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Box 1

 Container

Contains 14 Results:

Stearman Plans and decals, 1964-2004

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Contents •Details on the Stearman C-3B: one (1) page on McWhorter Cattle Co. stationary noting where it was found and how it was rebuilt. Found in scrapbook.•One (1) photocopied page of Stearman Aircraft specifications, page 165, faded.•One (1) photocopied page of Stearman Aircraft specs with photos. Printed on photo paper, black and white.•Blueprint of a Stearman Business Speedster (C-3R) from the Stearman Aircraft Co.•Large photocopied blueprint of...
Dates: 1964-2004

Correspondence regarding Stearman restoration, 1969-1974

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Contents of the Collection From the Collection: The Richard J. McWhorter Stearman Collection includes textual materials and approximately 300 photographs documenting the restoration of the Museum of Flight's Stearman C-3B as well as McWhorter's Stearman C-3R. It also includes additional negatives, slides, assorted ephemera, such as decals, and two reels of film, as well as a large painting of the Stearman C-3B in fight as an air mail plane done by John Amendola. The collection is organized into two series, I. Textual materials...
Dates: 1969-1974

Correspondence prior to C.A.M. 12 Bicentennial, 1974-1976

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Contents of the Collection From the Collection: The Richard J. McWhorter Stearman Collection includes textual materials and approximately 300 photographs documenting the restoration of the Museum of Flight's Stearman C-3B as well as McWhorter's Stearman C-3R. It also includes additional negatives, slides, assorted ephemera, such as decals, and two reels of film, as well as a large painting of the Stearman C-3B in fight as an air mail plane done by John Amendola. The collection is organized into two series, I. Textual materials...
Dates: 1974-1976

Western Airlines C.A.M. 12 Bicentennial Material, May 30-31, 1976

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Contents of the Collection From the Collection: The Richard J. McWhorter Stearman Collection includes textual materials and approximately 300 photographs documenting the restoration of the Museum of Flight's Stearman C-3B as well as McWhorter's Stearman C-3R. It also includes additional negatives, slides, assorted ephemera, such as decals, and two reels of film, as well as a large painting of the Stearman C-3B in fight as an air mail plane done by John Amendola. The collection is organized into two series, I. Textual materials...
Dates: May 30-31, 1976

Correspondence after C.A.M. 12 Bicentennial, 1976

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Contents of the Collection From the Collection: The Richard J. McWhorter Stearman Collection includes textual materials and approximately 300 photographs documenting the restoration of the Museum of Flight's Stearman C-3B as well as McWhorter's Stearman C-3R. It also includes additional negatives, slides, assorted ephemera, such as decals, and two reels of film, as well as a large painting of the Stearman C-3B in fight as an air mail plane done by John Amendola. The collection is organized into two series, I. Textual materials...
Dates: 1976

Invoices, 1975-1976

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Contents of the Collection From the Collection: The Richard J. McWhorter Stearman Collection includes textual materials and approximately 300 photographs documenting the restoration of the Museum of Flight's Stearman C-3B as well as McWhorter's Stearman C-3R. It also includes additional negatives, slides, assorted ephemera, such as decals, and two reels of film, as well as a large painting of the Stearman C-3B in fight as an air mail plane done by John Amendola. The collection is organized into two series, I. Textual materials...
Dates: 1975-1976

Certificates, 1975-1979

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Contents • “Outstanding Individual Achievement Award” to R.J. McWhorter from the Experimental Aircraft Association for the restoration of the 1929 Stearman C-3R. July 25, 1975.• “Outstanding Individual Achievement Award” to R.J. McWhorter from the Experimental Aircraft Association for the restoration of the 1928 Stearman. July 25, 1975.• “Certificate of Appreciation” to R.J. McWhorter for the reenactment of the Contract Air Mail Route 12. Includes letter from Joseph Albi,...
Dates: 1975-1979

Publications, 1975-1977

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Contents

  • AAHS Journal (American Aviation Historical Society). “Six Million Miles-The Story of Varney Air Lines part Two” by Barrett Tillman.
  • Port of Seattle Reporter - “1975 Annual Report Issue.” Referred to by Dave Jimenez in Folder 3.
  • Western Airlines Flight Times. “M-2’s Final Flight Into History.”
  • Dates: 1975-1977

    Newspaper clippings, 1964-2009

     File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
    Contents •Business card for Richard W. Gay, Editor of the Prosser Record-Bulletin.•Prosser Record Bulletin, “Restoration Project Draws Attention in Magazine Story”. May 7, 1964 (whole paper, story in section 2 regarding the C3R).•“Farmer Gets Biplane parts from Wreck in Mountains”, regarding McWhorter’s C3R. Circa 1965.•Ellensburg Daily Record, Photo of Richard McWhorter...
    Dates: 1964-2009

    Western Airlines and Stearman Aircraft photographs, 1927-circa 1980s

     File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
    Contents •One (1) 8”x10” black and white photo of Western Airlines Express Douglas M-2 at Salt Lake. Circa 1927.•One (1) 8”x10” black and white photo of Western Airlines Express pilot Maurice Graham and Tommy Thomas, President of Pacific Automotive at Vail Field in California. The two men are leaning on a Douglas M-2 and an automobile. 1927.•One (1) 8”x10” black and white photo of Western Airlines in Denver. The caption reads “Supt. F.O. Reed, Gen. Agt. F.C. Rockey, Agent...
    Dates: 1927-circa 1980s

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