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OBJECT TYPE: Preliminary
DATE: 1940
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.2632.001

MANUFACTURER: University of Michigan
MODEL: Contact Flight Instruction on Link Trainer
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: paper pages; card stock cover; brass pin fasteners

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 29.3 cm
Width: 22.7 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Conlon
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: report is dated April 29, 1940
Canada: Unknown
Function: apart from assessing the suitability of the apparatus for training student pilots, the report intends to show a method of decreasing flight instruction time required and reduce cost of pilot training, and a method of using the link trainer to assess natural flying ability of prospective student pilots & eliminate unsuitable candidates.
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering on front cover reads: "DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING RESEARCH/UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - ANN ARBOR/[logo]/PRELIMINARY REPORT/ON/CONTACT FLIGHT INSTRUCTION OF LINK TRAINER/BY/E.W. CONLON/Project No. M269/April 29, 1940/TO: NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL/WASHINGTON, D.C."
Missing: N/A
Finish: black type written text on tan-white paper; b + w photographs; black & tan cover
Decoration: University of Michigan logo on front cover at top centre

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University of Michigan, Report, 1940, Artifact no. 1987.2632, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.2632.001/

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