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These are not modern reproductions or later reprints. They are original engineering/reference materials from the late 1950s era, with technical reports, calculations, handwritten notes, engineering data, and specialized material-reference information.
Binder 1 — Polaris / Reentry Body / Missile Engineering
This binder contains technical material directly associated with Lockheed missile development, including:
- “Description of XN 6D Reentry Body Digital Program” — December 4, 1958
- “Addendum to Transformation of Azusa Flight Data to Polaris Coordinates” — Lockheed report LMSD-4541
- Polaris-related engineering material
- References to Polaris Pad 25A
- FBM / Fleet Ballistic Missile weapon-system material
- Technical memoranda and engineering reports
- Handwritten calculations and working notes
- Mathematical and trajectory-related material
- Engineering diagrams and supporting technical documentation
The handwritten notes and calculations appear consistent with an engineer’s actual working archive rather than a clean library or reference copy.
Binder 2 — Aerospace Materials / Engineering Reference
The second binder contains extensive technical reference material relating to specialized materials used in aerospace and missile engineering.
Visible indexed sections include:
- Cork & RPD150
- Fiberglass Laminates
- General Information / Thermal Data
- Rubber Compounds
- Mylar
- Teflon
- Felt Metal
- Additional engineering-material sections and supporting technical information
This second binder adds substantial context to the collection and appears to have functioned as a working materials-reference binder alongside the missile/reentry engineering documentation.
Condition
Both binders show age, handling, storage wear, annotations, markings, and other signs of period use consistent with technical working documents more than 65 years old.
Please review all photographs carefully for the exact contents and condition.
The binders are being sold together as one archive. I have not separated the reports, notes, or individual documents.
This is an unusual surviving collection of original Cold War-era Lockheed engineering material associated with early missile, Polaris/FBM, reentry-body, and aerospace-material development.
Sale includes both binders shown in the photographs.
