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Rolls-Royce and aviation manuals

0.3 linear metres

Technical material relating to AVRO aircraft

1 linear metre

Trade literature relating to Aviation

2 envelopes of photographs, 1 photograph album and 3 documents

Collection of Photographs of Early Aircraft and Information Sheets

2 items

RAF Air navigation books

5 items

Books relating to flight engines and aircraft

1 box containing 7 items

Collection of Papers relating to Aviation

2 photographic prints

Reconnaissance Photographs of the Möhne Dam

9 items

Booklets and scrapbooks on aviation

0.04 linear metres

Notes and handbooks relating to wireless and telegraphy training

9 items

Publications relating to Shackleton Aircraft

28 items

Frankenstein and Son's Development Papers

47 items

Research and Development for the British Space Programme

Black and white 6" x 8" photographic print featuring a Vickers Warwick II aircraft, shown from the side. The image is marked 'B 1/35' and 'Secret' on the reverse and has the reference number 10, 475.

Photograph of a Vickers Warwick II aircraft

Black and white 6" x 8" photographic print featuring a Vickers Warwick II aircraft on an airfield. The image is marked 'B 1/35' and 'Secret' on the reverse and has the reference number 10, 475B.

Photograph of a Vickers Warwick II aircraft

Pages from loose leaf manual AP2548A Vol 1: Chapter 2, Receivers types R1155.

Air Ministry communications manual

Air Ministry publication A.P 1730B Vol 1: Gun Sights

Air Ministry publication on aircraft gun sights

220

Publication - Griffon Mk. 57A and 58 Aero-Engine

4 packets

Set of Aircraft Recognition Silhouette Cards

20 lantern slides issued by the Air Ministry for training in aircraft recognition. Set No. 11, 1945

Air Ministry aircraft recognition slides

7 items

Other Papers on Full Pressure Suit Development

Includes two reports marked Confidential Flying Personnel Research Committee for the attention of Mr. W. Oldham. The first is a proposal to introduce pressure suits into the RAF written by Wing Commander H.L. Roxburgh and Squadron Leader D. G. V. Whittingham including specific details of recommended equipment. The second is a paper by Roxburgh and Squadron Leader J. Ernsting on the physical effects of pressurisation suits including some illustrative graphs and black and white photographs. Also includes a loose printed sheet of the Air Staff Policy for Full Pressure Suits.

Proposals for the Introduction of Pressure Suits into the Royal Airforce and The Physiology of Pressure Suits

A paper from the Flying Personnel Research Committee discussing the required conditions for thermal comfort including illustrative equations and graphs.

An Analysis of Environments Compatible with Thermal Comfort in Man

43 items

Research and Development for a Full Pressure Suit

9 items

File of photographic prints of Vickers aircraft

Air Ministry Certificate of Competency and Licence to Fly Private Flying Machines, issued to William Edwin Ogle-Skan, 1938.

Air Ministry private pilot's licence

Booklet containing operational details and procedures for pilots flying the Shackleton MK. I aircraft.

Pilot's Notes for Shackleton M.R. MK. I

Notes complementary to A.P. 2095 Pilot's Notes General and A.P. 2764 Flight Engineers.

Pilot's and Flight Engineer's Notes for Lancaster Mark I, III and X

17 items

Other Papers and Reports

A paper to be the basis of a new specification to assess the required conditions for thermal comfort in aircraft cabins including clothing and air insulation, humidity, globe temperature and solar radiation. Includes illustrative graphs.

Specification for Thermal Comfort in Aircraft Cabins