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National Championship Air Races

 Organization

Historical Note

The National Air Races (also known as Pulitzer Trophy Races) are a series of pylon and cross-country races that have taken place in the United States since 1920. During World War II and from 1950-1963, the races were on hiatus. In 1964, they resumed as the Reno National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada and are still ongoing.

Citation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Air_Races

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Joe Aiken Films

 Collection — Box Film Box 4, Reel: 1-6
Identifier: 1998-12-28
Contents of the Collection The Joe Aiken Films are comprised of six films shot, produced, or compiled by Joe Aiken of 20th Century Fox Studio, from approximately 1918-1947. The films contain a mix of newsreel footage, documentary footage of aircraft manufacturing, and flight footage. Three of the films contain footage of World War I flying aces, flying squadrons, World War I-era aircraft, and transatlantic flight attempts. One of the films contains newsreel footage of the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II and the...
Dates: circa 1918-1950s

Emile Chourré and Chourré Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-06-17
Abstract

The Emile Chourré and Chourré Family Papers is comprised of documents and scrapbooks, photographic prints and photograph albums, and assorted ephemera primarily pertaining to the life and military career of Lieutenant Commander Emile Chourré (1894-1938). Major topics include Chourré's military service, especially while stationed in Coco Solo, Panama; his service as a U.S. Naval announcer for the 1929-1931 and 1933-1934 National Air Races; and family (immediate and extended) photographs.

Dates: 1889-1988; Majority of material found within 1920s-1950s

Robert L. Simons Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1998-05-05-B
Overview

Robert Lewis Simons was a military and commercial pilot in the mid-twentieth century. The Collection is comprised of materials relating to Simons’ career , including log books, military records, photographs, and films.

Dates: 1925-1972; Majority of material found within 1938-1948

Dorothy (Hester) Stenzel Pilot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1992-09-26
Abstract

Dorothy (Hester) Stenzel (1910-1991) was born in Ardenwald, Oregon and learned to fly in the late 1920s. Stenzel then gained fame for stunt flying and broke several records through the mid-1930s. The collection contains seven scrapbooks and assorted textual materials and photographs that document Stenzel's career as one of the first female stunt pilots.

Dates: circa 1928-1991

Series XV. Personal, 1910-2002, undated

 Series
Scope and Contents: Personal The Personal series consists of materials related to WPL’s and MOL’s professional lives but which are not directly tied to any of the companies. The series is divided into four subseries: William P. Lear, Moya Olsen Lear, Lear Family, and General. Each of these has been further broken down and are clarified below. Materials are generally, but not always, arranged by date, with undated items at...
Dates: 1910-2002, undated

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  • Subject: Air pilots X

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Type
Collection 4
Archival Record 1
 
Subject
Air pilots, Military 3
California 3
Hawaii 3
clippings (information artifacts) 3
logs (records) 3
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photographic prints 3
scrapbooks 3
16mm (photographic film size) 2
Aeronautics, Commercial 2
Air pilots 2
Air shows 2
Airplane racing 2
Airplanes, Military 2
Cleveland (Ohio) 2
Parachuting 2
Seaplanes 2
Ships 2
Stunt flying 2
World War, 1914-1918 2
World War, 1939-1945 2
correspondence 2
drawings (visual works) 2
greeting cards 2
identity cards 2
maps (documents) 2
military records 2
printed ephemera 2
songbooks 2
8mm (photographic film size) 1
Aces (Fighter pilots) 1
Aids to air navigation 1
Air pilots--Licenses 1
Aircraft accidents 1
Airlines 1
Airplane factories 1
Airplane occupants 1
Airplanes -- Design and construction 1
Airplanes -- Formation flying 1
Airports 1
Airships 1
Alaska 1
Annapolis (Md.) 1
Australia 1
Aviation ground crews 1
Barnstorming 1
Bell 206A Jetranger 1
Berliner-Joyce OJ-2 1
Biplanes 1
Boats and boating 1
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 1
Boeing F4B-3 (Model 235) 1
Boeing F4B-4 (Model 235) 1
Boeing Model 247D 1
Boeing XB-15 (Model 294, XBLR-1) 1
Boeing Y1B-17 Flying Fortress (Model 299B, YB-17, B-17) 1
Bogotá (Colombia) 1
Bush flying 1
Bush pilots 1
Canal Zone 1
Cessna 310 1
Chagres River (Panama) 1
Chicago (Ill.) 1
China 1
Coco Solo (Panama) 1
Collier Trophy 1
Commuter aircraft 1
Consolidated P2Y Ranger Family 1
Consolidated PBY-1 Catalina 1
Cuba 1
Cuna Indians 1
Curtiss Model H-16 1
Curtiss N-9 1
Curtiss P-36 Hawk Family 1
Curtiss SOC-3 Seagull 1
Denali, Mount (Alaska) 1
Douglas B-18 Family 1
Douglas DC-2 Family 1
Douglas DC-3 Family 1
Douglas DC-4 Experimental (DC-4E) 1
Douglas Dolphin Family 1
Flight crews 1
Flights around the world 1
Fokker D.VII (V.18) 1
Gaillard Cut (Panama) 1
Gatun Lake (Panama) 1
Gatun Locks (Panama) 1
Granville Gee Bee 1
Great Lakes (1929) Model 2T-1A 1
Grumman F3F Family 1
Japan 1
Junks 1
Kansas 1
Kōbe-shi (Japan) 1
Los Angeles (Calif.) 1
Maine 1
Manila (Philippines) 1
Martin (Glenn L.) PM-1 (Model 117) 1
Martin (Glenn L.) PM-2 (Model 122) 1
Michigan 1
Miraflores Lake (Panama) 1
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