Below are digital versions of various historical documents related to the Propulsion Systems Laboratory. These include newspaper articles, correspondence, speeches, reports, and other documents.
PSL General Information
New Altitude Test Facilities Aid Improvements of Turbojets (PDF, 352KB)
PSL Operations Summary (1953-57) (PDF, 328KB)
PSL Specifications (1957) (PDF, 7.45MB)
Mothballing of PSL 1-2 (1979) (PDF, 232KB)
Why Phase Out PSL (1978) (PDF, 220KB)
Construction
New Lab to Expand Research articles (1949) (PDF, 360KB)
Preliminary Proposal for PSL (1948) (PDF, 4.97MB)
Wasielewski Retirement Article (1956) (PDF, 320KB)
Turbojets and Ramjets
“Jet Engines for War” by Hugh Dryden (1951) (PDF, 1.55MB)
Full Scale Engine Research Inspection Talks (1954) (PDF, 8.23MB)
“Pushing Innovation and Industry Resistance,” Chapter 7 of Engines and Innovation
Weapons Force Planning: Interceptor Missiles” by Richard F. McMullen (PDF, 100KB)
Propulsion Research for Hypersonic Flight (1957) (PDF, 7.57MB)
Rockets
First Decade of Centaur article (1972) (PDF, 1.33MB)
“Abe’s Baby,” Chapter 3 from Taming Liquid Hydrogen (PDF, 2.16MB)
Design Report for RL-10-A-3-3 (PDF, 3.46MB)
ASME Report on RL-10 (PDF, 1.81MB)
Turbofan
“Down to Earth Problems,” Ch. 10 of Engines and Innovations
F-100 Full Scale Engine Program article (PDF, 1.78MB)
NASA/GE Quiet Engine “A” (PDF, 1.23MB)
F100 Multivariable Control Synthesis Program (PDF, 3.66MB)
Propulsion Controls, 1979 (PDF, 5.94MB)
PSL Staff
Engine Research Division Reorganization (1951) (PDF, 1.85MB)
Research Division article (1970) (PDF, 452KB)
F14 and F15 Managers Visit (1970) (PDF, 512KB)
Plant Engineers article (1973) (PDF, 512KB)
Bud Meilander Incentive Award (1956) (PDF, 300KB)
Fred Looft Retirement (1980) (PDF, 272KB)
Carl Betz Retirement (1974) (PDF, 420KB)
PSL Support Buildings
Equipment Building Explosion article (1971) (PDF, 512KB)
1971 Bldg 64 Explosion Recertification Program article (1987) (PDF, 704KB)
Cooling Tower and Pump House Floor Plan (PDF, 68KB)
Exhauster Building Floor Plans (1956-62) (PDF, 752KB)
Access Building Floor Plans 1956-67 (PDF, 416KB)
New Building to House Library (1949) (PDF, 488KB)
Demolition and Mitigation
Event Brochure (PDF, 236KB)
Press Release (PDF, 16.0KB)
Announcement
Section 106 of the Historic Preservation Act (PDF, 152KB)
History of PSL No. 1 and 2 (PPT, 32.9MB)
Demolition Plan and Environmental (PPT, 1.38MB)
Impact Historical Mitigation Project (PPT, 2.13MB)
PSL Historical Mitigation Agreement (2007) (PDF, 256KB)
PSL Ohio Historic Inventory (1996) (PDF, 2.48MB)
ACHP Section 106 Process for PSL 1 and 2 (PDF, 544KB)
Programmatic Agreement Among NASA, NCSHPOs, and ACHP (PDF, 178KB)
Requirements Document for PSL Demolition (PDF, 56.0KB)
PSL Justification (PDF, 80.0KB)
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