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Box 20

 Container

Contains 31 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

Individual Flight Report, Longitudinal Static Stability, T-38A/68-8154, January 14, 1976

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 8, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 14, Item 4

Individual Flight Report, Lateral - Directional Stability, T-38A/68-8153, January 30 and February 2, 1976

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 8, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 14, Item 5

Individual Flight Report, Dynamic Stability, T-38A/68-8153, February 27, 1976

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 8, Item: 6
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 14, Item 6

The Society of Experimental Test Pilots, 1965 Report to the Aerospace Profession, , September 24 and 25, 1965

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 9
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 15
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series includes materials documenting Jerry Ross' coursework at Purdue University, including ROTC training and certificate of meritorious achievement - "Outstanding Basic Cadet" award, a two page reflection on "My Career in the Air Force;" reports and research material from his master's thesis, and training material from Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Air Force Base. Ross' United States Air Force special orders and documents are included, along with a few Air Force training items....
Dates: September 24 and 25, 1965

The Society of Experimental Test Pilots, 1975 Report to the Aerospace Profession, , September 24-27, 1975

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 16
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series includes materials documenting Jerry Ross' coursework at Purdue University, including ROTC training and certificate of meritorious achievement - "Outstanding Basic Cadet" award, a two page reflection on "My Career in the Air Force;" reports and research material from his master's thesis, and training material from Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Air Force Base. Ross' United States Air Force special orders and documents are included, along with a few Air Force training items....
Dates: September 24-27, 1975

"Letter Report," T-43A Limited Systems Evaluation, July 1976; Pilot Rating Scale and Handling Qualities Rating Scale, 1976

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 11
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 17
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series includes materials documenting Jerry Ross' coursework at Purdue University, including ROTC training and certificate of meritorious achievement - "Outstanding Basic Cadet" award, a two page reflection on "My Career in the Air Force;" reports and research material from his master's thesis, and training material from Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Air Force Base. Ross' United States Air Force special orders and documents are included, along with a few Air Force training items....
Dates: 1976

Design MACH 23 (includes speech notes) , circa 1976

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 12
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 18
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series includes materials documenting Jerry Ross' coursework at Purdue University, including ROTC training and certificate of meritorious achievement - "Outstanding Basic Cadet" award, a two page reflection on "My Career in the Air Force;" reports and research material from his master's thesis, and training material from Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Air Force Base. Ross' United States Air Force special orders and documents are included, along with a few Air Force training items....
Dates: circa 1976

Aircraft Crash Grid Map, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio , 1971

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 27
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: 1971

Folder with "LA - Killebrew" and notations on cover, Dynamics information, slides and speech inside, circa 1976

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 4
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 30
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: circa 1976

Folder labeled, "ME 500", circa 1975

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 31
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: circa 1975

National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics, Report 1135, Equations, Tables, And Charts For Compressible Flow, by Ames Research Staff (“Ross” printed on cover), 1953

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 5, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 31, 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: 1953

Individual Flight Report, Stabilized Level Turn Performance, (RF-4C/64-1007) Jerry L. Ross, Capt. United States Air Force, Project Engineer, Class 75-B, November 12, 1975

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 5, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 31, 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: November 12, 1975

Level Acceleration and Sawtooth Climb Standard Parameters, circa 1975

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 5, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 31, 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: circa 1975

Performance Program, circa 1975

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 5, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 31, 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: circa 1975

Steady State Performance With Parameters, circa 1975

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 5, Item: 5
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 3, Sub-Series 1, Sub-Group 3, File 31, 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: circa 1975

Folder labeled, "ME 500" , circa 1975

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 12

Various Test Flight materials and student flight records, circa 1975

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 6, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 12, Item 2

Folder labeled, "ME 500", circa 1975

 File — Box: 20, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 13

T-33A Limited Stability And Control Test Plan, December 1974

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 7, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 13, Item 1

Thermodynamics Review, United States Air Force Test Pilot School, circa 1974

 Item — Box: 20, Folder: 7, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 283, Series 2, Sub-Series 3, File 13, Item 2