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Lamson, Robert T., 1914-2011

 Person

Biographical Note

Robert "Bob" T. Lamson was born on October 30, 1914. Lamson was a test pilot for Boeing from circa 1943-1953. In 1965, he built the Lamson L-106 Alcor, the world's first high altitude pressurized sailplane, which is hosued at The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington. Robert T. Lamson died on April 20, 2011.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Elsie Anderson Boeing Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1997-04-17-A
Abstract

Elsie Anderson worked at Boeing Company as a Public Relations representative, circa 1940s-1950s. The collection includes negatives, films, photographic prints, and a small amount of textual materials related to Boeing aircraft and test flights occurring during the 1940s-1950s.

Dates: circa 1940s-1950s

Kenneth B. Luplow Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2015-05-20
Content Description The Kenneth B. Luplow Collection is a small collection consisting of a logbook and notebook dating to Luplow's time working for Boeing in the 1940s. The logbook spans 1941-1946, and documents Luplow's role as flight engineer on many first flights, including the XB-29 and XC-97 and XPBB-1. Other test flights documented include ones for B-17 variants. Test pilots documented in the log include J.B. Fornasero, Elliott Merrill, A.C. Reed, Edmund T. Allen, Robert Lamson, J.A. Fraser,...
Dates: 1941 - circa 1949

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