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Orville Wright Letter

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-10-01-D
Abstract

4-page typed letter signed on Wright Company letterhead, dated April 7, 1915, to Frederick Eppelsheimer of the New York Herald, discussing the possibility of using a pendulum to stabilize aircraft, mentioning the death of his brother Wilbur, and referencing fellow aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss. Accompanied by a small matte-finish portrait of Eppelsheimer, dated 1918.

Dates: 1915 April 7
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Brien S. Wygle Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2020-09-17
Contents of the Collection The Brien S. Wygle Collection is a small collection primarily consisting of logbooks and certificates, licenses, and awards documenting Wygle's service in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II through his career at the Boeing Company as a test pilot. The logbooks span 1943 to 2008 and document his military service, his time flying as a commercial pilot with Queen Charlotte Airlines in 1950, and his Boeing career beginning in May 1951. There is a gap in the logs from...
Dates: 1939-1990
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Frank R. Yager Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2018-07-24
Content Description The Frank R. Yager Collection consists of items documenting Yager's career as an airmail pilot. Included are three logbooks, his pilot's licenses and certificates, and 14 photographs. The photographs consist of both snapshots and formal group portraits as well as some views of airmail planes. There are few identifications with the photographs, but also depicted are Lee Patterson, Jack Knight, and C.F. Egge. Additionally, there are photocopies of other images. There is one folder of...
Dates: 1918-1946, 1994
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Edward M. Young Military Aircraft Slides

 Collection
Identifier: 2024-12-05
Contents of the Collection The Edward M. Young Military Aircraft Slides holds approximately 1,642 color slides that depict primarily U.S. and Asian military aircraft and some commercial aircraft. The shots were taken by Edward M. Young from 1974 to 1984 while he was living and working in Asia. The collection has been arranged alphabetically by subject. The bulk of the slides depict United States and Asian military aircraft, often on stationary display at military air bases or aviation museums in various...
Dates: 1974-1984
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Francis M. Young Aerial Survey Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box: Assorted Oversize Photo Box 1, oversize: folder 1
Identifier: 1987-09-01-A
Contents of the Collection The Francis M. Young Aerial Survey Photograph Collection is comprised of fifteen black-and-white aerial photographs taken during Alaska Survey Expeditions, circa 1930s-1940s. The photographs are 18x22" and only a few have very brief contextual information on the reverse. Identifications include a Douglas R5D (Douglas C-54 Skymaster), Mount Rainier (Washington State), and the Columbia Glacier (Alaska). One photograph depicts an at-sea aircraft carrier with a full deck of aircraft....
Dates: circa 1930s-1940s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Kenneth J. Young Space Memorabilia Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2024-03-19-A
Contents of the Collection

The Kenneth J. Young Space Memorabilia Collection is a single-item collection that contains a bookmark issued by NASA, circa 2022. The bookmark is shaped as the Project Artemis Orion spacecraft. On the front of the bookmark is a color visual of the Orion spacecraft. On the verso are quick facts about the Space Launch System (SLS), including height, weight, thrust, and travel speed. It also includes a link to the NASA.gov/artemis website.

Dates: circa 2022
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Charles Zevart World War II Glider Pilot Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2019-05-16
Content Description

The Charles Zevart World War II Glider Pilot Collection consists of items relating to the life and military career of Charles Zevart, a World War II glider pilot. The collection contains his military records, high school diploma, black-and-white photographs, correspondence with the Air Force, and his Army Flying School yearbook.

Dates: 1942-1955
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

George T. Zimmer Ejection Seat Testing Photographs Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2006-06-15
Contents of the Collection The George T. Zimmer Ejection Seat Testing Photographs Collection consists of 112 photographs from the 1960s or 1970s related to aircraft ejection seat tests.The first folder of photographs includes 30 prints, one 4x5" and the rest 8x10". Twenty-eight are black-and-white prints and two are in color. These photographs depict United States Air Force ejection seat testing experiments, some labeled as taking place at the U.S. Naval Aerospace Recovery Facility in El Centro,...
Dates: circa 1960s-1970s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Glenn E. Zimmerman World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-10-16-307
Abstract

Glenn E. Zimmerman (1912-1993) served with the United States Navy as a pilot during World War II. The collection contains photographs, holiday greeting cards and menus, military records, and military identification card from his 1942-1946 military service.

Dates: 1942-1946
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Harold W. Zipp Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1992-11-12
Abstract

Harold W. Zipp was an engineer at the Boeing Company for forty years. The collection documents his career, particularly his tenure in Wichita, Kansas, with diaries, photographs and other documents.

Dates: circa 1930-1971; Majority of material found within 1930-1951
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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photographic prints 452
clippings (information artifacts) 190
World War, 1939-1945 188
printed ephemera 169
correspondence 161
Air pilots, Military 105
certificates 103
logs (records) 103
Airlines 81
World War, 1914-1918 79
Airplanes, Military 77
booklets 74
photocopies 74
military records 73
Air pilots 71
negatives (photographs) 64
postcards 62
scrapbooks 61
Flight attendants 60
brochures 59
slides (photographs) 58
Soldiers 56
photograph albums 55
Aircraft accidents 54
aerial photographs 53
Boeing Company -- Employees 52
identity cards 52
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 45
Washington (State) 44
memorandums 43
Women in aeronautics 42
decals 42
maps (documents) 42
menus 42
Seattle (Wash.) 39
notes (documents) 39
France 38
orders (military records) 37
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 36
lithographs 35
business cards 33
Airplanes -- Design and construction 32
notebooks 32
technical reports 32
articles 31
newsletters 31
technical drawings 31
Fighter pilots 30
posters 30
Boeing Model 747 Family 29
programs (documents) 29
Airships 28
Alaska 28
Seaplanes 28
digital prints 28
photographic postcards 28
Northwest, Pacific 27
personnel records 27
Japan 26
airline maps 26
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 25
Flight training 25
Women air pilots 25
stationery 25
transportation timetables 25
instructional materials 24
signatures (names) 24
Germany 23
drawings (visual works) 23
Air mail service 21
California 21
admission tickets 21
advertisements 21
Biplanes 20
Bombing, Aerial 20
16mm (photographic film size) 19
Airplanes -- Flight testing 19
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 19
Boeing Model 707 Family 19
China 19
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny 19
manuals (instructional materials) 19
England 18
audiocassettes 18
blueprints (reprographic copies) 18
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 17
Douglas DC-3 Family 17
Hawaii 17
TMOF Aircraft 17
Training 17
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 17
diplomas 17
manuscripts (documents) 17
press releases 17
Aces (Fighter pilots) 16
Air shows 16
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 16
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family 16
Airplanes 15
Armed Forces -- Officers 15
Names
United States. Navy 78
United States. Air Force 64
Boeing 57
United States. Army Air Forces 56
Boeing Company 48
United Airlines 44
Pan American World Airways, Inc. 40
United States. Army. Air Corps 27
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 27
Northwest Airlines, Inc. 25
Trans World Airlines 21
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 21
United States. Army. Air Service 19
Western Airlines 18
United States. Army 17
Project Apollo (U.S.) 16
United States. Marine Corps 15
King County International Airport 14
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 13
Douglas 12
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 12
North American 12
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 11
American Airlines 10
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 10
Lockheed 10
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th 10
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 9
Curtiss 9
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 9
United States. Naval Reserve 9
Air Line Pilots Association 8
Alaska Airlines 8
Douglas Aircraft Company 8
Museum of Flight (Seattle, Wash.) 8
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) 7
Braniff Airways 7
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 7
Delta Air Lines 7
Eastern Air Lines 7
Lunar Orbiter (Artificial satellite) 7
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 7
Slayton, Donald K., 1924-1993 7
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 7
Boeing Air Transport 6
Boeing Company. Wichita Division 6
Boeing School of Aeronautics (Oakland, Calif.) 6
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 6
Consolidated Aircraft Corp 6
Continental Airlines 6
Flying Tiger Line 6
Hughes Airwest 6
John F. Kennedy Space Center 6
Merrill, A. Elliott (Albert), 1901-1992 6
National Championship Air Races 6
Northrop 6
Quiet Birdmen 6
United States. Army. European Theater of Operations 6
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 6
United States. Army. Signal Corps 6
Varney Air Lines 6
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 6
American Fighter Aces Association 5
Apollo 13 (Spacecraft) 5
Apollo Soyuz Test Project 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Boston" (#3) 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Chicago" (#2) 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "New Orleans" (#4) 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Seattle" (#1) 5
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 5
Germany. Luftwaffe 5
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 5
Kelly Field (Tex.) 5
Lear, William P. (William Powell), 1902-1978 5
McDonnell Douglas Corp 5
Pearson Field (Vancouver, Wash.) 5
Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 5
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport 5
Showalter, N.D. (Noah David), 1925-2012 5
Stearman (1927) 5
Stenzel, Dorothy (Hester), 1910-1991 5
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 95th 5
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Services of Supply 5
Aerocar, Inc 4
Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 4
Barr, Julius A., 1905-1939 4
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 4
Boeing, Bertha Marie (Potter Paschall), 1891-1977 4
British Airways 4
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 4
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 4
Dallas Love Field 4
Deutsche Lufthansa (1953- ) 4
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 4
Douglas, Donald Wills, Sr., 1892-1981 4
Fairchild 4
Fokker 4
Fornasero, John B., 1904-1967 4
Graf Zeppelin (Airship) 4
Grumman (Bethpage, NY) 4

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