Source/Publisher Abbreviations
Abbreviation | Source/Publisher |
A.B.C. | A.B.C. Motors, Ltd. |
AC Elec | AC Electronics Division, General Motors Corp |
AC Spark Plug | AC Spark Plug Division, General Motors Corp |
AccGndSch | Accelerated Ground Schools, Inc |
AcmeAero | Acme School of Aeronautics |
Addison-Wesley | Addison-Wesley Publishing |
Adel | Adel Division General Metals Corp |
AAW | Aerial Age Weekly |
AAW | Aerial Age Weekly |
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 |
APC | Aeronautical Products Corp, Naugatuck, CT |
MissSt Aero | Aerophysics Department Engineering Research Station, Mississippi State College |
Aeroteca | Aeroteca, Barcelona, Spain |
ACTS | Air Corps Technical School |
MatCmd | Air Corps/Forces/Force Materiel Command, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio |
AFHRA | Air Force Historical Research Agency, Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, Alabama |
AFNCC | Air Force-Navy-Civil Committee |
AirPlainsSvc | Air Plains Services Corp |
Aircooled | Aircooled Motors Corp, Syracuse, NY |
Acft Acc | Aircraft Accessories Corp |
Acft Comp | Aircraft Components Inc |
AEHS | Aircraft Engine Historical Society, Inc. |
AERL | Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory |
Acft Eng | Aircraft Engineering |
AOPA | Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety Foundation |
ARC | Aircraft Radio Corp, Boonton, NJ |
AiRsrch Ind | AiResearch Industrial Division, Garrett Corp |
AiResearch | Airesearch Manufacturing Co, division of the Garrett Corp, Los Angeles, CA |
Airlife | Airlife Publications |
AWTI | Airlines War Training Institute, Washington, DC |
Airmatic | Airmatic Valve, Inc. |
AEECo | Airplane Engine Encyclopedia Co, Detroit |
Airplane M&S | Airplane Mfg & Supply Corp |
Knoph | Alfred A Knoph, New York |
Allison Div | Allison Division, General Motors |
Allyn & Bacon | Allyn and Bacon Inc |
Alcoa | Aluminum Co of America |
AA | American Airlines |
AA&EC | American Airplane & Engine Corp |
AAHS | American Aviation Historical Society Journal |
Bosch Am | American Bosch Corp |
AIAA | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Reston, VA |
AMS | American Society for Metals |
ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
ASME | American Society of Mechanical Engineers, New York, NY |
AFSSC | Armed Forces Supply Support Center Washington 25, DC |
A-S | Armstrong Siddeley Motors Ltd |
ASC | Army Air Forces Air Service Command, Fairfield, OH |
AAT | Associated Air Transport |
Auburn Ign | Auburn Ignition Products |
Automotive Ind | Automotive Industries |
AvBook | Aviation Book Co |
AvEng | Aviation Engineering |
Aviation Mag | Aviation Magazine, NYC, NY |
AMP | Aviation Maintenance Publishers |
APP | Aviation Press Publishers, San Francisco, CA |
AvPub | Aviation Publications |
AvPubCo | Aviation Publishing Co, NY |
ARA | Aviation Research Associates, New York |
AvSem | Aviation Seminars |
Axelson | Axelson Aircraft Engine Co, Los Angeles, CA |
BMW | Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Bavarian Motor Works) |
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 |
Borg-Warner | Borg-Warner Corp, Marvel-Schebler/Tillotson Division |
Braniff | Braniff International Airlines |
Bristol | Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd |
BritAirComm | British Air Commission |
BAM | British Air Ministry |
BIOS | British Intelligence Objectives Subcommittee |
BI-SJ | British Inter-Services Journal |
Brown Inst | Brown Instrument Co |
Brownback | Brownback Motor Laboraties, NYC, NY |
Bruel & Kjaer | Bruel & Kjaer Measuring Systems |
BuAer | Bureau Of Aeronautics, U.S. Navy |
BAP | Bureau of Aircraft Production (WWI) |
Cambridge: UNY | Cambridge: At The Universigy Press NY The Macmillan Co |
CC&F | Canadian Car & Foundry Co, Montreal |
Cessna | Cessna Aircraft Co |
C V | Chance Vought Aircraft Division of United Aircraft Corp |
CECO | Chandler-Evans Corp |
Ch-Ev Corp | Chandler-Evans Corp. South Meriden, CT |
Ch-Ev Div | Chandler-Evans Division of Niles-Bement-Pond, West Hartford 1, CT |
Chs Griffin | Charles Griffin and Co, London |
Griffin | Charles Griffin and Co, London |
CRC | Chemical Rubber Publishing Co |
Chevrolair | Chevrolair Motors, Inc. |
Chevrolet | Chevrolet Aircraft Corp |
ChryslerMD | Chrysler Missile Division |
CAAd | Civil Aeronautics Administration |
CAAu | Civil Aeronautics Authority |
CAB | Civil Aeronautics Board |
CIOS | Combined Intelligence Objectives Subcommittee |
Comet | Comet Engine Corp, Madison, WI |
AAF/Navy/UK | Commanding General, AAF; Chief, Bureau of Aeronautics, Air Council of the UK |
CAHA | Connecticut Aeronautical Historical Association , Inc. |
CAC | Consolidated Aircraft Corp |
CVAC | Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp |
CIEA | Consorzio Italiano Esportanzioni Aeronautiche |
CIEA | Consorzio Italiano Esportazioni Aeronautiche, Roma |
CMC | Continental Motors Corp |
CRC Inc | Coordinating Research Council, Inc |
Lockwood | Crosby Lockwood and Son, London |
Curtiss | Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Company, Inc |
C-W | Curtiss-Wright |
Heath | D. C. Heath and Co |
Napier | D. Napier & Sons Ltd. |
Van Nostrand | D. Van Nostrand Co |
Dassault | Dassault International |
Dayton Acft | Dayton Airplane Engine Co, Dayton, OH |
Denison | Denison Engineering Division Columbus, OH |
UnivMich Aero | Department of Aerospace Engineering, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
FAA | Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration |
DT Museum | Deutches Museum |
Diesel | Diesel Publishing, Badminton, UK |
DAC | Douglas Aircraft Co Inc |
Dover | Dover Publications, Inc, NY |
E&FN Spon | E&FN Spon, London |
Eagles | Eagles Edition Ltd, Hamilton MT |
EAL | Eastern Airlines, Inc |
Eclipse | Eclipse Aviation Corp |
EclipseMach | Eclipse Machine Co, East Orange NJ |
Eclipse-Pioneer | Eclipse-Pioneer Division Bendix Aviation Corp |
EDO | EDO Commercial Corp |
EP Inc | Educational Publishers, Inc |
Exide | Electric Storage Battery Co, Philadelphia, PA |
Ethyl | Ethyl Corporation |
EX-CELL-O | EX-CELL-O Corp, Detroit 6, MI |
EAA | Experimental Aircraft Association |
Fairchild | Fairchild (Engine and) Airplane Corp |
Falls City | Falls City Flying Service, Louisville, KY |
Fletcher | Fletcher Aviation |
Flight | Flight Magazine |
FSI | Flight Safety International |
FSS | Flight Standards Service |
FlightSafety | FlightSafety International, Inc |
Flying | Flying Magazine |
Follmer, Clogg | Follmer, Clogg & Co, Lancaster, PA |
Formica | Formica Insulation Co, Cincinati OH |
FML | Frederick Muller Ltd, London |
Gardner | Gardner Publishing Co, NY |
Gauthier | Gauthier-Villars, Paris |
Gen Airmotors | General Airmotors Co, Scranton, PA |
GE | General Electric |
GM | General Motors Corp |
MSFC | George C. Marshall Space Flight Center |
Newnes | George Newnes Limited Tower House, Southhampton Street, W.C.2 London |
Ginn | Ginn and Co |
Globe | Globe Aircraft Specialties, Inc. Montauk, Long Island, New York |
FBD | GM Fisher Body Divistion |
G-R | Gnome-Rhone |
Goodheart | Goodheart-Wilcox Co Inc, Chicago, IL |
Gordon & Breach | Gordon and Breach Science Publishers NY |
GrantMar | Grant Marine |
Greer | Greer Hydraulics Inc |
Hobson | H.M. Hobson, Ltd. |
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 |
H&F | Harris and Friedrich, Ocean Park, WA |
Haskelite | Haskelite Mfg Corp, Chicago, IL |
AMC | Headquarters, Air Materiel Command |
Heath Acft | Heath Aircraft Corp, Chicago, IL |
HMSO | Her/His Majesty's Stationary Office |
H-S | Hispano-Suiza |
Historical Office, AMC | Historical Office, Air Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH |
Holley | Holley Carburetor Co |
H-T | Hurley-Townsend Corp |
Hydro-Aire | Hydro-Aire Co Inc, Brubank, CA |
IP | Institute Press, Gardena, CA |
IMechE | Institution of Mechanical Engineers |
CICAA | Interalliee de Controle Aeronautique en Allemagne (Allied Aeronautical Control Commission in Germany) |
Int Nickel | Internation Nickel Co, NYC, NY |
ITC | International Textbook Co, Scranton, Pa |
InterstateAir | Interstate Airlines |
Irvin | Irvin Air Chute Co, Buffalo, NY |
J&H | Jack & Heintz Precision Industries, Inc |
Jaeger | Jaeger Watch Co, New York, NY |
Wiley | John Wiley & Sons, Inc |
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 |
Lambert | Lambert Engine and Machine Co, Moline IL |
Langley | Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory |
Lear-Romec | Lear Siegler, Romec Division, Elyria, OH |
Lear | Lear, Inc Learcal Div, Los Angeles, CA |
Parkinson | Leslie R. Parkinson |
Ltd | Limited |
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 |
Lorenzen | Lorenzen Propeller Co, Niles MI |
Luscombe | Luscombe Airplane Corp, Dallas, TX |
Lycoming Av | Lycoming Division, Avco Manufacturing Corp, Williamsport, PA |
Lycoming Mfg | Lycoming Manufacturing Co, Williamsport, PA |
Lynn | Lynn Publishing Co |
Macmillan | Macmillan Company, New York, NY |
MPL | Macmillan Press Ltd, London |
MSFC AVOp | Marshall Space Flight Center Audio/Video Operation |
Marvel | Marvel-Schebler Carburetor Division of Borg-Warner Corp |
McCulloch | McCulloch Corp |
MIA | McCulloch International Airlines |
McProperties | McCulloch Properties |
MDAC-W | McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company - West |
McGraw-Hill | McGraw-Hill Book Co |
MEPL | Mechanical Engineering Publications Ltd, London |
Menasco | Menasco Manufacturing Co |
Metal Props | Metal Propellers Ltd, Croydon, Surrey |
MiAeroEng | Michigan Aero-Engine Corp, Lansing MI |
MAC | Military Airlift Command |
MPC | Milwaukee Parts Corp |
MN | Model Number |
MM&I | Modern Mechanics and Inventions |
Mono | Mono Aircraft, Inc, Moline, IL |
Mosler | Mosler Metal Products Corp, Mount Vernon, NY |
NASA STIC | NASA Scientific and Technical Information Branch |
NACA | National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics |
NatAero | National Aero Corp, NYC, NY |
NAA | National Aeronautic Association |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NAC | National Aeronautics Council, New York, NY |
NAPA | National Air Pilots Association, Cleveland, OH |
NAL | National Airlines |
NASC | National Association of Spotters Clubs |
NBS | National Bureau of Standards |
NGI | National GeospatiaI-Intelligence Agency |
AEL | Naval Aeronautical Engine Laboratory, Philadelphia |
NASC | Naval Air Systems Command |
NATT | Naval Air Technical Training |
N&SAC | Nelson & Sanders Aviation Collection |
New Era | New Era Publishing Co Ltd |
N-BA | Nicholas-Beazley Airplane Co., Marshall MO |
Northrop | Northrop (Aeronautical Institute/Institute of Technology), McGraw-Hill |
NWA | Northwest Airlines |
Otterbein | Otterbein Press |
PacAuto | Pacific Automotive Corp |
Packard | Packard Motor Car Company |
PAA | Pan American Airways |
Pan Am Nav | Pan American Navigation Service |
Parker | Parker Appliance Co, Cleveland, OH |
PSL | Patrick Stephens Limited |
Wilkinson | Paul H. Wilkinson |
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 |
P&W | Pratt & Whitney Aircraft (Division of United Technologies)) |
Prentice-Hall | Prentice-Hall, Inc |
Prime | Prime Printing, Dayton, OH |
Curtiss Prop | Propeller Dept, Curtiss Aeroplane Division |
R. G. Brown | R. G. Brown Associates, Inc |
RSA | Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL |
Reynolds | Reynolds Metals Co |
Ricardo | Ricardo and Company |
Ricardo Cons | Ricardo Consulting Engineers Ltd/PLC |
R-RHT | Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust |
R-RHT, DH | Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust, Darby & Hucknall Branch |
Romec | Romec Pump Co |
RAeS | Royal Aeronautical Society |
RAE | Royal Aircraft Establishment |
RFC | Royal Flying Corps |
Ryan | Ryan Aeronautical Co, San Diego, CA |
SAAMA | SAAMA Maintenance Engineering Services Division, Kelly AFB, TX |
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 |
SN | Serial Number |
Shell RL | Shell Oil Co, Wood River Research Laboratories |
Shell Oil | Shell Oil Products Company, Houston, TX |
S & H | Siemens & Halske |
Sim-Board | Simmons-Boardman |
SME | SME Publications |
SIP | Smithsonian Institution Press |
NASM | Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington DC |
Soaring | Soaring Magazine, Soaring Society of America, Inc, Dallas, TX |
SSA | Soaring Society of America, Inc, Dallas, Texas |
Lorraine | Societe des Moteurs et Automobiles Lorraine |
S.G.A. | Societe Generale Aeronautique |
SAE | Society of Automotive Engineers |
SP Collectors | Spark Plug Collectors of America |
Sperry | Sperry Gyroscope Co |
Stabilmento | Stabilmento Grafico Editoriale Patron, Bologna, Spain |
STANOLIND | Standard Oil Co (Indiana) |
SW | Stewart-Warner Corp |
SAC | Strategic Air Command |
Stromberg | Stromberg Motor Devices Co, Chicago, IL |
Summerill | Summerill Tubing Company |
Sunbeam | Sunbeam Motor Car Co Ltd |
Switlik | Switlik Mfg Co, Trenton, NJ |
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 |
Lycoming Tex | Textron Lycoming, Williamsport, PA |
AuEng | The Automobile Engineer |
BG | The BG Corp |
BrAl | The British Aluminum Co Ltd |
Bruce | The Bruce Publishing Co |
AED | The Bulletin of the Airplane Engineering Department, War Department, Bureau of Aircraft Production, McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio |
Campbell | The Campbell Co, San Diego, CA |
Cuno | The Cuno Enginering Corp, Meriden, CT |
Martin Motors | The Glenn L Martin Motors Co |
Industral Press | The Industral Press |
Lincoln | The Lincoln Electric Co |
Maple | The Maple Press Co |
New Home | The New Home Library NY |
NewcomenSoc | The Newcomen Society in North America NY |
Henley | The Norman W. Henley Publishing Co, New York |
Ronald | The Ronald Press Company |
T-M | Thomas-Morse Aircraft Corp |
Thompson | Thompson Products, Inc, Cleveland, OH |
Titan Pump | Titan Pump and Engineering Corp, Novi, MI |
MADTS | Training Section, Middletown Air Depot |
TWA | Trans-World Airlines |
ARB | U.K. Air Registration Board |
AAF | U.S. Army Air Forces |
USAASL | U.S. Army Air Service Lighter than Air Section |
BoAP | U.S. Bureau of Aircraft Production |
DoCAB | U.S. Department of Commerce Aeronautics Branch |
CAA | U.S. Dept of Commerce, Civil Aeronautics Administration |
GPO | U.S. Government Printing Office |
WarDept | U.S. War Department |
Union | Union Gas Engine Co, Oakland, California |
UA | United Aircraft Corp |
UnitedAE | United Aircraft Export |
UAP | United Aircraft Products, Inc, Dayton, OH |
UKNA | United Kingdom National Archives |
USAF | United States Air Force |
USAAC | United States Army Air Corps |
USAAS | United States Army Air Service |
US Navy | United States Navy |
USNAvSS | United States Navy Aviation Service Schools |
UTC | United Technologies Corp |
UniversalAL | Universal Airlines |
UPS AvTec | UPS Aviation Technologies Inc |
USABAAR | US Army USABAAR |
V-S | Vought-Sikorsky Club |
WTS | War Training Service Program, Stockton, CA |
Warner | Warner Aircraft Corp, Detroit, MI |
WFP | Weak Force Press, Huntsville, AL |
WAL | Western Airlines |
Weston | Weston Electrical Instrument Corp, Newark, NJ |
Wetzel | Wetzel Publishing Co |
Wings Club | Wings Club, New York City |
Whittaker | Wm. R. Whittaker Co, Ltd |
World's | World's Motor Co, Bloomington, IL |
WAC | Wright Aeronautical Corp |
WACSD | Wright Aeronautical Corp, Service Division |
WAD | Wright Aeronautical Division of Curtiss-Wright |
WSU | Wright State University |
W-M | Wright-Martin Aircraft Corp, New Brunswick, NJ |
Wright-Tuttle | Wright-Tuttle Aircraft Motors Corp., Anderson, Indiana |
Record Type Abbreviations
Abbreviation | Full Text |
Film, VHS, DVD | 16mm Film, VHS and DVD |
Film Strip | 35mm Film Strip |
Film Strip, Audio | 35mm Film Strip with Audio |
Carousel | 35mm Slide Carousel |
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 |
M, MX- (Remark) | A security-classified Air Corps/Forces project number. |
Add, Addm | Addendum |
Acft | Aircraft |
Co | Company |
Corp | Corporation |
dwg(s) | drawing(s) |
Inc | Incorporated |
Retake (Remark) | Indicates a second microfilm copy to replace a problematical first. |
Lab(s) | Laboratory/Laboratories |