See and hear : the journal on audio-visual learning (1945)

SLIDE FILMS Aircraft Engine Operation. AAF-Castle. FSl-72. Gives procedures for starting up, warming up, ground testing, and stopping aircraft engines. Aircraft Engine Troubles: Starting. AAF- Castle. FSl-82. Aircraft engine starting difficulties are dis- cussed under the heading of cold weather, car- buretion, compression, ignition and starter. Cold Weather Starting. Navy-Castle. SN144. Describes the effects of cold weather on oil, grease, fuel line and spark plugs, and outlines a definite procedure for starting an airplane engine in cold weather. The use of the electric immer- sion heater and the canvas engine wanner is explained. Occupations in Aircraft Operation. 35si. Pur- chase: Vocational Guidance. • An outline of vocational opportunities in the airplane field. Power Plant Controls. (38 frames) 1943. CAA. Describes the two foremost types of power plant control systems. Shows the advantages and uses of each type. Explains how to adjust the operation of these controls. Preflight Aeronautics Series. (3 kits, 24 titles) 35si. Purchase: Jam Handy. • Pictures, charts, drawings, cross-sectional views and diagrams to provide ground school instruc- tion for training pilots and navigators; regulations of CAA. Titles in each kit and total pictures in each film: Kit One: 1. Men and Wings (55); 2. Today's Wings (55) ; 3. Aircraft Regulation (37) ; 4. The Pilot (51); 5. Traffic (62) ; 6. Radio and Control (79). Kit Two: 1. Lift and Drag (92) ; 2. Wing Forces (88); 3. Stability (67); 4. Plane Performance (112); 5. Check and Double Check (69) ; 6. The Airplane Engine (63); 7. Fuel and Feed (91); 8. Airplane Ignition (63); 9. Engine Instruments (44); 10. Parachutes (72). Kit Three: 1. The Air Ocean (82); 2. Air Masses (75); 3. Weather (78); 4. Air Pilotage (0)16); 5. Dead Reckoning (78); 6. Airway Aids (77) ; 7. Flight Instruments (112); 8. Pilot Problems (24). Tachometers & Synchronism Indicators. AAF-Castle. FSl-26. Operating principles of aircraft tachometers, with inspection and maintenance procedures. Ap- plication of systems of synchronization with use of tachometers on multiple-engine installations. Propellers MOTION PICTURES Aircraft Propellers—Hamilton Hydromatic Propeller—Theory & Operation. (15 min) 16sd-$22.83. AAF-Castle. TFl-451. A discussion of feathering and its advantages through the utilization of a variable pitch pro- pellor. Models, diagrams, and actual views are combined to show the construction and mechan- ism of a variable pitch propeller. A discussion of constant speed operation. Ground checking and feathering in actual flight and in landing. Airplane Propellers: Principles and Types. (17 min) 168d-|23.54. AAF-CasUe. TFl-246. Explains reasons for varying sizes and number of blades on different aircraft, why a propeller is twisted and why its angle is changed. Functions of fixed pitch, two-position, Hamilton Constant Speed, Hamilton Hydromatic, Curtiss Electric, and Aero Products propellers are shown. Airscrew, The. (22 min) 168d. BIS. An account of the manufacture of all-metal propellers, from the raw materials to the finished product. Includes explanation of the variable pitch theory. Keep 'Em Flying. (30 min) 16sd. Hamilton Standard Propellers—Jam Handy. The hydromatic propeller: models, diagrams, actual views of construction, and basic princi- ples. Inspection and ground testing. Servicing a Propeller. (18 min) 16sd-$30.01. USOE-Castle. OE277. Shows how to inspect and remove a propeller; how to repair damage to the metal edges; how to check the track and correct for out-of-track; how to check horizontal and vertical balance and correct for out-of-balance; and how to reinstall the propeller. Working on Air. (18 min) 16sd. GM. Development of a simpler and lighter constant speed propeller, production and use in combat. SLIDE FILMS Curtiss Electric Propeller Disassembly. Part I & II. (70 and 50 frames) Si. Loan: CAA. • Part I deals with the power unit; Part II, with the hub and blades. General Principles of the Propeller. AAF- Castle. FSl-104. Describes function and operation of the aircraft propeller. Explains thrust, pitch, angle, slip feathering, and wind-milling. Traces development of modem propeller. Ground Adjustable Propellers. (55 frames) Si. Loan: CAA. • Operation, installation, inspection, etc. AIRCRAFT PRODrCTION (See also Foundry & Forging, P. 34; Machine Shop, P. 40; Materials & Metals, P. 50; & Sheet Metal Shop, P. 69) Aircraft Alighting Gear (See also Aircraft Maintenance, P. 13) MOTION PICTURES Airplane Hydraulic Brakes: Principles of Operation. (20 min) 16sd-$26.41. AAF- Castle. TFl-162. Explains the need for brakes on modern air- planes and the basic principles of the brake itself. Covers both independent and integral systems in detail, including their operation in the airplane. Airplane Hydraulic Brakes: Types, Con- struction and Action. (30 min) 16sd-$37.26. AAF-Castle. TFl-305. Displays the parts of the Bendix single servo and duo servo brakes, the Hayes single show, single servo and duo servo brakes, the Hayes single expander tube brakes, the Hayes double expander tube brakes and the Goodyear disc type brakes. Overhauling the Carburetor I Airplane Structures: Alighting Gear. (| min) 16sd-$13.18. AAF-Castle. TFl-21 Defines alighting gear; shows loads exerte and explains principles of operation, compone> parts, and devices that warn pilots of alightis gear's position. 1 SLIDE FILM .4dju8ting Mechanical Brakes. Navy-Cast' SNW Describes preliminary checking of the bra; system, adjusting the brake and the final adjuf ments of the brake hook-up. Aircraft Assembling, Riveting and IVelding (See also Welding, P. 72) MOTION picture! Assembling in a Jig (Drilling and Riveting (21 min) 16sd-$32.87. USOE-Castle. OEi; Shows the procedure for drilling, burrir dimpling, riveting an aircraft sheet metal asse bly, emphasizing (1) following a pattern drilling, (2) fastening parts securely befc riveting, (3) riveting procedures for long a. short seams. Assembling in a Jig (Fitting and Lil Up). (16 min) 16sd-$27.88. USOE-CastJ or Shows how aircraft sheet metal parts assembled in a precision assembly jig, how craft sheet metal parts are fitted together accurately lined up; how to use an awl lining up; how to use skin fasteners; how correct misaligned holes. Blind Riveting. (15 min) 16sd-$27.15. USC Castle. 0 Explains necessity for blind riveting. Shi how to rivet parts that have partial accessibilif how to rivet parts that are completely blin how to determine when rivet heads are prope' set; how to use the special tools and rivets blind riveting jobs. Bomber. (10 min) 16sd—$14.09. Castle. The manufacture, speed, and power of the B Army bomber are portrayed. Commentary spechi written by Carl Sandburg. Dimpling and Countersinking. (21 mi 16sd-$32.87. USOE-Castle. OEl Shows how dimpling and countersinking p 10 INDEX OF TRAINING