Biographical Information Files - J
Scope and Contents
Individuals whose names begin with J:
[German World War II ace pilot]
"Hans-Joachim Jabs: German 'Zerstorer' Ace of the Second World War," Air Progress, October 1966
[U.S. Senator]
Folder 1:
"Sen. Jackson Warns on Detente Pitfalls," Aviation Week, October 8, 1973
"A 'New Deal Conservative,'" Seattle Post-Intelligencer, September 10, 1987
"Government, Business and Science: Partners in National Security," by Senator Henry M. Jackson. Remarks to Aerospace Manufacturers Council, May 23, 1963
Folder 2:
Photograph of Jackson, Bill Boeing, Dick Bangert, Scoop Jackson, C. Don Files, and Wells McCurdy, Red Barn, circa 1982
[U.S. fighter pilot and Boeing employee]
Program from The Museum of Flight's Dawn Patrol Breakfast, August 22, 2009 (contains biographical sketch about Jackson)
[Flight instructor and test pilot]
Folder 1:
"Flight Museum Gets Face Lift," Gainesville Sun, March 5, 1993
"The Flying Pioneers," AAHS Journal, Fall 1968
Folder 2:
Photograph of Benoist Airboat, St. Petersburg-Tampa
Photograph of Jannus and passenger in Benoist Airboat #43 (marked "Florida Pinellas Suncoast")
[Flight instructor and test pilot]
Typed biographical sketch with black-and-white photograph attached (text from "Flying Pioneers Biographies of Harold E. Morehouse")
Letter from Morehouse to Armand Claverie transmitting biography
[Specialist in aircraft maintenance support]
Folder 1:
"Greer Award Presented to P. N. Jansen of Boeing," NSIA Newsletter, June 1961
"The Follow-Up," Boeing Magazine, October 1969
Newspaper articles from 1940s relating to the Curtiss-Wright Corporation and Jansen
Correspondence with Jansen about P-40s and donations of Curtiss photographs, 1963-1969
Obituaries, 1972
Text from Jansen's memorial service
Folder 2:
Photographs of helicopters NX41817 (photocopies)
Correspondence with Jansen regarding an NC-4, 1966-1969 (photocopies)
"50th Anniversary of First Transatlantic Flight," Buffalo Courier-Express, May 25, 1969 (in NC-4), plus other related articles
Letter to Jansen from Superintending Constructor of Aircraft, U.S.N. regarding NC boats, June 3, 1919 (photocopy)
Photocopy of photograph (of Jansen?)
[Glider and fighter pilot]
Biographical sketch
[Race pilot, aviatrix]
Biographical sketches
[Pioneer Alaskan aviator]
Photocopy of book cover and pages from Winging it by Jefford
Biographical note about Jefford, Who's Who in World Aviation, 1958
Chapter on Jefford from The Flying North by Jean Potter, 1947
Photocopies of photographs of Jefford and aircraft
[World War II ace pilot]
"Komet Killer," Air Classics, undated
[Executive, Rockwell International]
"Let George Do It; ASLD Jeffs Has Pioneered America's Space Exploration," The Washington Alumnus Digest, Spring 1985
[U.S. astronaut, aviatrix]
"Black Female Aviators Fly Through History," Northwest Mountain Intercom, February 1995
[Pilot and early Boeing employee]
Aviation Log Book for test flights of B&W No. 1, 1916 (photocopy)
Diary pages of first flights of B&W, 1916 (photocopy)
Letter from Jensen to Boeing Airplane Company regarding Boeing B&W aircraft, 1966
"First Flights," Boeing News, July 1941
"Collectors' Items," Boeing Pictorial History, July 1946, page 19 (photocopy)
Correspondence between Pacific Aero Products Co. and Chief Signal Officer about employment of Jensen, 1917
[Pilot]
Folder 1:
"The Ups and Downs of a Barnstormer," Sport Aviation, May-August 1965 (three parts)
"1927 Hawaii Air Race" (college research paper) by Mike Lavelle, March 1968
Folder 2:
"Martin Jensen Report"
Correspondence regarding informational materials from Jensen
"Aviation History of 1928" (13-page typescript)
Folder 3:
"Molded Plastic Plywood: Airplanes, Gliders, Parts," Langley Aviation Corporation (pamphlet)
Autobiographical typescript (23 pages)
Two pages from Aircraft Year Book: Epochal Flights of 1927
Additional autobiographical document (typescript)
Folder 4:
Photograph of Jensen
Photograph of airplane that Jensen flew in Dole Air Race, 1927
Photocopies of photographs from Hatfield Notebook
Folder 5:
Color slides with transcript
[Sailrplane designer]
"Volmer Jensen Dead At Age 88," Pacific Flyer, February 1998
[Pilot, navigator, entrepreneur]
Folder 1:
Correspondence with Museum of Flight regarding awards, 1980s
"Jepp's 'Little Black Book,'" Frontier Airlines "WHY" Magazine, Fall 1973
"On a Wing and a Prayer," Sunday Denver Post, February 26, 1989
Portion of article regarding Jeppesen, Air Transport, September 1944
"Aviation Pioneer from Oregon Turns Up Nose at Jet Age," Sunday Oregonian, June 3, 1990
"Jeppesen--Past, Present and Future," Aviation & Business Journal, June 2002
"Airplane Pioneer Snorts at Modern Jetliner Age," Idaho Falls Post Register, May 27, 1990
"Stewardess and Plane Pilot to Wed," Oregon Daily Journal, September 17, 1936
"Statesman of the Skies," The Southwest Villager," August 31, 1989
Folder 2:
Pathfinder nomination, 1986
Brochure regarding Jeppesen-Sanderson Training Systems Marketing
"Honoring a Pioneer Aviator," Denver Post (reprint), undated
"Charting Jeppesen," Flying, January 1989
Obituaries, 1996
Press release about receipt of Jeppesen collection plus related correspondence, 1985
"That Little Old Mapmaker Who Charted the Airspace of the World," FAA Aviation News, April 1972
"The $200,000 Hobby," Air Transport, September 1944
"Airway Manual," Flying, September 1952
"Shared Legacy; Boeing Roots Deep in Jeppesen History," Boeing News, October 12, 2000
"The Early Adventures of Captain Jepp," Boeing Frontiers, August 2005
Biographical sketch
Photocopy of Jeppesen photograph
"Charting the future of aviation,” an eight-page article from "Boeing News Now," January 27, 2023.
[World War II pilot]
Letter to Museum of Flight, 1999
Autobiography and narrative of Jespersen's experiences in World War II as a B-17 pilot
[Pilot, aviatrix]
"History of The Ninety-Nines, Inc." by Gene Nora Jessen, The Ninety-Nines, Inc., 1979 (photocopy)
[Aviation historian]
"Youngest Member Boosts PNAHF Campaign to Buy Flying Fort," Renton-Chronicle, May 5, 1968
"Where are Vintage Aircraft Parts Found? Down on the Farm," Seattle Times, July 5, 1984
"The Airshow Announcer" by Ken & Fred Johnsen (page of cartoons)
[U.S. Air Force fighter pilot]
"Shelton Neighbors Should Know Johnsen as 'The Christmas Knight,'" The Olympian, January 28, 1987
[Pilot, aviatrix]
Short biographical sketch
Newspaper photograph
[Seattle pioneer aviator]
Folder 1:
Various Johnson's business cards
Business card with photograph of Boeing Seaplane
Numerous short newspaper clippings about Johnson's flying adventures, circa 1920s
"Theater Man Taking In 10,000-Mile 'Road Show,'" Seattle Times, September 25, 1966
Obituary
Folder 2:
Three (3) black-and-white photographs of mail plane with pilot on wing
One black-and-white photograph of five men standing at edge of hanger next to mail seaplane
[Fighter pilot and test pilot]
"Charlie Johnson--A True 'Fighter Pilot' Begins Life Anew," Airport Journals, November 2004
[Pioneer stewardess]
Two brief articles with photographs regarding stewardesses
[Aeronautical engineer]
Folder 1:
Biographical sketch
""Be Quick, Be Quiet and Be On Time,'" Aviation History, September 2010
"Famous Designers No. 7, Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson," AIAA newsletter, March 1986
Obituary and news clips
"How the Stealth Fighter Got Off the Ground," Wall Street Journal, undated
"Skunk Works Took Lockheed Into World of Business Jets," LADC Star, June 17, 1993
Invitation to banquet honoring Johnson
Folder 2:
Three (3) black-and-white photographs with SR-71 (N803X and 06936)
Three (3) black-and-white portraits
Lithograph of color painting with SR71
Color photograph of Johnson with U-2 and SR-71
Color photograph of Johnson at desk
[Pilot]
Official photographs of Johnson in civilian clothes and uniform from the Air Service Engineering Division (multiple copies)
[Boeing Company executive]
"Boeing Exec Move Raises Questions," Seattle Times, June 22, 1993
[U.S. President]
Folder 1: "Annals of Politics: The Johnson Years: The Old and the New," The New Yorker, January 22, 1990
Folder 2: Black & white photograph of Johnson at desk and color photocopies of Air Force One photographs
[Aerial photographers]
"Martin and Osa Johnson," Air Classics, November 2003
[President, Boeing Airplane Company]
Folder 1:
"Portrait of 'P.G.,'" Boeing Magazine, October 1944 (3 copies)
"What of 1931?," Western Flying, January 1931
"They Turned Their Faces West; Philip Johnson," Pacific Northwest Aviation Historial Foundation paper (typescript), undated
"Boeings Svenske VD Var - 'King of Air,'" no source, undated (in Swedish)
"P. G. Johnson," History of King County, 1929
Biographical sketch, Boeing Company News Bureau, undated
"Out of the Doghouse," Saturday Evening Post, November 15,1941 (original and photocopy)
Letter from M.C. Slauson to Harl Brackin regarding family scrapbooks and the Boeing family history that she wrote
Folder 2:
Letter to Johnson from United Aircraft & Transport Corporation employees, 1934
Letter from Joseph McCarthy to Johnson, 1934
Folder 3:
Black-and-white photographs of Johnson
Color photographs of P.G. Johnson Efficiency Safety Trophy
Sepia photograph of two men on a boat
Photocopies of Boeing photos
[Owner/operator, Johnson Flying Service]
Folder 1:
Pathfinder Award nomination
Photocopies of photographs from Johnson Flying Service collection
Photocopy of Johnson’s obituary that appeared in the Missoula, Montana newspaper December 1980
Photocopies newspaper articles when Johnson Flying Service added a DC-4 and Blister Rust operations in Idaho
Photocopy of 38-page booklet describing operations in 1963. Includes photographs of all staff and list of aircraft.
Folder 2:
Black-and-white photograph of Johnson in aircraft cockpit
Photocopies of photographs of several aircraft.
[Early pilot and instructor]
"They Flying Pioneers: Walter E. Johnson," AAHS Journal, Spring 1967
[Test pilot]
Folder 1:
Profile of Johnston
Funeral program
"The Stuff of Legends: Boeing 707's Barrel Role Over Seattle," Seattle Times, August 8, 2015
"Tex Johnston Helping Pilot Museum Membership Drive," Boeing News, February 12, 1993
"707 To Paris," Boeing Magazine, November 1958
Articles about roll of Dash-80 in 1955
1958 Boeing magazine
Obituaries, 1998
"Tex Johnston: Our Right Stuff," Seattle Times, August 3, 1986
"Famous Rollover Test Pilot Hopes to Fly High with His 1st Book," Seattle Times, January 31, 1991
Letter and article about Johnston
Pathfinder nomination letter, 1987
Folder 2:
Photographs of Johnston as a test pilot, some autographed
Photocopies of Johnston at Museum of Flight, some in color
Photocopies of photographs with people identified
[B-29 test pilot]
Photographs on compact disc
Boeing press release on crash of B-29 near Seattle, 1944
Photocopy of B-29 crash in Ballard
Newspaper articles about B-29 crash in 1944
Report of 1944 aircraft accident, Aviation Archaeological Investigation & Research, 2006
Color lithograph of B-17G Sentimental Journey
[Museum of Flight deputy director]
Newspaper clippings, 1997, 1998
[Pilot, Wright Flying Team]
Biographical sketch
[NASA engineer]
2009 Pathfinder Awards program
[Line chief, 70th Bomb Squadron]
"Line Chief," Aero Album, Summer 1968
[Woodworker on crew that built Spirit of St. Louis]
"Last to Live the Lindbergh Legend," News Tribune, May 21, 1997
[Pilot]
Brief biographical note, Flying, 1952
Untitled article, Aero Digest, February 1938
Biographical sketch
[Pilots, aviatrix]
"Paths Cross in Cockpit for Mother, Daughter," Sunday Oregonian, November 30, 1980
[Engineer in Boeing's space projects]
Autobiographical sketch
[Boeing Plant photographer]
Photocopies of photographs of Jones and others
[Helicopter pilot]
"Crop Duster," Airwest, undated
[Aerodynamicist]
“Robert T. Jones, One of a Kind,” Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2005 [reprint]
[Pilot]
Typed copy of news article from 1923 regarding Jones' commercial flight in Alaska
Letter from Jones to Vic Stuhr regarding Jones' aviation experiences, 1971
Photocopy of Jones' photograph
[Professor of aeronautical engineering]
Newspaper clippings about Jones, no source, undated
[Pilot and aviation innovator]
"Elmer Takes the Air with Stubby Kruger," Film #1 (DVD)
Photograph of The Asen Jordanoff Boulevard street sign, Sofia, Bulgaria (photocopy)
"Assen Jordanoff - The Man Who Contributed to America's Airpower," by Plamen Antonov (www.pantonov.com/thoughts/assen_jordanoff)
[Aviation expert]
"Aviation After the War," Aero Digest, February 1941
[British test pilot]
"The Life and Times of Judge," Flight International, November 12, 1970
[German engineer and aircraft designer]
Typed biographical sketch
Dates
- Creation: 20th Century
Conditiona Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Collection: 36 Cubic Feet (Three four-drawer lateral file cabinets)
Language
English
Subject
- Jabs, H.J. (Person)
- Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983 (Person)
- Jansen, Peter N., Sr. (Person)
- Jansen, Raymond, 1924-2013 (Person)
- Jeffrey, Arthur F. (Person)
- Jensen, Harold W. (Person)
- Jensen, Martin (Person)
- Jeppesen, Elrey B. (Elrey Borge), 1907-1996 (Person)
- Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973 (Person)
- Johnson, Philip G. (Philip Gustav), 1894-1944 (Person)
- Johnson, Robert R. (Person)
- Johnston, A.M. (Alvin M.) (Person)
- Johnstone, Ralph G. (Person)
- Joki, James Allen, 1942- (Person)
- Jones, Glenn H. (Person)
- Jones, Walter R. (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the The Museum of Flight Archives Repository
9404 East Marginal Way South
Seattle Washington 98108-4097
206-764-7874
curator@museumofflight.org