[QuadList] Quad Manuals Scanned/Digitized In A Swap

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Thank you Dennis. You are  absolutely correct. 
 
 
In a message dated 5/15/2012 1:32:29 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
wingod at earthlink.net writes:

A series of audio and or video oral histories should be done.  This  needs 
to be done now.  It does not matter how small you think your  contribution 
was, it is important and in 100 years people WILL be interested  in what you 
had to say, and what your observations were about this business  and the 
technology, and how it was developed.


I will give you a concrete example of this.


I did an interview with Von Braun Rocket Team member Konrad Dannenberg  
about ten years ago (he has since passed away).  Besides a lot of  interesting 
personal history and history of the rocket team he had this  gem.


He was talking about the development of the engine for the V2 missile.  His 
degree was in mechanical engineering with an emphasis on diesel  engines.  
The fundamental equations for the design of rocket engine  combustion 
chambers was derived from the equations used by German industry for  the 
development of a diesel engine combustion chamber.  


In all of my years associated with space, I had never heard this.  It turns 
out it is a critical link, aka "Connections" between rocket  science and 
the automobile.  Without that oral interview and that offhand  comment, this 
critical piece of information would have died to history.  Now others may 
have been able to infer or develop this thesis, but with  Konrad we have a 
concrete, first person historical fact.


I have not heard of any of you guys thinking about doing this but I  
strongly urge you to do so, not only for the technology, but for the general  
history of Quads.


The Quad list is a gold mine of historical information as well but you  
guys really really (let me say it again) REALLY should do the oral histories.  
They can then go to the Stanford archives or be placed on the internet  on a 
youtube channel.


Just my thoughts as Ampex and this technology was a vital part of our  
technical heritage.


Dennis Wingo
LOIRP Project Co-Lead

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