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. |