Aerospace History at SciTech 2016
Aerospace History Track of the SciTech2016 technical program provides a collaborative
opportunity to share historical insight by professionals from the aerospace industry, museums
and educational institutions, and professional and amateur historians General questions regarding
the Aerospace History Track of SciTech2016 should be addressed to the Technical Program
Chair, Kevin Burns (kevin.burns2@ngc.com, 858-514-6121). Proposed sessions are:
Helicopters
Imperial Beach in the southwest corner of San Diego (the most southwest corner of the
continental United States) has been known as "The Helicopter Capital of the World." In 1917,
the United States Army established Aviation Field on the current site of Navy Outlying Field
Imperial Beach and in 1918, it was renamed in honor of Army Major William Roy Ream, the
first flying surgeon of the American Army and the first flight surgeon killed in an aircraft
accident. In 1951, Ream Field Imperial Beach became home to its first helicopter squadron
when HU-1 moved on board. HS-2 and HS-4 were also commissioned here in 1952. They was
followed by many others, HS-6 and HS-8 in 1956 and HS-10 was formed in 1960. In 1967, the
oldest of the helicopter squadrons, HC-1, commissioned in 1948 at NAS Lakehurst, was divided
into five different squadrons, HC-3, HC-5, HC-7, HAL-3 and HC-1 and brought on board at
Imperial Beach. This long record in military helicopter history makes SciTech 2016 the ideal
forum for this session on the history of vertical takeoff flight. (Jointly sponsored by the History
TC and V/STOL TC.)
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AIAA/IAS and it role in establishing the American Helicopter Society
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Helicopter Museums
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Military Helicopter Associations
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The History of Companies in the Helicopter Industry
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Helicopter Unit Histories
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Helicopter Anniversary Events
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The Helicopter War in Vietnam 1966-2016, A 50-year Anniversary
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Historic Payloads for Vertical Platforms
Please direct questions to:
Michael Hirschberg (hirschberg@vtol.org, 571-499-1444), or Erasmo Piñero, Jr.
(epinero@bh.com, 817-280 5588).
Local Aerospace History
San Diego has a history of aviation going back to the 1880s, was the birthplace of Naval
Aviation (and most of Army Aviation), a center of aviation manufacturing since the 1920s, and
the origination of Charles Lindbergh’s “Spirit of St Louis.” It also has one of the largest
concentrations of aerospace museums and research centers in the United States.
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Local Air and Space Museums (Collections and History)
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Local Biographies (i.e., Montgomery, Curtiss, Fleet, Gott)
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Gliding and Gliderports
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Local Military History
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Local Aerospace Industry History
Please direct questions to:
Technical Program Chair, Kevin Burns (kevin.burns2@ngc.com, 858-514-6121).
(Session Chair
to be appointed.)
Aerospace Archives
Many of the West Coast organizations (Boeing, museums, etc) have vast holdings, but have not
been able to make East Coast conferences. This is a great opportunity to present papers on the
archiving of aviation/space history, to tell about their current holdings, and about their approach
to gathering and preserving this history.
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Selecting Documents for Preservation
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Cataloguing and Indexing
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Preservation
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Display and Public Access
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Digital Collections and the Internet
Please direct questions to:
Cam Martin (cam.martin@nasa.gov, 661-276-3448).
History of Organizations and Institutions
The history of Companies, Schools, Government Agencies, and other organizations and
institutions will be presented. Across all of these organizations, they are hitting major milestone
anniversaries, and this is their opportunity to present those histories (even recent companies such
as Space X and Bigelow Aerospace). There are series of papers that have been presented in the
past on the history of aerospace programs at educational institutions and these papers have been
edited into an AIAA publication. This session will include additional papers as the staff update
their histories, or as new programs come online.
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History of Government Agencies and Departments
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History of Aerospace Companies
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History of Aerospace Associations
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History of Schools and Educational Institutions
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Military Unit Histories
Please direct questions to:
Technical Program Chair, Kevin Burns (kevin.burns2@ngc.com, 858-514-6121).
(Session Chair
to be appointed.)
Centennial Events
Every year we reach another centennial aviation milestone somewhere. Some of the major ones
we are approaching at the end of 2015 and beginning of 2016 are the Centennial of the NACA
(NASA), Centennial of the National Park Service (the Dayton Aviation Heritage National
Historical Park has a published Centennial Strategy), Centennial of Philippine Aviation, Boeing,
the progenitor of the modern U.S. aerospace and defense industry will mark its centennial in
2016, Aviation Week celebrates its centennial in 2016, the Coast Guard centennial of flight is in
2016, and many military aviation centennials related to the outbreak of World War I.
Please direct questions to:
Technical Program Chair, Kevin Burns (kevin.burns2@ngc.com, 858-514-6121).
(Session Chair
to be appointed.)
Regional Histories
As Tip O’Neal noted for politics, all politics are local. The same can be said for history. Every
small community across the United States has a local history association; and there are historical
associations on every level above (county, state, and national). Furthermore, each country has an
aerospace history to be told (we have 21 country aviation histories published by the AIAA
[https://www.aiaa.org/Secondary.aspx?id=2910], there are 196 countries in the world today)
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First Flight and the National History of Aerospace
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Regional Air and Space Museums
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Regional Military Histories
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The History of Aerospace by State
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The City’s Role in Aerospace
Please direct questions to:
Technical Program Chair, Kevin Burns (kevin.burns2@ngc.com, 858-514-6121).
(Session Chair
to be appointed.)
History of Aerospace Communications
At the 2014 Space Conference, the AIAA Communications Systems Technical Committee
(CMSTC) expressed an interest in co-sponsoring a session on this topic with the History TC.
Furthermore, San Diego is a major center of airborne and space-based communications with
ViaSat, Qualcomm, L-3 Communications, Northrop Grumman Information Systems
Communications Division, and Cubic Corporation all based in the area. Furthermore, Southern
California is a center of CubeSat technology. A session co-chair will be appointed by the
CMSTC.
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History of Airborne Communications
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Role of Communications in the Development of Aviation
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History of Communication Satellites
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History of Avionics
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History of Space Communications
Please direct questions to:
Technical Program Chair, Kevin Burns (kevin.burns2@ngc.com, 858-514-6121).
(Session Chair
to be appointed.)
General Aviation History
This session has traditionally been the catch-all for the aviation related papers that do not fit in
any of the other History Session categories. If there are not many general aviation or space
related papers, they may be merged into a single catch-all session called “General Aerospace
History.”
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History of Particular Aircraft
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History of Aviation Technologies
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History of Aviation Pioneers
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Historic Aviation Events
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AIAA and the History TC
Please direct questions to:
Technical Program Chair, Kevin Burns (kevin.burns2@ngc.com, 858-514-6121).
(Session Chair
to be appointed.)
General Space History
This session has traditionally been the catch-all for the space related papers that do not fit in any
of the other History Session categories. If there are not many general aviation or space related
papers, they may be merged into a single catch-all session called “General Aerospace History.”
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History of Particular Spacecraft
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History of Space Technologies
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History of Space Pioneers
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Historic Space Events
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AIAA and the History TC
Please direct questions to:
Technical Program Chair, Kevin Burns (kevin.burns2@ngc.com, 858-514-6121).
(Session Chair
to be appointed.)
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
All abstracts submitted to AIAA Forums must meet the following minimum requirements in
order to be considered for acceptance to the event:
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Abstracts are being accepted to this Forum for the following presentation types:
Technical Paper, Oral Presentation, and Student Paper Competition
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The format must be an extended abstract or draft manuscript with a minimum of 500
words.
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The submission must include sufficient detail to demonstrate the purpose of the paper, the
technical foundation for the topics to be discussed, any preliminary results to date, and
the expected results of the final paper, including key figures, equations, tables, and
references, as appropriate. Sufficient information must be included in the submission to
convince the Forum organizers and reviewers that the author(s) will have a strong
likelihood of completing the final manuscript by the final manuscript submission
deadline.
Please note:
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Some conferences within the AIAA Forums require the submission of a full draft
manuscript, as indicated on the Forum website and the abstract submission site.
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Exceptions to the abstract submission requirements may be considered by the Forum
Technical Program Chair(s).
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION PROCEDURES
Abstract Submission Instructions
Once it is set-up, abstract submissions will be accepted electronically through the AIAA Forum
website at www.aiaa.org/SciTech2016 via ScholarOne Abstracts. The deadline for receipt of
abstracts via electronic submittal has not been set, but is expected to be in May of 2015.
The electronic submission process is as follows:
1. Access the AIAA forum website at www.aiaa-scitech.org.
2. Click the “Submit A Paper” button in the middle of the page.
a. You must be logged into AIAA to submit a paper, so you will be prompted to log in if you
have not already done so.
b. If you do not have an account with AIAA you may create one from this page. You do not
need to become a member of AIAA, and there is no fee to create an account.
3. After completing your AIAA login, the ScholarOne Abstracts site will open.
4. Click the Submission tab at the top of the page.
a. First, please review the general information about the conference’s abstract submission
requirements and policies.
b. To begin your submission, click the “Create a New Submission” link on the left menu.
PLEASE NOTE: If you have previously visited the site and begun a draft submission, click
the “View Submissions” link on the left menu to resume your submission.
c. There are six steps to complete in order for your submission to be eligible for consideration
for the conference. Detailed instructions for completing each step are posted within the
ScholarOne site. Please read and follow all directions. At step 6, you must click the “Submit”
button.
Special Notes:
1. If authors wish to revise an abstract that has already been submitted, they must go to “View
Submissions” and select “Return to Draft” in order to make any corrections. This removes the
abstract from the organizers’ view. Authors then need to submit the abstract again in order for it
to be considered. An abstract cannot be returned to draft if it has already been reviewed.
2. Once the abstract submission deadline passes, authors will no longer be able to submit new
submissions or return previous submissions to draft for revisions to the submitted abstract, the
author string, or any other submission details. Please carefully proof your submission before the
deadline.
3. If your submission is accepted for presentation at the conference, the author designated as the
presenter will be the only author with access to upload the final manuscript.
Authors having trouble submitting abstracts electronically should contact ScholarOne Technical
Support at ts.acsupport@thomson.com, 434-964-4100, or (toll-free, U.S. only) 888-503-1050.
Questions pertaining to the abstract or technical topics, or general inquiries concerning the
program format or policies of the conference, should be directed to the Forum Technical
Program Chair.
Review Process
All abstracts will be peer reviewed by preferably three qualified reviewers selected from
industry, academia, or government. It is recommended to the Technical Program Committee to
have the broadest representation of reviewers appropriate for the Forum. Exceptions may be
made for invited abstracts.
Author Notification
Authors will be notified of abstract acceptance or rejection on or about August 2015.
Final Manuscript Guidelines
Detailed instructions and guidelines for submitting papers will be made available to authors of
accepted papers. Authors must submit their final manuscripts via the event website no later than
1 December 2015.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION POLICIES
Publication Policy
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AIAA will not consider for presentation or publication any paper that has been or will be
presented or published elsewhere. Authors will be required to sign a statement to this
effect.
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AIAA policy precludes an abstract or paper from being submitted multiple times to the
same Forum. Also, AIAA will not republish a paper that has already been published by
AIAA or another organization.
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Papers being submitted to the Student Paper Competition must be indicated during the
submission process as “Student Paper Competition” presentation type. Students should
not submit the abstract more than once. Only submissions with “Student Paper
Competition” presentation type indicated will be eligible for the competition. Papers
selected for that competition will be published along with the Forum proceedings.
"No Paper, No Podium" and "No Podium, No Paper" Policies
If a written paper is not submitted by the final manuscript deadline, authors will not be permitted
to present the paper at the conference. It is the responsibility of those authors whose papers or
presentations are accepted to ensure that a representative attends the conference to present the
paper. If a paper is not presented at the conference, it will be withdrawn from the conference
proceedings. These policies are intended to eliminate no-shows and to improve the quality of the
conference for attendees.
WARNING: Technology Transfer Considerations
Prospective authors are reminded that technology transfer guidelines have considerably extended
the time required for review of abstracts and completed papers by U.S. government agencies.
Internal (company) plus external (government) reviews can consume 16 weeks or more.
Government review, if required, is the responsibility of the author. Authors should determine the
extent of approval necessary early in the paper preparation process to preclude paper
withdrawals and late submissions. The conference technical committee will assume that all
abstracts, papers, and presentations are appropriately cleared.
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)
AIAA speakers and attendees are reminded that some topics discussed at conferences could be
controlled by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). U.S. nationals (U.S. citizens
and permanent residents) are responsible for ensuring that technical data they present in open
sessions to non-U.S. nationals in attendance or in conference proceedings are not export
restricted by the ITAR. U.S. nationals are likewise responsible for ensuring that they do not
discuss ITAR export-restricted information with non-U.S. nationals in attendance.
PROPOSALS FOR SPECIAL SESSIONS
Individuals who wish to organize special sessions within the History Track (e.g., invited oral
presentations, panels, or demonstrations) should submit a short proposal describing the nature of
the session as it relates to a specific theme of the Track. Be sure to include the names of the
organizers and participants. Please email your proposal by 15 May 2015 to
kevin.burns2@ngc.com. Do not upload an abstract for the proposal.