Showing Collections: 541 - 550 of 627
Eris Swarthout Trans World Airlines Flight Attendant Collection
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2011-03-25
Contents of the Collection
The collection is comprised of a photograph and a business card relating to Eris Swarthout's 1943-1945 time as a Trans World Airlines (TWA) flight attendant. The black-and-white portrait of Swarthout in her TWA uniform is 4x6". It includes a stamp on the reverse that reads "TWA photo" as well as "Eris Swarthout" written in pen across the top. There is also a TWA business card for "Miss Eris Swarthout" with the job title of "Air Hostess, Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc."
Dates:
1943-1945
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Leon Swietlikowski World War II Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2009-12-01
Abstract
Leon Swietlikowski (1912-1984) was born in Wilno, Poland and served in the Polish Air Force, as well as the Polish squadrons attached to the French Air Force and Royal Air Force, during World War II. The collection includes log books, personnel documents, and photographs of Leon Swietlikowski and his wife, Bette.
Dates:
1941-1948, 1968
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Tacoma to Tokyo Fokker C.IVA Photographs
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2023-10-17
Contents of the Collection
The Tacoma to Tokyo Fokker C.IVA Photographs contains two black-and-white photographs depicting a 1923 Fokker C.IVA airplane used by Robert "Bob" Wark and Eddie Brown in an attempt to fly from Tacoma, Washington to Tokyo, Japan for a contest sponsored by the Seattle Star. It is likely these photographs were taken in Tacoma, Washington. The men modified the aircraft for long-distance travel, including removing the passenger seats and adding a larger...
Dates:
1930
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Tami Dias Commercial Airlines Collection
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2024-07-05
Contents of the Collection
The Tami Dias Commercial Airlines Collection is a small collection of textual materials primarily related to Sabena and Trans World Airlines (TWA), 1978-1982. It includes a 1978 certificate for Sabena's inaugural flight between Atlanta and Brussels, Sabena instructional documents, "Terms and Definitions Relative to the Jet," and "Station Training for the Boeing 707-131," and a 1982 TWA interoffice correspondence about the first meeting of the Clerical Task Force. Also present is a JFK...
Dates:
1978-1982
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Lawrence P. Tanguay Aviation Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-04-02-2
Content Description
The Lawrence P. Tanguay Aviation Collection is a small collection of documents and photographs collected by Paul Alan Roales related to Tanguay's aviation career, and especially his 1942-1943 civilian service during World War II in Eritrea with Douglas Aircraft Company's Project 19.Textual materials in the collection document realte specifically to Tanguay's participation in Project 19 and document the operations of the program and actions on specific aircraft. Materials include...
Dates:
circa 1942-1943
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
James H. Taylor, Jr. Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2015-00-00-1
Abstract
Archival materials relating to the missions of the United States Army Air Forces 498th Bombardment Group in 1944-45. The Museum of Flight's Boeing B-29 Superfortress was of this group and material in this collection reflect the activities of the aircraft during that time period. Many of the charts are annotated for specific missions and some contain identified targets.
Dates:
1943-2013; Majority of material found within 1943-1945
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Velda Teel Collection
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2004-04-22
Content Description
The Velda Teel Collection is a small collection of materials possibly owned or created by James A. Teel, who was evidently a machinist at the Boeing Company in the mid 20th Century. The collection includes clippings regarding Boeing, circa 1940s-1950s and 1976; The Hawaii Times with "International Assn of Machinist & Aerospace Workers" written across front page, September 26, 1972; a booklet titled "Workers, how the wage-hour law affects you"; a U.S. Office of Price administration...
Dates:
circa 1940s - 1976
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Gary Teeter Braniff Airways Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2018-11-30
Contents of the Collection
The Gary Teeter Braniff Airways Collection is a small collection that primarily contains textual materials collected and used by Second Officer (Flight Engineer) Gary Teeter during his 1979-1980 employment with Braniff Airways. The bulk of the collection is employee records, including crew logs, an employee handbook, crew time and pay sheets and insurance booklets. There are also instrumentation training diagrams that depict "overhead panel," "pilots' instrument panel - left, right, center,"...
Dates:
1976-1984
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Walton B. Ten Eyck World War I Collection
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2021-06-09
Content Description
The Walton B. Ten Eyck World War I Collection is a small collection primarily documenting the military service of Ten Eyck. Materials include a 1917 Christmas Dinner menu from Camp Taliaferro Field No. 3; two letters from Ten Eyck to his future wife Barbara Braid dated October 21, 1917 and December 15, 1918; 96th Aero Squadron stationery; four photographs (informal and formal portraits) of Ten Eyck in military uniform from his World War I service; and an undated clipping about his being...
Dates:
1917-1918, 1944
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Terah Maroney Plane at Port of Everett Photograph
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2021-02-25
Content Description
The Terah Maroney Plane at Port of Everett Photograph is a small collection consisting of a single 3.25x4.5" black-and-white photograph. The image depicts Terah Maroney's plane at the Port of Everett surrounded by a crowd on July 4, 1914. Maroney had been invited to perform at the Kla-How-Yah Festival (later called the Kla-Ha-Ya Days). Bill Boeing, Sr. and his partner George Conrad Westervelt were at the event and saw Maroney fly. Some sources say Boeing took his first flight with Maroney at...
Dates:
1914 July 4
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives