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Box 17

 Container

Contains 42 Collections and/or Records:

Professional Career, 1951 - 2013

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Jerry L. Ross papers document Ross' student life at Purdue, his test flight engineer work, and NASA career as an engineer and astronaut. The collection includes Purdue coursework and memorabilia; papers from Ross' work at Edwards Air Force Base, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, and Test Pilot School; NASA Space Shuttle training, mission documents and mission related scrapbooks, memorabilia, and flight crew films and interviews, along with documents and maps from Ross' work on Space Shuttle...
Dates: 1951 - 2013

Air Force Active Duty and Test Pilot School, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and Edwards Air Force Base, 1951 - 1978

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents This sub-series covers the time Ross was in test pilot school, and includes his flight test engineer training course application, Air Force active duty documents and test pilot course material. Also included are student flight records and checklists for T-33, F-4, O-2A and RF-4C and a flight test engineering handbook, Ramjet propulsion documents and research, overhead sled testing/MACH transparencies, "Design MACH 23" and speech notes, and Society of Experimental Test Pilot Reports to the...
Dates: 1951 - 1978

Jerry L. Ross papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSA 283
Scope and Contents The Jerry L. Ross papers document Ross' student life at Purdue, his test flight engineer work, and NASA career as an engineer and astronaut. The collection includes Purdue coursework and memorabilia; papers from Ross' work at Edwards Air Force Base, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, and Test Pilot School; NASA Space Shuttle training, mission documents and mission related scrapbooks, memorabilia, and flight crew films and interviews, along with documents and maps from Ross' work on Space Shuttle...
Dates: 1940 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1970 - 2000

Introduction to Stability Flight Test Techniques, 1974

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 17, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 8, Item 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series covers the time Ross was in test pilot school, and includes his flight test engineer training course application, Air Force active duty documents and test pilot course material. Also included are student flight records and checklists for T-33, F-4, O-2A and RF-4C and a flight test engineering handbook, Ramjet propulsion documents and research, overhead sled testing/MACH transparencies, "Design MACH 23" and speech notes, and Society of Experimental Test Pilot Reports to the...
Dates: 1974

Stalls, 1974

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 17, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 8, Item 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series covers the time Ross was in test pilot school, and includes his flight test engineer training course application, Air Force active duty documents and test pilot course material. Also included are student flight records and checklists for T-33, F-4, O-2A and RF-4C and a flight test engineering handbook, Ramjet propulsion documents and research, overhead sled testing/MACH transparencies, "Design MACH 23" and speech notes, and Society of Experimental Test Pilot Reports to the...
Dates: 1974

Longitudinal Static Stability, 1974

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 17, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 8, Item 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series covers the time Ross was in test pilot school, and includes his flight test engineer training course application, Air Force active duty documents and test pilot course material. Also included are student flight records and checklists for T-33, F-4, O-2A and RF-4C and a flight test engineering handbook, Ramjet propulsion documents and research, overhead sled testing/MACH transparencies, "Design MACH 23" and speech notes, and Society of Experimental Test Pilot Reports to the...
Dates: 1974

Table of Contents and Post-Stall/Spin Flight Test Techniques, 1974

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 17, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 8, Item 4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series covers the time Ross was in test pilot school, and includes his flight test engineer training course application, Air Force active duty documents and test pilot course material. Also included are student flight records and checklists for T-33, F-4, O-2A and RF-4C and a flight test engineering handbook, Ramjet propulsion documents and research, overhead sled testing/MACH transparencies, "Design MACH 23" and speech notes, and Society of Experimental Test Pilot Reports to the...
Dates: 1974

Maneuverability, 1974

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 17, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 8, Item 5
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series covers the time Ross was in test pilot school, and includes his flight test engineer training course application, Air Force active duty documents and test pilot course material. Also included are student flight records and checklists for T-33, F-4, O-2A and RF-4C and a flight test engineering handbook, Ramjet propulsion documents and research, overhead sled testing/MACH transparencies, "Design MACH 23" and speech notes, and Society of Experimental Test Pilot Reports to the...
Dates: 1974

Trim Changes, 1974

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 17, Item: 6
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 8, Item 6
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series covers the time Ross was in test pilot school, and includes his flight test engineer training course application, Air Force active duty documents and test pilot course material. Also included are student flight records and checklists for T-33, F-4, O-2A and RF-4C and a flight test engineering handbook, Ramjet propulsion documents and research, overhead sled testing/MACH transparencies, "Design MACH 23" and speech notes, and Society of Experimental Test Pilot Reports to the...
Dates: 1974

Lateral-Directional Flight Tests, 1974

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 17, Item: 7
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 8, Item 7
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series covers the time Ross was in test pilot school, and includes his flight test engineer training course application, Air Force active duty documents and test pilot course material. Also included are student flight records and checklists for T-33, F-4, O-2A and RF-4C and a flight test engineering handbook, Ramjet propulsion documents and research, overhead sled testing/MACH transparencies, "Design MACH 23" and speech notes, and Society of Experimental Test Pilot Reports to the...
Dates: 1974

Engine-Out Operation, 1974

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 17, Item: 8
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 8, Item 8
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series covers the time Ross was in test pilot school, and includes his flight test engineer training course application, Air Force active duty documents and test pilot course material. Also included are student flight records and checklists for T-33, F-4, O-2A and RF-4C and a flight test engineering handbook, Ramjet propulsion documents and research, overhead sled testing/MACH transparencies, "Design MACH 23" and speech notes, and Society of Experimental Test Pilot Reports to the...
Dates: 1974

Dynamic Stability, 1974

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 17, Item: 9
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 8, Item 9
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series covers the time Ross was in test pilot school, and includes his flight test engineer training course application, Air Force active duty documents and test pilot course material. Also included are student flight records and checklists for T-33, F-4, O-2A and RF-4C and a flight test engineering handbook, Ramjet propulsion documents and research, overhead sled testing/MACH transparencies, "Design MACH 23" and speech notes, and Society of Experimental Test Pilot Reports to the...
Dates: 1974

Qualitative Flight Testing, 1974

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 1, Item: 10
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 8, Item 10
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series covers the time Ross was in test pilot school, and includes his flight test engineer training course application, Air Force active duty documents and test pilot course material. Also included are student flight records and checklists for T-33, F-4, O-2A and RF-4C and a flight test engineering handbook, Ramjet propulsion documents and research, overhead sled testing/MACH transparencies, "Design MACH 23" and speech notes, and Society of Experimental Test Pilot Reports to the...
Dates: 1974

Course material binder; Stability and Control, Volume II of II, Stability and Control Flight Test Theory, United States Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California, July 1974

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 9
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series covers the time Ross was in test pilot school, and includes his flight test engineer training course application, Air Force active duty documents and test pilot course material. Also included are student flight records and checklists for T-33, F-4, O-2A and RF-4C and a flight test engineering handbook, Ramjet propulsion documents and research, overhead sled testing/MACH transparencies, "Design MACH 23" and speech notes, and Society of Experimental Test Pilot Reports to the...
Dates: July 1974

Table of Contents and Differential Equations, 1974

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 2, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 9, Item 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series covers the time Ross was in test pilot school, and includes his flight test engineer training course application, Air Force active duty documents and test pilot course material. Also included are student flight records and checklists for T-33, F-4, O-2A and RF-4C and a flight test engineering handbook, Ramjet propulsion documents and research, overhead sled testing/MACH transparencies, "Design MACH 23" and speech notes, and Society of Experimental Test Pilot Reports to the...
Dates: 1974

Course material binder; Stability and Control, Volume II of II, Stability and Control Flight Test Theory, United States Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California, July 1974

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 3
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 10
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series covers the time Ross was in test pilot school, and includes his flight test engineer training course application, Air Force active duty documents and test pilot course material. Also included are student flight records and checklists for T-33, F-4, O-2A and RF-4C and a flight test engineering handbook, Ramjet propulsion documents and research, overhead sled testing/MACH transparencies, "Design MACH 23" and speech notes, and Society of Experimental Test Pilot Reports to the...
Dates: July 1974

Equations of Motion, 1974

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 3, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 10, Item 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series covers the time Ross was in test pilot school, and includes his flight test engineer training course application, Air Force active duty documents and test pilot course material. Also included are student flight records and checklists for T-33, F-4, O-2A and RF-4C and a flight test engineering handbook, Ramjet propulsion documents and research, overhead sled testing/MACH transparencies, "Design MACH 23" and speech notes, and Society of Experimental Test Pilot Reports to the...
Dates: 1974

Course material binder; Stability and Control, Volume II of II, Stability and Control Flight Test Theory, United States Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California, July 1974

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 11
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series covers the time Ross was in test pilot school, and includes his flight test engineer training course application, Air Force active duty documents and test pilot course material. Also included are student flight records and checklists for T-33, F-4, O-2A and RF-4C and a flight test engineering handbook, Ramjet propulsion documents and research, overhead sled testing/MACH transparencies, "Design MACH 23" and speech notes, and Society of Experimental Test Pilot Reports to the...
Dates: July 1974

Longitudinal Static Stability, July 1974

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 4, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 11, Item 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series covers the time Ross was in test pilot school, and includes his flight test engineer training course application, Air Force active duty documents and test pilot course material. Also included are student flight records and checklists for T-33, F-4, O-2A and RF-4C and a flight test engineering handbook, Ramjet propulsion documents and research, overhead sled testing/MACH transparencies, "Design MACH 23" and speech notes, and Society of Experimental Test Pilot Reports to the...
Dates: July 1974

Maneuverability , 1974

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 4, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 11, Item 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series covers the time Ross was in test pilot school, and includes his flight test engineer training course application, Air Force active duty documents and test pilot course material. Also included are student flight records and checklists for T-33, F-4, O-2A and RF-4C and a flight test engineering handbook, Ramjet propulsion documents and research, overhead sled testing/MACH transparencies, "Design MACH 23" and speech notes, and Society of Experimental Test Pilot Reports to the...
Dates: 1974

Lateral-Directional Static Stability, 1974

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 4, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 11, Item 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series covers the time Ross was in test pilot school, and includes his flight test engineer training course application, Air Force active duty documents and test pilot course material. Also included are student flight records and checklists for T-33, F-4, O-2A and RF-4C and a flight test engineering handbook, Ramjet propulsion documents and research, overhead sled testing/MACH transparencies, "Design MACH 23" and speech notes, and Society of Experimental Test Pilot Reports to the...
Dates: 1974

Course material binder; Stability and Control, Volume II of II, Stability and Control Flight Test Theory, United States Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, California, 1974

 File — Box: 17, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 12
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series covers the time Ross was in test pilot school, and includes his flight test engineer training course application, Air Force active duty documents and test pilot course material. Also included are student flight records and checklists for T-33, F-4, O-2A and RF-4C and a flight test engineering handbook, Ramjet propulsion documents and research, overhead sled testing/MACH transparencies, "Design MACH 23" and speech notes, and Society of Experimental Test Pilot Reports to the...
Dates: 1974

Comparison of Methods for Determining Damping Ratio and Undamped Natural Frequency From Flight Test Data, Prepared by Dennis C. McMaster (FTC-TIM-68-1002), January 1968

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 5, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 12, Item 1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series covers the time Ross was in test pilot school, and includes his flight test engineer training course application, Air Force active duty documents and test pilot course material. Also included are student flight records and checklists for T-33, F-4, O-2A and RF-4C and a flight test engineering handbook, Ramjet propulsion documents and research, overhead sled testing/MACH transparencies, "Design MACH 23" and speech notes, and Society of Experimental Test Pilot Reports to the...
Dates: January 1968

Dynamics, 1974

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 5, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 12, Item 2
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series covers the time Ross was in test pilot school, and includes his flight test engineer training course application, Air Force active duty documents and test pilot course material. Also included are student flight records and checklists for T-33, F-4, O-2A and RF-4C and a flight test engineering handbook, Ramjet propulsion documents and research, overhead sled testing/MACH transparencies, "Design MACH 23" and speech notes, and Society of Experimental Test Pilot Reports to the...
Dates: 1974

Post-Stall Gyrations/Spins, 1974

 Item — Box: 17, Folder: 5, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 12, Item 3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This sub-series covers the time Ross was in test pilot school, and includes his flight test engineer training course application, Air Force active duty documents and test pilot course material. Also included are student flight records and checklists for T-33, F-4, O-2A and RF-4C and a flight test engineering handbook, Ramjet propulsion documents and research, overhead sled testing/MACH transparencies, "Design MACH 23" and speech notes, and Society of Experimental Test Pilot Reports to the...
Dates: 1974