Smith, Apollo Milton Olin (A. M. O.), 1911-1997 Search this
Names:
Smith, Apollo Milton Olin (A. M. O.), 1911-1997 Search this
Extent:
1.09 Cubic feet ((1 records center box))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Drawings
Photographs
Publications
Date:
1935-1981
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of the significant writings of Smith, including writings relating to his contributions to boundary layer theory. The collection also includes Smith's notebooks and related photographs of his post-World War II on-site appraisal of Nazi aeronautical developments.
Biographical / Historical:
Apollo Milton Olin Smith (1911-1997), an aircraft designer and engineer known as 'AMO' for most of his life, was born in Columbia, Missouri. He began constructing gliders in high school and earned Masters Degrees in both Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering from Caltech in 1938. After graduation, he began work for Douglas Aircraft, where he was to be employed until his retirement in 1975. His work for Douglas included wind tunnel testing of the A-20 bomber, performance analysis of the DC-5 and aerodynamic design of the A-26 light bomber. During a leave of absence from Douglas, he served as first chief engineer of the Aerojet Co. Smith's work in aerodynamics led to his participation in an important post-World War II mission to Germany, which revealed that country's developments in swept-wing design. AMO Smith's subsequent research would make him a leader in aerodynamics, especially regarding his contributions to boundary layer theory. He was the recipient of many honors and awards during his lifetime and was responsible for advances in research involving the use of rocket motors to assist takeoff (JATO) and the design of the D-558 Phase 1 airplane and the F4D Skyray.
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Captured German Aeronautical Documents (CGD) Microfilm
Extent:
7 Microfilm reels
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Microfilm reels
Microfilms
Date:
1945-1946
Summary:
Collection of microfilmed translations of captured German documents mainly relating to supersonic research, swept-back wings, jet-propulsion, patents, explosives, ballistics, missiles, compressors, and other aeronautical subjects.
Scope and Contents:
This collection is an incomplete set of microfilmed translations of captured German documents mainly relating to supersonic research, swept-back wings, jet-propulsion, patents, explosives, ballistics, missiles, compressors, and other aeronautical subjects. This set contains rolls 1, 3-4, 6, 8-9, and 14.
Note: The digital images in this finding aid were repurposed from scans made by an outside contractor for a commercial product and may show irregular cropping and orientation in addition to color variations resulting from damage to and deterioration of the original objects.
Arrangement:
Documents are filmed in Army Air Forces Air Technical Services Command (AAF ATSC) Translation File Number order. Files numbers are in the form "CGD-#".
Biographical / Historical:
In the final days of World War II, the advancing Allied armies captured a large number of documents from the German and Japanese governments. These documents were taken to various sites in Europe and the United States for evaluation and appraisal. Those documents considered valuable were microfilmed for preservation.
Abbreviations:
AAF -- [United States] Army Air Forces
ADRC -- Air Document Research Center, USSTAF (later T-2)
AEL -- Aeronautical Engine Laboratory, Bureau of Aeronautics, United States Navy
ATSC -- Air Technical Service Command, United States Army Air Forces
AVA Göttingen -- Aerodynamische Versuchsanstalt Göttingen E.V.
BuAer -- Bureau of Aeronautics, United States Navy
BuOrd -- Bureau of Ordnance, United States Navy
BuShips -- Bureau of Ships, United States Navy
DAL -- Deutsche Akademie für Luftfahrtforschung [German Academy for Aeronautical Research]
DFS -- Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Segelflug "Ernst Udet" [Ernst Udet German Glider Research Institute]
DVL -- Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt E.V. [German Avaition Research Institute]
FB -- Forschungsbericht [Research Report]
FKFS -- Forschungsinstitut für Kraftfahrwesen und Fahrzeugmotoren Stuttgart [Research Institute of Automotive Engineering and Vehicle Engines Stuttgart]
GDV -- Gasdynamische Versuchsanstalt [Gas Dynamics Research Institute]
HVP -- Heeres Versuchsanstalt Peenemünde [Army Experimental Institute, Peenemünde]
KWIS -- Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Strömungsforschung [Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Flow Research]
LFA -- Luftfahrtforschungsanstalt Hermann Göring E.V. [Hermann Göring Aviation Research Institute]
NAA -- North American Aviation
NavOrd -- Bureau of Ordnance, United States Navy
NavShips -- Bureau of Ships, United States Navy
NOL -- Naval Ordnance Laboratory, United States Navy
ONI -- Office of Naval Intelligence, United States Navy
UM -- Untersuchungen und Mitteilungen [Investigations and Communications]
USSTAF -- United States Strategic and Tactical Air Forces, United States Army Air Forces
VDE -- Verband Deutscher Elektrotechniker [Association of German Electrical Engineers]
VDM -- Vereingte Deutsche Metallwerke
WAC -- Wright Aeronautical Corporation
WVA -- Wasserbau-Versuchsanstalt [Hydraulics Research Institute]
ZWB -- Zentrale für wissenschaftliches Berichtswesen der Luftfahrtforschung des Generalluftzeugmeisters [Central Office for Scientific Reporting of Aviation Research]
Provenance:
United States Navy?, unknown, unknown, XXXX.0408, unknown
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
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This collection consists of an five days of interview by Russell Lee with Dr. Karl Nickel, and his wife, Guinilde, who was the sister of Reimar and Walter Horten.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of an interview by Russell Lee with Dr. Karl Nickel, and his wife, Guinilde, who was the sister of Reimar and Walter Horten. The collection consists of five days of interviews [conducted October 4-8, 2005], recorded on eight cassette tapes, as well as Lee's handwritten notes for each tape. The interview discussed the Hortens and their swept-wing aircraft designs, and was used in Lee's 2011 book, Only the Wing: Reimar Horten's Epic Quest to Stabilize and Control the All-wing Aircraft .
Arrangement:
Chronological order.
Biographical / Historical:
Dr. Karl Nickel (1924-2009), best known for his work with interval mathematics computations, began his academic career with work on the solution of aerodynamic problems and boundary layer theory. During the 1940s, Nickel worked for Reimer and Walter Horten, the designers and builders of swept-wing aircraft, as a mathematician. Nickel also sampled the prone layout of the Horten III-f, which he flew in 1944. After World War II, Nickel received his Diploma in Mathematics from Gottingen University in 1948 and his Doctor of Mathematics from the Universities of Tubingen and Stuttgart in 1949. From 1951-1955 Nickel was employed in aircraft design in Argentina. In the mid-1950s, Nickel returned to Germany where he served as a professor of applied mathematics at the University of Karlsruhe and the University of Freiburg.
Provenance:
Russell Lee, Gift, 2018, NASM.2018.0058
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
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.
[Technical reports on air traffic control, the H/D climb and descent system, aircraft climbing rates, and stalling characteristics of swept wing aircraft]
Author:
Australia Department of Civil Aviation Search this
German development of the swept wing : 1935-1945 / edited by Hans-Ulrich Meier ; with contributions from Burghard Ciesla ... [et al.] ; translated by Egon Stanewsky
