If you would like to contribute digital materials to this library, please mail your materials to leasurem@purdue.edu. You may also send your materials to: Department of Aviation Technology, 1401 Aviation Dr.  Attn: Michael Leasure, West Lafayette, IN, 47907-2015. All materials must be original works that may be copied or altered for educational purposes.

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Picture: Goodyear Brakes - Larger aircraft brake assembly

Pictures: LR 35 and 55 Cockpit Control Panels 1-2-3-4-5

Picture:  Cleveland Brake Parts - Light aircraft brake assembly

Picture: Cleveland nose or tail wheel assembly - light aircraft

Picture:  747 Tire rupture 20 minutes after landing

Picture: Landing Gear Bay - Grob G120

Picture:  Squat Switch - Cessna Citation

Picture:  Squat Switch - King Air

Picture:  Wing Icing - King Air

Picture:  Windshield Icing - King Air

Picture:  Crows Foot Wrench - Tool for limited access work

Picture:  Speed Wrench - Offset tool for removing and installing fasteners

Picture:  Air Chuck Nozzle - Fitting used to control compressed air for blowing

Picture:  Valve Core - Core removed from stem to show seals

Picture:  Tire in Safety Cage - Cage used for inflation and deflation safety

Picture:  Continental Crush Plate - Used with wood propeller to distribute bolt loads

Picture:  Innovative anti-chafe with nylon straps - Ignition leads routed and secured

Picture: Matco Brakes - Brake with plastic line on homebuilt (Steve Wittman, Buttercup)

Spreadsheet:  Weight and Balance Form - Stinson 108-1, 108-2 (educational use only)  

Spreadsheet:  Weight and Balance Form - 1976 Cessna 172M (educational use only)

Video:  727 being towed on ramp - towbar, tug, and Boeing 727

Picture:  Wheel Balance Patch - Aircraft wheel balancing patch

Picture:  Solder Applied to Wire - Smoke, solder, and a wire being tinned

Picture:  Ground Terminal Connections - Terminals attached to crankcase ground source

Picture:  Corroded Electrical Terminal - Terminal and stud with signs of typical corrosion

Picture:  Landing Gear Indicator Lights - Cessna 310 light disassembled with bulb

Picture:  Flap switch and Speeds - Cessna 310 Flap switch and speed ranges

Picture:  Circuit Breaker Popped - Circuit protection, trip free

Picture:  Control Quadrant - Cessna 310 engine controls 

Picture:  Indicator Light - Press to test

Picture:  Wire Soldering Fixture - Wire ready for solder in clamp

Picture:  Special Connector - Solder type strip connector

Picture: Solder Sucker - desoldering tool

Picture:  Solder and Braid - Spool of solder and desoldering braid

Picture:  Wheel Balance Tool - Testing a wheel for static balance

Picture:  Screw Balance Weight - Screw on balance weight on wheel

Picture:  Wheel Weight Options - Selecting a balance weight

Picture:  Tail stand and weight - Jacking stand used to balance engine weight

Picture:  Landing Gear Up Lock - Military Jet landing gear 

Picture:  Trailing Link Landing Gear - Complete military jet landing gear assembly

Picture:  Sealant on Landing Gear Nut - Sealant to prevent corrosion on exposed gear nut

Picture:  Smoked Rivet - Rivet that is loose and fretting with tail

Picture:  Piper APU Plug - External shot of APU plug on twin Piper, 12V

Picture:  Aircraft Lead Acid Battery - Gill 35 amp hour battery overall view

Picture:  Nickel Cadmium Battery  - Corroded terminal and strap

Picture:  Hydrometer in use - Specific Gravity test of Lead Acid battery

Picture:  Battery Vent Cap - Cap removed with view of bottom vent

Picture:  Nicad Cell Thermal Runaway - Results of excess heat on cell

Picture:  Aircraft Starter - Beechcraft Musketeer starter

Picture:  727 Generator Panel - Flight Engineers electrical control panel

Picture:  727 Landing Gear Selector - Cockpit view of gear retract lever

Picture:  727 Radio Console - Old radio panel with switches and knobs

Picture:  727 Control Stick - Left side of yoke with autopilot controls

Picture:  727 Rotary Dimmer - Cockpit dimmer switch example

Picture:  727 Overhead Breaker Panel - One of many circuit breaker panels

Picture:  727 Fuel Dump and Static Wicks - Shot from standing on wing

Picture:  727 Flap Bonding Jumper - Static jumper on leading edge

Picture:  727 Null Field Static Discharge - Wingtip Static Discharge 

Picture:  Cooper Vane - D.B. Cooper's legacy, cannot open stair in flight

Picture:  737 Gear Door Ground - Service ground for aircraft

Picture:  727 Potted Electrical Bus - Bus in rear along stairwell

Picture:  Battery Box - Battery box of TH-55 Helicopter

Picture:  Ignition Switch - View of the connections on the back of ign. switch

Picture:  Crimper/Stripper Tool - Inexpensive electrical wire tool

Picture:  Ring Terminal - Solderless, crimp type ring terminal

Picture:  Breadboard - Board for teaching basic circuits, series parallel

Picture:  Circuit Breaker Panel - Three, five amp breakers in panel

Picture:  Wire Stripper - Common hand stripper

Picture:  Ratchet Crimper - Side view of aircraft ratchet crimper

Picture:  Solenoid - Typical 12V solenoid for master or starter

Picture:  Fuse Plugs - In the wheel of a large aircraft

Picture:  727 Flap - Flap in the deployed position, under-wing view

Picture:  O-rings and packings - general selection

Picture: Aeroshell 22 Grease - close-up of grease in can

Picture: Assorted Aviation Oils - selection of common greases and oils

Picture: Aviation Hydraulic Fluids - three types in jars (color)

Picture: Skydrol - Skydrol in a jar with obvious color tint

Picture: Airscoop - Piper Tomahawk lower cowl including airscoop and exhaust outlets

Picture: Cowl Flap - Piper cowl flap bottom view including actuating rod

Picture: Cooling Inlets - Front view of Beechcraft Musketeer cowl

Picture: Boeing 727 - Right, front view of 727-100 series

Picture: aileron - Left aileron of Beech Musketeer

Picture: Flap - Kruger type leading edge flap of a Boeing 727

Picture: Rudder and stabilator - Beech Musketeer

Picture: Corrosion - Corroded Canon plug

Picture: Airfoil - Beech Musketeer with tip removed showing airfoil

Picture: Flap screw fairing - Boeing 727 

Picture:  Damaged Bearings - Roller bearings with serious flat spots

Picture: Stall Switch - Cessna 310 stall warning switch

Picture: Aileron tab - Cessna 310

Picture: Static discharge - Cessna 310

Picture: Vacuum pump - Cessna 310

Picture: Pitot Tube - Side view 

Picture: Propellor Deice Boot - Electric prop deice boot installation

Picture:  Damaged Mooney from a bird strike

Picture:  Damaged Piper Archer after contact with propeller of runaway aircraft

Picture:  Voltage Regulator Back - View depicting potting compound 

Picture:  Voltage Regulator Top - Top view showing data and specifications

Picture:  Avionics Bay - Typical business jet nose avionics bay

Picture:  Avionics Nose Bay - Box side view of avionics installed

Picture:  Avionics Wiring - Close-up of wiring in avionics bay

Picture:  Aircraft Electrical - Connectors and wiring

Picture:  Connector Safety Wire - Correct safety on aircraft connector

Picture:  Avionics Wiring and Plugs - View of typical wiring and plugs

Presentation: Helicopter lead, lag, and coning - PowerPoint animation

Presentation:  Boeing 747 Cargo Version - PowerPoint of concept and parts

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Picture: Cylinder Head - View of Continental cylinder head and barrel separated

Picture: Timing Marks - Front view of Lycoming ring gear and timing marks

Picture: Connecting Rod - Side view of a Lycoming connecting rod

Picture: Magneto Observation Window - Bendix magneto installed but with plug removed

Picture: Intercooler - Turbocharger intercooler installed on Continental GTSIO-520

Picture: Compressor - Turbocharger compressor from Continental GTSIO-520

Picture: Broken Tab on Oil Housing - Lycoming oil screen housing with tab damage

Picture: Checking Piston Pin OD - Micrometer being used to measure OD

Picture: Thickness Gage - End gap measurement of ring with thickness gage

Picture: Side Clearance - Measurement of piston ring side clearance on piston

Picture: Piston Pin Boss ID - Measurement of piston pin boss inside diameter

Picture: Vernier Caliper - Side view of vernier measurement tool

Picture: Micrometer and Gage - Micrometer measuring telescoping gage

Picture: Oil Pump Measurement - Depth micrometer measuring oil pump

Picture: Dial Indicator - Clamps and supports with dial indicator

Picture: Small Hole Gage - Gages used with micrometer to measure small hole ID

Picture: Bore Gage - Bore gage used for cylinder taper and out-of-round

Picture: Crankcase Side View - Six cylinder crankcase view showing cylinder mounts

Picture: Dynamic Dampener - Crankshaft with dynamic dampener installed

Picture: Piston Diameter - Micrometer used to measure piston diameter and cam

Picture: Thickness Gage - Thickness gage side view with gages spread open

Picture: Spark Plug tray - 8 sparkplugs in a standard aviation tray (massive and fine)

Picture: Engine mount - Cradle type engine mount from Continental O-300

Picture: Ignition harness - 4 cylinder harness including leads and caps

Picture: Magneto drive - Gear, impulse coupling, corrosion damaged

Picture: Engine mount - Dynafocal, shows rubber Lord mount 

Picture:  P lead connection - D2000 magneto P lead connection

Picture: Pressurized Magneto - Pressure line connected to magneto (Navajo)

Picture: Radial engine connecting rods - Master and articulating rod example

Picture: Mixture adjustment - Bendix injection mixture adjustment wheel

Picture: Mixture adjustment - Float carburetor idle mixture screw

Picture: Magneto timing pin - Slick magneto with timing pin inserted

Picture: EGT Probe - EGT probe installed in exhaust stack

Picture:  Timing Marks - Continental C85

Picture: Ignition Lead - Shielded ignition lead terminal hardware on Lycoming

Picture:  Rocker box - Lycoming rocker box cover and screws

Picture: Cold Cylinder check - Using a crayon to test for a cold cylinder

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Presentation: Mechanical Aspiration - Lecture outline on the subject of turbocharger systems

Video:  Ultralight in Flight - A two stroke powered, belt reduced,  Quicksilver flyby

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