Queen Charlotte Airlines
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Brien S. Wygle Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2020-09-17
Contents of the Collection
The Brien S. Wygle Collection is a small collection primarily consisting of logbooks and certificates, licenses, and awards documenting Wygle's service in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II through his career at the Boeing Company as a test pilot. The logbooks span 1943 to 2008 and document his military service, his time flying as a commercial pilot with Queen Charlotte Airlines in 1950, and his Boeing career beginning in May 1951. There is a gap in the logs from...
Dates:
1939-1990
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Wygle, Brien S. -- oral history interview, 2013 November 13
File
Interview Summary
Test pilot Brien Wygle is interviewed about his decade-spanning career in the aviation industry. He describes his flight experiences prior to his work at Boeing, including his RCAF (Royal Canadian Air Force) service as a transport pilot during and after World War II and his time as an airline pilot with Queen Charlotte Airlines. He then discusses his test pilot career at the Boeing Company and his involvement with various aircraft, including the Boeing B-47 Stratojet, B-52 Stratofortress,...
Dates:
2013 November 13
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- Archival Record 1
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Air pilots, Military 1
- Air pilots--Licenses 1
- Avro 698 Vulcan Family 1
- Boeing B-47 Stratojet Family (Model 450) 1
- Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Family (Model 464) 1
- Burma 1
- Canada 1
- Distinguished Flying Cross (Medal) 1
- Douglas (C-47) Dakota Family 1
- England 1
- Hydroplanes 1
- Kansas 1
- Lockheed (A-28/A-29) Hudson (Model 14) Family 1
- TMOF Aircraft 1
- Washington (State) 1
- World War, 1939-1945 1
- acrylic paintings (visual works) 1
- awards 1
- certificates 1
- correspondence 1
- de Havilland D.H.100 Vampire Family 1
- logs (records) 1 + ∧ less
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