Luplow, Kenneth B., 1919-
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1919-
Biographical Note: Kenneth B. Luplow
Kenneth B. Luplow was born on September 19, 1919 in the Rochester, New York area. He joined The Boeing Company in the 1930s, and was trained in Aeronautical Engineering at Boeing and at Cornell University. He initially served as a Flight Engineer and was eventually promoted to Director of European Sales. No further information is known.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Elsie Anderson Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1997-04-17A
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.
Kenneth B. Luplow Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
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, R.M....