National Air and Space Museum Archives

Windecker Projects Collection

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.0176
Creators:
Windecker, Leo J., 1921-
Dates:
1917-1966
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
2.18 Cubic feet
(2 records center boxes)
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection contains research data from Windecker's experiments with composites. The material includes market evaluations of the light aircraft manufacturing industry, and reports from the 1940s concerning the use of wood in aircraft production. The collection also includes correspondence between Dr. Windecker and Dow as well as project records.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
In the years following World War II, Dr Leo J Windecker (1921- ) worked for the Dow Chemical Co as a dentist in one of their company clinics. Windecker became interested in aircraft structures and began to research and design plastic aircraft forms. Eventually Dow saw promise in his designs and sent Dr. Windecker to Hondo, Texas in the mid-1960s where he was placed in charge of an experimental research laboratory, Windecker Research Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dow Chemicals. There he experimented with composite materials and developed aircraft structures built completely from them.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
No donor information, Gift, unknown, XXXX-0176, unknown

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

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Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Composite materials Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Aeronautics Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Aeronautics, Commercial Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Aeronautics -- Research Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Publications Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographs Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Correspondence Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Reports Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Windecker, Leo J., 1921- Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dow Chemical Company Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dow Chemical Company. Windecker Research Inc. Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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