AEHS Document Collection Catalog Abbreviations

Source/Publisher Abbreviations

 Abbreviation   Source/Publisher 
A-S   Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd
A.B.C.   A.B.C. Motors, Ltd.
AA   American Airlines
AA&EC   American Airplane & Engine Corp
AAF   U.S. Army Air Forces
AAF/Navy/UK   Commanding General, AAF; Chief, Bureau of Aeronautics, Air Council of the UK
AAHS   American Aviation Historical Society Journal
AAT   Associated Air Transport
AAW   Aerial Age Weekly
AAW   Aerial Age Weekly
AC Elec   AC Electronics Division, General Motors Corp
AC Spark Plug   AC Spark Plug Division, General Motors Corp
AccGndSch   Accelerated Ground Schools, Inc
Acft Acc   Aircraft Accessories Corp
Acft Comp   Aircraft Components Inc
Acft Eng   Aircraft Engineering
AcmeAero   Acme School of Aeronautics
ACTS   Air Corps Technical School
Addison-Wesley   Addison-Wesley Publishing
Adel   Adel Division General Metals Corp
AED   The Bulletin of the Airplane Engineering Department, War Department, Bureau of Aircraft Production, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio
AEECo   Airplane Engine Encyclopedia Co, Detroit
AEHS   Aircraft Engine Historical Society, Inc.
AEL   Naval Aeronautical Engine Laboratory, Philadelphia
AERL   Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory
Aero Pub Gl   Aero Publishers, Inc. Glendale, CA
Aero Pub LA   Aero Publishers, Inc. Los Angeles, CA
Aero Supply   Aero Supply Manufacturing Co, Inc. Corry, PA
Aeromarine   Aeromanine Plane and Motor Co, Keyport, NJ
AeromarineSt   Aeromarine Starter Co, Inc. Keyport, NJ
Aeroteca   Aeroteca, Barcelona, Spain
AFHRA   Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, Alabama
AFNCC   Air Force-Navy-Civil Committee
AFSSC   Armed Forces Supply Support Center Washington 25, DC
AIAA   American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, VA
Aircooled   Aircooled Motors Corp, Syracuse, NY
AiResearch   Airesearch Manufacturing Co, division of the Garrett Corp, Los Angeles, CA
Airlife   Airlife Publications
Airmatic   Airmatic Valve, Inc.
AirPlainsSvc   Air Plains Services Corp
Airplane M&S   Airplane Mfg & Supply Corp
AiRsrch Ind   AiResearch Industrial Division, Garrett Corp
Alcoa   Aluminum Co of America
Allison Div   Allison Division, General Motors
Allyn & Bacon   Allyn and Bacon Inc
AMC   Headquarters, Air Materiel Command
AMP   Aviation Maintenance Publishers
AMS   American Society for Metals
AOPA   Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety Foundation
APC   Aeronautical Products Corp, Naugatuck, CT
APP   Aviation Press Publishers, San Francisco, CA
ARA   Aviation Research Associates, New York
ARB   U.K. Air Registration Board
ARC   Aircraft Radio Corp, Boonton, NJ
ASC   Army Air Forces Air Service Command, Fairfield, OH
ASME   American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY
ASTM   American Society for Testing and Materials
Auburn Ign   Auburn Ignition Products
AuEng   The Automobile Engineer
Automotive Ind   Automotive Industries
AvBook   Aviation Book Co
AvEng   Aviation Engineering
Aviation Mag   Aviation Magazine, NYC, NY
AvPub   Aviation Publications
AvPubCo   Aviation Publishing Co, NY
AvSem   Aviation Seminars
AWTI   Airlines War Training Institute, Washington, DC
Axelson   Axelson Aircraft Engine Co, Los Angeles, CA
BAM   British Air Ministry
BAP   Bureau of Aircraft Production (WWI)
Beech   Beech Aircraft Corp, Wichita, KS
Belvoir   Belvoir Publications Inc
Bendix   Bendix Aviation Corp
Bendix Av   Bendix Aviation Corp
Bendix Corp   Bendix Corp, South Bend, IN
Bendix Ener   Bendix Energy Controls Division
Bendix Prod   Bendix Products Division
Berry   Berry Brothers Finishes, Detroit, MI
BG   The BG Corp
BI-SJ   British Inter-Services Journal
BIOS   British Intelligence Objectives Subcommittee
BMW   Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Bavarian Motor Works)
BoAP   U.S. Bureau of Aircraft Production
Borg-Warner   Borg-Warner Corp, Marvel-Schebler/Tillotson Division
Bosch Am   American Bosch Corp
BrAl   The British Aluminum Co Ltd
Braniff   Braniff International Airlines
Bristol   Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd
BritAirComm   British Air Commission
Brown Inst   Brown Instrument Co
Brownback   Brownback Motor Laboraties, NYC, NY
Bruce   The Bruce Publishing Co
Bruel & Kjaer   Bruel & Kjaer Measuring Systems
BuAer   Bureau Of Aeronautics, U.S. Navy
C V   Chance Vought Aircraft Division of United Aircraft Corp
C-W   Curtiss-Wright
CAA   U.S. Dept of Commerce, Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAAd   Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAAu   Civil Aeronautics Authority
CAB   Civil Aeronautics Board
CAC   Consolidated Aircraft Corp
CAHA   Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Association , Inc.
Cambridge: UNY   Cambridge: At The Universigy Press NY The Macmillan Co
Campbell   The Campbell Co, San Diego, CA
CC&F   Canadian Car & Foundry Co, Montreal
CECO   Chandler-Evans Corp
Cessna   Cessna Aircraft Co
Ch-Ev Corp   Chandler-Evans Corp. South Meriden, CT
Ch-Ev Div   Chandler-Evans Division of Niles-Bement-Pond, West Hartford 1, CT
Chevrolair   Chevrolair Motors, Inc.
Chevrolet   Chevrolet Aircraft Corp
ChryslerMD   Chrysler Missile Division
Chs Griffin   Charles Griffin and Co, London
CICAA   Interalliee de Controle Aeronautique en Allemagne (Allied Aeronautical Control Commission in Germany)
CIEA   Consorzio Italiano Esportazioni Aeronautiche, Roma
CIEA   Consorzio Italiano Esportanzioni Aeronautiche
CIOS   Combined Intelligence Objectives Subcommittee
CMC   Continental Motors Corp
Comet   Comet Engine Corp, Madison, WI
CRC   Chemical Rubber Publishing Co
CRC Inc   Coordinating Research Council, Inc
Cuno   The Cuno Enginering Corp, Meriden, CT
Curtiss   Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Company, Inc
Curtiss Prop   Propeller Dept, Curtiss Aeroplane Division
CVAC   Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp
DAC   Douglas Aircraft Co Inc
Dassault   Dassault International
Dayton Acft   Dayton Airplane Engine Co, Dayton, OH
Denison   Denison Engineering Division Columbus, OH
Diesel   Diesel Publishing, Badminton, UK
DoCAB   U.S. Department of Commerce Aeronautics Branch
Dover   Dover Publications, Inc, NY
DT Museum   Deutches Museum
E&FN Spon   E&FN Spon, London
EAA   Experimental Aircraft Association
Eagles   Eagles Edition Ltd, Hamilton MT
EAL   Eastern Airlines, Inc
Eclipse   Eclipse Aviation Corp
Eclipse-Pioneer   Eclipse-Pioneer Division Bendix Aviation Corp
EclipseMach   Eclipse Machine Co, East Orange NJ
EDO   EDO Commercial Corp
EP Inc   Educational Publishers, Inc
Ethyl   Ethyl Corporation
EX-CELL-O   EX-CELL-O Corp, Detroit 6, MI
Exide   Electric Storage Battery Co, Philadelphia, PA
FAA   Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration
Fairchild   Fairchild (Engine and) Airplane Corp
Falls City   Falls City Flying Service, Louisville, KY
FBD   GM Fisher Body Divistion
Fletcher   Fletcher Aviation
Flight   Flight Magazine
FlightSafety   FlightSafety International, Inc
Flying   Flying Magazine
FML   Frederick Muller Ltd, London
Follmer, Clogg   Follmer, Clogg & Co, Lancaster, PA
Formica   Formica Insulation Co, Cincinati OH
FSI   Flight Safety International
FSS   Flight Standards Service
G-R   Gnome-Rhone
Gardner   Gardner Publishing Co, NY
Gauthier   Gauthier-Villars, Paris
GE   General Electric
Gen Airmotors   General Airmotors Co, Scranton, PA
Ginn   Ginn and Co
Globe   Globe Aircraft Specialties, Inc. Montauk, Long Island, New York
GM   General Motors Corp
Goodheart   Goodheart-Wilcox Co Inc, Chicago, IL
Gordon & Breach   Gordon and Breach Science Publishers NY
GPO   U.S. Government Printing Office
GrantMar   Grant Marine
Greer   Greer Hydraulics Inc
Griffin   Charles Griffin and Co, London
H&F   Harris and Friedrich, Ocean Park, WA
H-S   Hispano-Suiza
H-T   Hurley-Townsend Corp
Halcyon   Halcyon House
Hall-Scott   Hall-Scott Motor Car Co, San Francisco, CA
HamStd   Hamilton Standard Propellers
Harcourt Brace   Harcourt Brace Jovanovich Publishers
Harper   Harper & Brothers
Haskelite   Haskelite Mfg Corp, Chicago, IL
Heath   D. C. Heath and Co
Heath Acft   Heath Aircraft Corp, Chicago, IL
Henley   The Norman W. Henley Publishing Co, New York
Historical Office, AMC   Historical Office, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH
HMSO   Her/His Majesty's Stationary Office
Hobson   H.M. Hobson, Ltd.
Holley   Holley Carburetor Co
Hydro-Aire   Hydro-Aire Co Inc, Brubank, CA
IMechE   Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Industral Press   The Industral Press
Int Nickel   Internation Nickel Co, NYC, NY
InterstateAir   Interstate Airlines
IP   Institute Press, Gardena, CA
Irvin   Irvin Air Chute Co, Buffalo, NY
ITC   International Textbook Co, Scranton, Pa
J&H   Jack & Heintz Precision Industries, Inc
Jaeger   Jaeger Watch Co, New York, NY
JANAF   Joint Army, Navy and Air Force
Junkers   Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG
Ken Cook Co   Ken Cook Co, Milwaukee, WI
Kimball   Kimball Aircraft Corp, Naugatuck, CT
Knoph   Alfred A Knoph, New York
Lambert   Lambert Engine and Machine Co, Moline IL
Langley   Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory
Lear   Lear, Inc Learcal Div, Los Angeles, CA
Lear-Romec   Lear Siegler, Romec Division, Elyria, OH
Lincoln   The Lincoln Electric Co
Linde   Linde Air Products Co
Lindsay   Lindsay Publications, Inc.
Link   Link Aviation Devices, Inc
Little, Brown   Little, Brown and Co
Litton   Litton Aero Products
Lockheed   Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Lockwood   Crosby Lockwood and Son, London
Lorenzen   Lorenzen Propeller Co, Niles MI
Lorraine   Societe des Moteurs et Automobiles Lorraine
Ltd   Limited
Luscombe   Luscombe Airplane Corp, Dallas, TX
Lycoming Av   Lycoming Division, Avco Manufacturing Corp, Williamsport, PA
Lycoming Mfg   Lycoming Manufacturing Co, Williamsport, PA
Lycoming Tex   Textron Lycoming, Williamsport, PA
Lynn   Lynn Publishing Co
MAC   Military Airlift Command
Macmillan   Macmillan Company, New York, NY
MADTS   Training Section, Middletown Air Depot
Maple   The Maple Press Co
Martin Motors   The Glenn L Martin Motors Co
Marvel   Marvel-Schebler Carburetor Division of Borg-Warner Corp
MatCmd   Air Corps/Forces/Force Materiel Command, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio
McCulloch   McCulloch Corp
McGraw-Hill   McGraw-Hill Book Co
McProperties   McCulloch Properties
MDAC-W   McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company - West
Menasco   Menasco Manufacturing Co
MEPL   Mechanical Engineering Publications Ltd, London
Metal Props   Metal Propellers Ltd, Croydon, Surrey
MIA   McCulloch International Airlines
MiAeroEng   Michigan Aero-Engine Corp, Lansing MI
MissSt Aero   Aerophysics Department Engineering Research Station, Mississippi State College
MM&I   Modern Mechanics and Inventions
MN   Model Number
Mono   Mono Aircraft, Inc, Moline, IL
Mosler   Mosler Metal Products Corp, Mount Vernon, NY
MPC   Milwaukee Parts Corp
MPL   Macmillan Press Ltd, London
MSFC   George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
MSFC AVOp   Marshall Space Flight Center Audio/Video Operation
N&SAC   Nelson & Sanders Aviation Collection
N-BA   Nicholas-Beazley Airplane Co., Marshall MO
NAA   National Aeronautic Association
NAC   National Aeronautics Council, New York, NY
NACA   National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics
NAL   National Airlines
NAPA   National Air Pilots Association, Cleveland, OH
Napier   D. Napier & Sons Ltd.
NASA   National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA STIC   NASA Scientific and Technical Information Branch
NASC   Naval Air Systems Command
NASC   National Association of Spotters Clubs
NASM   Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC
NatAero   National Aero Corp, NYC, NY
NATT   Naval Air Technical Training
NBS   National Bureau of Standards
New Era   New Era Publishing Co Ltd
New Home   The New Home Library NY
NewcomenSoc   The Newcomen Society in North America NY
Newnes   George Newnes Limited Tower House, Southhampton Street, W.C.2 London
NGI   National GeospatiaI-Intelligence Agency
Northrop   Northrop (Aeronautical Institute/Institute of Technology), McGraw-Hill
NWA   Northwest Airlines
Otterbein   Otterbein Press
P&W   Pratt & Whitney Aircraft (Division of United Technologies))
PAA   Pan American Airways
PacAuto   Pacific Automotive Corp
Packard   Packard Motor Car Company
Pan Am Nav   Pan American Navigation Service
Parker   Parker Appliance Co, Cleveland, OH
Parkinson   Leslie R. Parkinson
PCA   Pennsylvania Central Airlines
Pesco   Pesco Products Co
Pesco Div   Pesco Products Division, Borg-Warner Corp, Bedford, OH
PhyToday   Physics Today
Pioneer   Pioneer Instrument Co, Brooklyn, NY
Pitman   Pitman Publishing Corp
Prentice-Hall   Prentice-Hall, Inc
Prime   Prime Printing, Dayton, OH
PSL   Patrick Stephens Limited
R-RHT   Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust
R-RHT, DH   Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust, Darby & Hucknall Branch
R. G. Brown   R. G. Brown Associates, Inc
RAE   Royal Aircraft Establishment
RAeS   Royal Aeronautical Society
Reynolds   Reynolds Metals Co
RFC   Royal Flying Corps
Ricardo   Ricardo and Company
Ricardo Cons   Ricardo Consulting Engineers Ltd/PLC
Romec   Romec Pump Co
Ronald   The Ronald Press Company
RSA   Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL
Ryan   Ryan Aeronautical Co, San Diego, CA
S & H   Siemens & Halske
S.G.A.   Societe Generale Aeronautique
SAAMA   SAAMA Maintenance Engineering Services Division, Kelly AFB, TX
SAC   Strategic Air Command
SAE   Society of Automotive Engineers
Sanderson   Sanderson Films, Inc
Sankaido   Sankaido Co Ltd
SaturnAir   Saturn Airways
SciMus   Science Museum, HMSO
Scintilla   Scintilla Magneto Division of Bendix Aviation Corp
SecAF   Secretary of the Air Force
Shell Oil   Shell Oil Products Company, Houston, TX
Shell RL   Shell Oil Co, Wood River Research Laboratories
Sim-Board   Simmons-Boardman
SIP   Smithsonian Institution Press
SME   SME Publications
SN   Serial Number
Soaring   Soaring Magazine, Soaring Society of America, Inc, Dallas, TX
SP Collectors   Spark Plug Collectors of America
Sperry   Sperry Gyroscope Co
SSA   Soaring Society of America, Inc, Dallas, Texas
Stabilmento   Stabilmento Grafico Editoriale Patron, Bologna, Spain
STANOLIND   Standard Oil Co (Indiana)
Stromberg   Stromberg Motor Devices Co, Chicago, IL
Summerill   Summerill Tubing Company
Sunbeam   Sunbeam Motor Car Co Ltd
SW   Stewart-Warner Corp
Switlik   Switlik Mfg Co, Trenton, NJ
T-M   Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corp
TCA   Technical Copyrighters of America, Detroit, Michigan
TCM   Teledyne Continental Motors
Teledyne Ind   Teledyne Industries, Inc. Mobile, AL
Temple   Temple Press Ltd
TennDoT   Tennessee Department of Transportation
Thompson   Thompson Products, Inc, Cleveland, OH
Titan Pump   Titan Pump and Engineering Corp, Novi, MI
TWA   Trans-World Airlines
UA   United Aircraft Corp
UAP   United Aircraft Products, Inc, Dayton, OH
UKNA   United Kingdom National Archives
Union   Union Gas Engine Co, Oakland, California
UnitedAE   United Aircraft Export
UniversalAL   Universal Airlines
UnivMich Aero   Department of Aerospace Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
UPS AvTec   UPS Aviation Technologies Inc
US Navy   United States Navy
USAAC   United States Army Air Corps
USAAS   United States Army Air Service
USAASL   U.S. Army Air Service Lighter than Air Section
USABAAR   US Army USABAAR
USAF   United States Air Force
USNAvSS   United States Navy Aviation Service Schools
UTC   United Technologies Corp
V-S   Vought-Sikorsky Club
Van Nostrand   D. Van Nostrand Co
W-M   Wright-Martin Aircraft Corp, New Brunswick, NJ
WAC   Wright Aeronautical Corp
WACSD   Wright Aeronautical Corp, Service Division
WAD   Wright Aeronautical Division of Curtiss-Wright
WAL   Western Airlines
WarDept   U.S. War Department
Warner   Warner Aircraft Corp, Detroit, MI
Weston   Weston Electrical Instrument Corp, Newark, NJ
Wetzel   Wetzel Publishing Co
WFP   Weak Force Press, Huntsville, AL
Whittaker   Wm. R. Whittaker Co, Ltd
Wiley   John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Wilkinson   Paul H. Wilkinson
Wings Club   Wings Club, New York City
World's   World's Motor Co, Bloomington, IL
Wright-Tuttle   Wright-Tuttle Aircraft Motors Corp., Anderson, Indiana
WSU   Wright State University
WTS   War Training Service Program, Stockton, CA

 

Record Type Abbreviations

 Abbreviation   Full Text 
Carousel   35mm Slide Carousel
Film Strip   35mm Film Strip
Film Strip, Audio   35mm Film Strip with Audio
Film, VHS, DVD   16mm Film, VHS and DVD
IPC   Illustrated Parts Catalog
NACA RM   NACA Research Memorandum
NACA TM   NACA Technical Memorandum
NACA TN   NACA Technical Note
NACA TR   NACA Technical Report
NACA WR   NACA Wartime Report
NASA CR   NASA Contractor Report
NASA SP   NASA Special Publication
NASA TN   NASA Technical Note
NASA TR   NASA Technical Report
NASA TT   NASA Technical Translation

 

Other Abbreviation

 Abbreviation   Full Text 
Acft   Aircraft
Add, Addm   Addendum
Co   Company
Corp   Corporation
dwg(s)   drawing(s)
Inc   Incorporated
Lab(s)   Laboratory/Laboratories
M, MX- (Remark)   A security-classified Air Corps/Forces project number.
Retake (Remark)   Indicates a second microfilm copy to replace a problematical first.