engines for early aircraft produced by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, the Fairey Aviation Company, Bleriot, and Vickers Ltd. The photographs feature aircraft built for military service in World War One and World War Two, as well as the inter-war period. Some of the photographs are later copies of earlier images. The collection also includes a photograph album of the Blackpool Works of Vickers-Armstrong under construction and information sheets about the history of Bristol Aircraft and Rolls-Royce.

Collection of Photographs of Early Aircraft and Information Sheets
A collection of papers and technical reports relating to the development of space vehicles, clothing and equipment, particularly on combating the temperature and pressure conditions in space by adapting and creating new pressure suits and pressurised cabin environments.

Other Papers and Reports
A collection of notes and handbooks relating to wireless and telegraphy training carried out at HMS Victory VI training establishment based at Crystal Palace, London. The collection also includes notes relating to an apprenticeship in Aero Engineering undertaken by Mr Beattie in 1921, and a copy of the Pilot's Notes for the Anson I aircraft, with a dried maple leaf enclosed, 1948.

Notes and handbooks relating to wireless and telegraphy training
Collection of technical drawings, and manuals relating to the AVRO Shackleton and the AVRO Vulcan

Technical material relating to AVRO aircraft
2 manuals relating to Rolls-Royce engines and aviation.

Rolls-Royce and aviation manuals
Air Navigation, vols 1 and 2. Royal Air Force, Air Ministry, London 1944 and 1952.

RAF Air navigation books
Collection of papers consisting of: Flight log related to commercial flights taken by Anthony Heap between 1964-1971 Ministry of Civil Aviation, Report on Accident Investigation Procedure Cmd.7564 Nov 1948 International Register Review 1975-1976 Air Ministry, Air Navigation Directions (A.N.D.9) Air Ministry, Notice to Aircraft Owners and Ground Engineers, 1934-1939 Air Ministry, List of Firms 1932 Air Ministry, Airworthiness Handbook 1932-1933

Collection of Papers relating to Aviation
The flight logs document the types of aircraft the pilots flew during their miltary and civilian careers as test pilots. They include details of the flights of various new types of aircraft being developed at AVRO, including Vulcan and prototypes. Amongst the other papers are various publications produced by the Air Ministry and War Office. Photographic prints in the collection show various types of miltary aircraft, including the prototypes being tested. There are a number of photographs taken during the course of the careers of the individual pilots at various locations both during and after the Second World War.

Collection of Test Pilots' Flying Log Books and Other Documents
Papers, reports, notes and plans on the research and development of a full pressure suit by P. Frankenstein and Sons Ltd.

Research and Development for a Full Pressure Suit
Five publications relating to aviation including brochure for the De Havilland Dragon Rapide (1937), notes and instructions relating to the Bristol Hercules Engine, and The Air Ministry Account of Bomber Command's Offensive Against the Axis (1941).

Books relating to flight engines and aircraft

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