A brief history of airplane surface controls and the means of actuation at Boeing by W. H. Cook, August 30, 1985

Manuscript titled "A brief history of airplane surface controls and the means of actuation at Boeing," written by William H. Cook, Jr., August 30, 1985. Addresses different flight control surfaces used at Boeing and the development of new ones over the course of Cook's career. References a number of aircraft, including the Lockheed Constellation, the Boeing 307 Stratoliner, the Boeing 707 and 727, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, the Boeing B-47 Stratojet, and the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. Also references George S. Schairer, Edward C. Wells, Edward Pfafman, and Victor Ganzer. Five (5) typed pages.