Box 1
Container
Contains 5 Collections and/or Records:
Articles , circa 1940s - 1948
Sub-Series — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 1, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Series one has a strong focus on the unique air safety contributions Johnson made to aviation and aeronautical engineering. Included
are Johnson's engineering drawings, papers he authored, various articles, biographical information, clippings, certificates, correspondence, manuals, memorandums, memoirs, "reading files," records, reports, and transcripts.Highlights of this series are Johnson's reports on "The National Army Air Maneuvers of 1931;" "Exposure - The Key to Flight...
Dates:
circa 1940s - 1948
Possibility of Increasing Airplane Utility by Use of the All Weather Landing Descent Test, circa 1940s
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 1
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 1
Scope and Contents
(Includes detailed letter from Ralph Johnson to W. C. Mentzer and R.D. Kelly.)
Dates:
circa 1940s
All Weather Flight Methods, written and directed by Ralph S. Johnson, Engineering Department of United Air Lines, United Air Lines Transport Corporation, May 2, 1941
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 2
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 2
Scope and Contents
(Script and dvd, b&w; sound; length: 37 minutes, 48 seconds; file size: 1.28 GB, plays with Windows Media Player, two copies.)
Dates:
May 2, 1941
Co-Ordination of Flight Deck Duties on Large Airplanes, by Ralph S. Johnson Chief Test Pilot, United Air Lines, Inc., paper presented before the Society of Automotive Engineers, Los Angeles, California , October 6, 1944
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 3
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 3
Scope and Contents
(Includes photographs of flight deck coordinator instrument and engine.)
Dates:
October 6, 1944
Spiral bound notebook, 1941 - 1948
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2, Item: 4
Identifier: MSA 25, Series 1, Sub-Series 2, File 4
Scope and Contents
The following articles are in the spiral bound notebook:
All-Weather Landing Descent, Air Transport, November, 1947
Get Better Landings with All-Weather Roll-Ons, Air Transport, March, 1948
Cross-Wind Takeoffs, Air Transport, July, 1947
Cross-Wind Landings, Air Transport, June, 1947
Exposure—The Key to Flight Safety, Air Transport, April, 1947
When Vulnerable Be Vigilant, Air Transport, October, 1947
Buzzing is...
Dates:
1941 - 1948