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Biographical Information Files - Y

 Sub-Group

Scope and Contents

Individuals whose names begin with Y:

Yakolev, A. S.

[Soviet aviation designer]

Photocopy of photograph

Yamamoto, Isoroku, Admiral

[Japanese admiral and war hero]

"Yamamoto Mission Members Recall Fight," Friends Journal, Summer 2002

"The Death of Admiral Yamamoto," The Retired Officer, November 1979

Yeager, Chuck

[U.S. Air Force test pilot]

Folder 1:

Biographical sketches

"The Fastest Man in the Sky," Wall Street Journal, July 3, 1985

"On the Right Ride," Washington Post, May 23, 1985

"Right Stuff? Hell, It's Just 'Luck,'" Newsweek, July 1, 1985

"Chuck Yeager: An American Original," Modern Maturity, November 1983

"Fliegersachen: Amerikas Markantester Testpilot: Schneller Yeager," Flug Revue, March 1983 (in German)

Invitation to breakfast with Yeager, 1980

"Chuck Yeager Breaks Interview Barrier," Wall Street Journal, July 31, 1985

Excerpts from Yeager's autobiography, Seattle Times, August 1985

"Test Pilot's Wife, Glennis Yeager, Dies," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, January 3, 1991

"1 Day 50 Years Ago in the Desert...," unidentified publication, October 14, 1997

Folder 2:

Color photograph of Yeager at Museum of Flight, 1998

Photographs of Yeager in cockpit and with airplane

Photograph of painting of Yeager from National Air and Space Museum

Yeager, Jeana

[Record-setting pilot, aviatrix]

Folder 1:

"Record-Setting Pilot Turns to Cross-Country Car Racing," Seattle Times, October 19, 1992

"History-Making Aviatrix Unhurt in Crash," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, July 2, 1990

Folder 2:

Color portrait photograph of Yeager

Yen, Hilda

[Chinese pilot, aviatrix]

"Chinese Girl Flyer Injured," unidentified publication, undated

York, Bernice Elizabeth Olson

[Pilot and sky rider, aviatrix]

Folder 1:

"Three Seattle Canines Who Object to Being Left on the Ground While Their Mistresses Go Sky Riding," unidentified publication, undated

Folder 2:

Small snapshot of York

Young, Clarence M.

[Director of Aeronautics, Department of Commerce]

"Civil Aeronautics in America," by Young, Aero Digest, December 1927

Young, John W.

[U.S. astronaut]

Autographed NASA color photograph

Young, Margaret

[Writer for Boeing Magazine]

Folder 1:

List of aviation manuals, undated

"The Mysterious Passenger," Boeing Magazine, April 1945

"The Mysterious Tipster," undated

Folder 2:

Photograph of Margaret Young and the crew of Noah's "Arc" Hi Altitude Electrical Lab, October 11, 1946

Photograph captioned "[Margaret Young] 'stumbling and fumbling in excitement,' as she boards Noah's Arc," May 1, 1946

Photograph of Margaret Young aboard Noah's Arc, [1946]

Photograph of Margaret Young holding a duffle bag and standing on a ladder, undated (circa 1945)

Photograph captioned "[Margaret Young], Bill Chenowith, Jim Fraser. See: April 1945 Boeing Magazine," March 18, 1945

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

Repository Details

Part of the The Museum of Flight Archives Repository

Contact:
9404 East Marginal Way South
Seattle Washington 98108-4097
206-764-7874


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