Bibliography of Frank H. Winter
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31 August, 2020
2019
Winter, Frank H., and Philippe Cosyn, “The Gorgons: America's First Family of Missiles, 1943-1953,”
presented at the 70th IAC, Washington, D.C., 21-25 October 2019.
2018
Winter, Frank H., and Dr. Å. Ingmar Skoog, “Kristian Birkeland (1867-1917): Thoughts on his Space Propulsion Ideas and Experiment,” 69th International Astronautical Congress, Bremen, Germany, 1-5 October 2018.
2017
Winter, Frank H., and Kerrie Dougherty, “The Viking Sounding Rocket—The First Design, Building, and Flying of a Space Rocket, Some New Perspectives in Aerospace History,” presented at the 68th International Astronautical Congress, Adelaide, Australia, 25-29 September 2017.
2015
Winter, Frank H., and Philippe Cosyn, “New Observations on Reaction-Propelled Manned Aircraft Concepts, ca. 1670-1900, A Survey: Part II (1870-1900),” presented at the 67th International Astronautical Congress, Jerusalem, 12-16 October 2015.
2014
“Did the Germans Learn from Goddard? An Examination of whether the Rocketry
of R.H. Goddard Influenced German Pre-World-War II Missile Development,” Presented
at the 65th International Astronautical Federation, Toronto, Canada, 29 September
– 3 October 2014.
2013
Winter, Frank H., Philippe Cosyn, and Kerrie Dougherty, “Reaction-Propelled Manned Aircraft
Concepts, ca. 1670-1900---New Observations on Reaction-Propelled Manned Aircraft
Concepts, ca. 1670-1900, A Survey: Part 1 (1670-1869),” Presented at the 64rd
International Astronautical Federation Congress, Beijing, People's Republic
of China, 23-27 September 2013.
2011
Winter, Frank H., Dr. Michael J. Neufeld, and Kerrie Dougherty,
“Was the Rocket 'Invented' or 'Accidentally Discovered'? – Some New Observations
on its Origins,” presented at the 62nd International
Astronautical Federation Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 3-7 Oct. 2011,
paper IAC-11-E4.3.2.
2010
“Rocket History Through an Artifact: American Rocket Society Test
Stand No. 2 (1938-1942),” paper presented at the 61st International Astronautical
Federation Congress, Prague, Czech Republic, 27 Sept.-1 Oct. 2010.
2009
Winter, Frank H., and Philippe Cosyn, “The XLR-99 Pioneer Rocket
Engine --- Powering the X-15 Rocket Plane into Air and Space in the 1950s-1960s,”
paper presented at the 60th International Astronautical Federation Congress,
Daejon, Republic of Korea, 12-16 October 2009.
2008
“James H. Wyld (1912-1953): American Rocket Pioneer and the Development
of the Wyld Regeneratively-Cooled Rocket Motor,” paper presented at the 59th
International Astronautical Federation Congress, Glasgow, Scotland, 29 Sept.-3
Oct. 2008.
2004
“The Silent Revolution: How R.H. Goddard Helped Start the Space
Age,” paper presented at the 55th International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 4-8 Oct. 2004.
2003
“On the Spaghetti Trail. The Story of a Revolution in Modern Rocket
Technology,” paper presented at the International Astronautical Federation
(IAF) Congress, Bremen, Germany, 29 September-3 October 2003.
2002
Durant, III., Frederick C., and Frank H. Winter, “Goddard and Lindbergh:
The Role of Charles A. Lindbergh in the Rocketry Career of Robert H. Goddard,”
paper presented at the International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Congress,
Houston, Texas, 10-19 October 2002.
2001
Villain, Jacques, Frank H. Winter, and Frederick I. Ordway, III,
“Victor Coissac: A Forgotten Astronautical Pioneer and Contemporary of Tsiolkovsky,
Esnault-Pelterie, and Goddard,” paper presented at the 52nd International Astronautical
Federation (IAF) Congress, 1-5 October 2001, Toulouse, France.
2000
“Preliminary Investigations of the Rockets in the Water Splashing
Festival in Yunnan, China, and Its Connection with Bang Fai and Ryusei Rocket,”
presented at the 22’~ International Symposium on Space Technology and Science
(ISTS), Morioka Tohno City, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, 28 May-4 June 2000.
Winter, Frank H., and Karlheinz Rohrwild, “Rocketry in Latin America
in the 19th Century --- An Historical Survey,” paper presented at the 51st
International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Congress, 2-6 October 2000, Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil.
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1999
“The East Parking Lot Rocket Experiments of North American Aviation,
1946-1949,” paper presented at the 50th International Astronautical Federation
(IAF) Congress, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 4-8 October 1999.
1998
“Ryusei and Bang Fei --- Is There a Connection?” presented at
the 21st International Symposium on Space Technology and Science, Sonic City,
Omiya, Japan, 24-31 May 1998.
1997
“Rocketdyne --- A Giant in Rocket Technology --- The Formative
Years, 1945-1955,” paper presented at the 48th International Astronautical
Federation (IAF) Congress, Turin, Italy, 6-10 October 1997.
1996
“The ‘Trip to the Moon’ and Other Early Spaceflight Simulation
Shows, ca. 1901-1915,” [Part 2], paper presented at the 47th International
Astronautical Federation (IAF) Congress, Beijing, China, 6-11 October 1996.
1995
“A Trip to the Moon and Other Early Spaceflight Simulation Shows,
ca 1901-1915,” [Part 1], paper presented at the 46th International Astronautical
Federation (IAF) Congress, Olso, Norway, 2-6 October 1995.
1993
“Highlights of 50 Years of Aerojet, A Pioneering American Rocket
Company, 1941-1942,” paper presented at the 44th International Astronautical
Federation (IAF) Congress, Graz, Austria, 16-22 October 1993.
1992
Winter, Frank H., and Michael J. Neufeld, “Heylandt’s Rocket Cars
and the V-2 --- A Little Known Chapter in the History of Rocket Technology,”
paper presented at the 43rd International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Congress,
Washington, D.C., 28 August-5 September 1992.
1990
“'Black Betsy' --- The 6000C-4 Rocket Engine, 1945-1989 — Part
2,” paper presented at the 41st International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
Congress, Dresden, Germany, 8-12 October 1990.
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1989
“'Black Betsy' ---The 6000C-4 Rocket Engine, 1945-1989 — Part
1,” paper presented at the 40th International Astronautical Federation (IAF)
Congress, Malaga, Spain. 7-3 October 1989.
1987
“The Boun Bang Fai Rocket of Thailand and Laos: Possible Key to
Determining the Spread of Rocketry in the Orient,” paper presented at the 38th
International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Congress, Brighton, England, 10-17
October 1987.
1986
“Camera Rockets and Space Photography Concepts Before World War
II — Part II,” paper presented at the 37th International Astronautical Federation
(IAF) Congress, Innsbruck, Austria, 4-11 October 1986.
1982
Winter, Frank H., and Frederick I. Ordway, III, “Reaction Motors
Incorporated: An American Pioneering Rocket Company, The First 15 Years,” paper
presented at the 33rd International Astronautical (IAF) Congress, Paris, France,
27 September-2 October 1982.
“Early Educator-Supervised Student Rocketry The GALCIT Rocket
Research Project, 1936-1939, A Tribute to Frank J. Malina,” paper presented
at the 33rd International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Congress, Paris, France,
27 September-2 October 1982.
1981
“Nikolai Alexeyevich Rynin (1877-1942), Soviet Astronautical Pioneer
--- An American Appreciation,” paper presented at the 32nd International Astronautical
Federation (IAF) Congress, Rome, Italy, 6-12 September 1981.
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1979
“The Genesis of the Rocket in China and Its Spread to the East
and West,” paper presented at the 30th International Astronautical Federation
IAF) Congress, Munich, Germany, 16-22 September 1979.
1978
Winter, Frank H., and Skoog Å. Ingemar, “The Swedish Fire Arrow
Oldest Extant Rocket,” paper presented at the 29th International Astronautical
Federation (IAF), Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, 1-8 October 1978.
[Winter, Frank H., ed.], John Shesta, “Reaction Motors Incorporated
--- First Large-Scale American Rocket Company --- A Memoir,” paper presented
at the 29th International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Congress, Dubrovnik,
Yugoslavia, 1-8 October 1978.
1977
“The Influence of the von Opel-Valier Experiments Upon German
Rocket-Propelled Model Aircraft Development, 1920’s-1930,” paper presented
at the 28th International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Congres, Prague, Czechoslovakia,
25 September-1 October 1977.
1976
“Harry Bull American Rocket Pioneer,” paper presented at the 27th
International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Congress, Anaheim, Calif., 10-17
October 1976.
“American Pyrotechny Before World War I,”
invited paper presented at the American Chemical Society, 28th Southeastern
Regional Meeting, Gatlinberg, Tennessee, 27-29 Oct. 1976 [Unpublished]
1975
Winter, Frank H., George S. James, and Gregory P Kennedy, “A Century
of Evolution of Rocket-Propelled Model Aircraft,” paper presented at the 25th
International Federation (IAF) Congress, Lisbon, Portugal, 2 1-27 September
1975. [Unpublished]
1974
“Origins of the Development of the Rocket in India,” paper presented
at the 14th International Congress of the History of Science. Tokyo and Kyoto,
Japan, 19 and 27 August 1974.
1973
“Camera Rockets and Space Photography Concepts Before World War
II [Part 1],” paper presented at the 24th International Astronautical Federation
(IAF) Congress, Baku, USSR, 7-13 October 1973.
1971
“Vincenz von Augustin and His Raketenbatterien,” paper presented
at the 22nd International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Congress, Brussels,
Belgium, 20-26 September 1971.
“William Hale’s Rockets,” paper presented at the 13th International
Congress of the History of Science, 18-24 August 1971, Moscow, USSR. [Published
in Russian]
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