John L. Bailey Boeing B-52 Collection
Content Description
The John L. Bailey Boeing B-52 Collection is a small collection of records and technical drawings from John Bailey's work designing instrument panels on the B-52 at the Boeing Company from the late 1940s to early 1950s. The collection consists of two of Bailey’s notebooks during his employment with the company. The first notebook, "B-52 Instrument Panels Change Record” includes technical drawings and notes. The second notebook titled, “B-52 Instrument Panels” includes technical drawings and notes, as well as correspondence, diagrams, check lists, and three 8x10” black-and-white loose photographs of control panels.
Dates
- Creation: 1949-1954
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research and is accessible in the Dahlberg Research Center by appointment. For more information contact us.
Conditions Governing Use
The Museum of Flight (TMOF) Archives is the owner of the physical materials in the archives and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. Written permission must be obtained from TMOF archives before any publication use. TMOF does not necessarily hold copyright to all of the materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners. Consult repository for more details.
Extent
.05 Cubic Feet (1 letter-size file folder)
Language
English
Separated Materials
The following materials have been separated from the archival component of this collection and are kept in the Library:
- Pedigree of Champions: Boeing since 1916.
- Serling, Robert J., Legend and Legacy.
- Mansfield, Harold, Billion Dollar Battle.
- Graff, Cory, Boeing Field.
- Boyne, Walter J. Classic.
- Birch, Jane Gardner They Flew Proud.
- 737-200 General Description.
- 707-320C systems, Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
- Boeing 787 Dreamliner: flying redefined.
- The Art of William S. Phillips: the glory of flight.
- Aviation Yearbook 1976.
- Boeing: Plane Maker to the World.
- Radio Facility Charts and In-Flight Data. United Sates (Apr. 6, 1953)
- Design of Wood Aircraft Structures. (ANC-18, June 1944).
- Airplane Structures (1945 ed., Navy training courses)
- Wood Aircraft Inspection and Fabrication (ANC-19, 20 Dec. 1943).
- Nomenclature of Aeronautics (report no. 474, NACA, 1941).
- Flight Instruction Manual (C.A.A. technical manual no. 100).
- Technical Manual, Cargo Loading Instructions, USAF series C-135A, C-135B
- Your body in flight (T.O. No. 00-25-13, July 20, 1943).
The following items have been separated from the archival component of this collection and are kept in Objects storage:
- (1) metal German Luftwaffe helmet
- Scratch-built model, Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, built by John L. Bailey
Please contact us for more details.
Processing Information
This collection has been fully processed.
Subject
- Boeing Company (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the John L. Bailey Boeing B-52 Collection
- Status
- Completed Level 2
- Author
- Charise Dinges
- Date
- April 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Edition statement
- 1st edition
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