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Blueprints and Technical Drawings Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-119
Abstract

The Blueprints and Technical Drawings Collection is an artificial collection comprised of drawings related to assorted aircraft (commercial, personal, and military), helicopters, rockets, as well as related engines, accessories, parts and buildings, ranging from 1878-2000s.

Dates: 1878 - circa 2000s

69 Squadron Israel Air Force Photograph Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1985-07-27-D
Contents of the Collection

This collection is comprised of four color photographs of first Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and his wife, Paula, with 69 Squadron, Israel Air Force, inspecting Boeing B-17 aircraft that had participated in Israel's War of Independence in 1948. Included is a detailed description of how three repurposed B-17s shifted Israel's air potential during the war.

Dates: Circa 1948-1973

1910 Los Angeles Air Meet newspaper clippings

 Collection — Box: Scrapbook Box 7
Identifier: 2019-00-00-2
Contents of the Collection

The collection is one (1) scrapbook of assorted newspaper clippings related to the 1910 International Air Meet at Dominguez Field in Los Angeles, California. The scrapbook is coverless with a failing binding. The clippings are from assorted unidentified newspapers and are glued to the pages, though some are loose.

It is unknown who collected the clippings.

Dates: 1910

Daniel Abramson Korean War Photograph Album

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2020-02-26
Content Description The Daniel Abramson Korean War Photograph Album consists of one album with snapshots documenting Abramson's service in the United States Air Force during the Korean War.The album has a teal cover with a Chinese or Japanese style dragon plate on the front cover, presumably purchased during his time abroad in service. It measures approximately 9x12x1.5 inches and has black paper pages. Inside there are 143 black-and-white photographs, each about 3.5x4.5 inches, affixed with album...
Dates: 1952-1953, 2004

George E. Adams Jr. World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-03-15
Abstract

Collection of materials related to the military service of Second Lieutenant George E. Adams Jr., who served as a reconnaissance pilot in World War II.

Dates: circa 1943 to 1945

Joe Aiken Films

 Collection — Box: Film Box 4, Reel: 1-6
Identifier: 1998-12-28
Contents of the Collection The Joe Aiken Films are comprised of six films shot, produced, or compiled by Joe Aiken of 20th Century Fox Studio, from approximately 1918-1947. The films contain a mix of newsreel footage, documentary footage of aircraft manufacturing, and flight footage. Three of the films contain footage of World War I flying aces, flying squadrons, World War I-era aircraft, and transatlantic flight attempts. One of the films contains newsreel footage of the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II and the...
Dates: circa 1918-1950s

Air Memorial Day Program

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-00-00-37
Abstract

The collection contains a program for an air show honoring servicemen who died during World War I.

Dates: 1919 May 18

Air Show and Air Race Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2018-00-00-137
Contents of the Collection

The Air Show and Air Race Collection is a small collection pertaining to assorted historic air events. This is an artificial collection with materials gathered from a variety of sources.

The collection is primarily comprised of newspaper clippings and printed ephemera. Events documented include the Chicago International Air Show in Grant Park in 1911 and Rudolph's Flying Circus from 1984.

Dates: 1911-1984

Aircraft Identification Posters Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2019-00-00-37
Abstract

The Aircraft Identification Posters Collection is an artificial collection comprised of visual materials ranging from 1916-1946 designed to help individuals on the ground identify aircraft during wartime.

Dates: 1916-circa 1946

Dorothy Allen and Carol Gounaris Flying Tiger Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2010-04-14-A
Contents of the Collection The collection is comprised of primarily textual materials with a small amount of photographs that are related to Dorothy (Jesseman) Allen and Carol (Prentice) Gounaris who worked for the Flying Tiger Line as flight attendants, 1960-1964. The collection has been sorted into two series.Series I, Dorothy Allen materials, is the bulk of the collection. It includes Flying Tiger employee documentation in the form of a 1962 flight attendant seniority list, cholera vaccination...
Dates: 1960-1964

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Subject
photographic prints 402
World War, 1939-1945 174
clippings (information artifacts) 166
printed ephemera 157
correspondence 144
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Air pilots, Military 104
logs (records) 93
certificates 92
World War, 1914-1918 74
Airplanes, Military 69
Airlines 65
booklets 64
military records 64
photocopies 63
Air pilots 61
negatives (photographs) 56
scrapbooks 54
Soldiers 53
postcards 53
photograph albums 52
aerial photographs 51
Aircraft accidents 50
Flight attendants 50
brochures 49
identity cards 49
Boeing Company -- Employees 47
Washington (State) 43
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 42
slides (photographs) 41
Women in aeronautics 39
Seattle (Wash.) 38
maps (documents) 38
menus 38
France 36
orders (military records) 36
decals 35
lithographs 34
memorandums 34
notes (documents) 34
Fighter pilots 31
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 31
newsletters 31
Airships 28
business cards 28
posters 28
programs (documents) 28
technical drawings 28
Airplanes -- Design and construction 27
Alaska 27
articles 27
Boeing Model 747 Family 26
Northwest, Pacific 26
photographic postcards 26
technical reports 26
Japan 25
digital prints 24
notebooks 24
Germany 23
Seaplanes 23
Women air pilots 23
drawings (visual works) 23
signatures (names) 23
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 22
Flight training 22
transportation timetables 21
Biplanes 20
Bombing, Aerial 20
California 20
China 19
instructional materials 19
stationery 19
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 18
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny 18
airline maps 18
manuals (instructional materials) 18
Aces (Fighter pilots) 17
Air mail service 17
England 17
TMOF Aircraft 17
audiocassettes 17
blueprints (reprographic copies) 17
diplomas 17
personnel records 17
16mm (photographic film size) 16
Astronauts 16
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 16
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 16
Hawaii 16
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family 16
admission tickets 16
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 16
Airplanes -- Flight testing 15
Armed Forces -- Officers 15
Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") 15
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Family (Model 464) 15
Boeing Model 707 Family 15
Douglas DC-3 Family 15
Military education 15
Air shows 14
DVDs 14
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French 16
German 11
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United States. Navy 72
Boeing 57
United States. Air Force 57
United States. Army Air Forces 53
Pan American World Airways, Inc 40
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Boeing Company 39
United Airlines 37
United States. Army. Air Corps 26
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 24
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 21
Northwest Airlines Corporation 20
United States. Army. Air Service 19
Trans World Airlines 18
Project Apollo (U.S.) 16
Western Airlines 16
United States. Army 15
King County International Airport 14
United States. Marine Corps 14
Douglas 12
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 12
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 12
North American 11
American Airlines 10
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 10
Northwest Airlines, Inc. 10
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th 10
Curtiss 9
Lockheed 9
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 9
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 9
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 8
United States. Naval Reserve 8
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 8
Alaska Airlines 7
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) 7
Braniff Airways 7
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 7
Douglas Aircraft Company 7
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 7
Slayton, Donald K., 1924-1993 7
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 7
Air Line Pilots Association 6
American Fighter Aces Association 6
Boeing School of Aeronautics (Oakland, Calif.) 6
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 6
Consolidated Aircraft Corp 6
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 6
Eastern Air Lines 6
John F. Kennedy Space Center 6
Lunar Orbiter (Artificial satellite) 6
National Championship Air Races 6
Northrop 6
United States. Army. European Theater of Operations 6
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 6
Apollo 13 (Spacecraft) 5
Apollo Soyuz Test Project 5
Boeing Air Transport 5
Boeing Company. Wichita Division 5
British Airways 5
Continental Airlines 5
Delta Air Lines 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
Flying Tiger Line 5
Germany. Luftwaffe 5
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 5
Hughes Airwest 5
Kelly Field (Tex.) 5
McDonnell Douglas Corp 5
Merrill, A. Elliott (Albert), 1901-1992 5
Pearson Field (Vancouver, Wash.) 5
Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 5
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis" 5
Showalter, N.D. (Noah David), 1925-2012 5
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 95th 5
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Services of Supply 5
Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 4
Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012 4
Barr, Julius A., 1905-1939 4
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 4
Boeing, Bertha Marie (Potter Paschall), 1891-1977 4
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 4
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 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
Haise, Fred, 1933- 4
Horizon Air 4
KLM (Airline) 4
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 4
Langley Field (Va.) 4
Lovell, Jim 4
Museum of Flight (Seattle, Wash.) 4
Pacific Alaska Airways 4
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