American Helicopter Society Collection
Display Status:
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Started in 1943, the American Helicopter Society (AHS) is an international technical society for engineers, scientists and others working on vertical flight technology.
Identifier
NASM.2003.0040
Creator
American Helicopter Society
Date
bulk 1905-1990
Provenance
AHS International / M. E. Flater, Gift, 2003
Extent
5 Cubic feet ((7 boxes))
Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Copy negatives
Motion pictures (visual works)
Technical manuals
Technical reports
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of 333 copy negatives, 51 motion picture films, and publications, including manuals, reports, studies, thesis, and lectures, all relating to the various aspects of helicopters. The 333 copy negatives are from the following work: Rotary-Wing Aircraft Handbooks and History, a series of 18 Volumes, edited by E. K. Liberatore, Prewitt Aircraft Co. This work was prepared for the Wright Air Development Center, Air Research and Development Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, circa 1954..
Genre/Form
Copy negatives
Motion pictures (visual works)
Technical manuals -- 20th century
Technical reports
Rights
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Creator
American Helicopter Society
Topic
Aeronautics
Helicopters
Citation
American Helicopter Society Collection, Accession 2003-0040, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
