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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))

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

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..

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Restrictions

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Citation

American Helicopter Society Collection, Accession 2003-0040, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Aeronautics

Helicopters

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Copy negatives

Motion pictures (visual works)

Technical manuals

Technical reports