Box 3
Container
Restricted
Contains 15 Results:
“The Art of Drag: A History of the U.S. Air Force Parachute Technology Development” (draft) by Andrew S. Kiddis, Aeronautical Systems Center, WPAFB, Circa 1999
File — Box: 3, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Rudi Berndt Papers primarily document Berndt’s work in parachute development, in both Germany and the United States, from the WWII era through the Cold War. Educational records, as well as a significant amount of material pertaining to Berndt’s arrival in the United States as part of Operation Paperclip, are also included. Of particular note are Berndt’s memoirs, which describe his early life in Germany through his retirement in 1991, in Series IV.Series I, German Life and...
Dates:
Circa 1999
Investigation Proposal: Dynamics of Flexible Shell-Like Aerodynamic Decelerators Operating in Earth and Other Planetary Atmospheres; Principal Investigator: Rudi Berndt, Circa 1962
File — Box: 3, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Rudi Berndt Papers primarily document Berndt’s work in parachute development, in both Germany and the United States, from the WWII era through the Cold War. Educational records, as well as a significant amount of material pertaining to Berndt’s arrival in the United States as part of Operation Paperclip, are also included. Of particular note are Berndt’s memoirs, which describe his early life in Germany through his retirement in 1991, in Series IV.Series I, German Life and...
Dates:
Circa 1962
“Supersonic Parachute Research” by Rudi J. Berndt (Technical Report ASD-TDR-62-236), 1962 May
File — Box: 3, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Rudi Berndt Papers primarily document Berndt’s work in parachute development, in both Germany and the United States, from the WWII era through the Cold War. Educational records, as well as a significant amount of material pertaining to Berndt’s arrival in the United States as part of Operation Paperclip, are also included. Of particular note are Berndt’s memoirs, which describe his early life in Germany through his retirement in 1991, in Series IV.Series I, German Life and...
Dates:
1962 May
“Experimental Determination of Parameters for the Calculation of Parachute Filling Times” by Rudi J. Berndt (Presented at the Annual Meeting WGLR-DGRR, Berlin), 1964 Sept.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Rudi Berndt Papers primarily document Berndt’s work in parachute development, in both Germany and the United States, from the WWII era through the Cold War. Educational records, as well as a significant amount of material pertaining to Berndt’s arrival in the United States as part of Operation Paperclip, are also included. Of particular note are Berndt’s memoirs, which describe his early life in Germany through his retirement in 1991, in Series IV.Series I, German Life and...
Dates:
1964 Sept.
Original Figures and German versions of “Experimental Determination of Parameters for the Calculation of Parachute Filling Times” (German, English), 1964 Sept.
File — Box: 3, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Rudi Berndt Papers primarily document Berndt’s work in parachute development, in both Germany and the United States, from the WWII era through the Cold War. Educational records, as well as a significant amount of material pertaining to Berndt’s arrival in the United States as part of Operation Paperclip, are also included. Of particular note are Berndt’s memoirs, which describe his early life in Germany through his retirement in 1991, in Series IV.Series I, German Life and...
Dates:
1964 Sept.
