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The John R. Buschmann Boeing B-29 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-11-19
Abstract

Lt. Col. John R. Buschmann compiled this information about the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, known as "T-Square 54," through personal research and interviews with former crew members. In 2015 these materials, including a short history of the plane written by Lt. Col. Buschmann, were donated to the Museum of Flight in an effort to keep the physical plane and its history housed in one location.

Dates: 1944-1991
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Herman Butler World War I Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1985-12-27-A
Abstract

Herman Butler, originally of Belleville, Washington, served as a pilot during World War I and after with the U.S.A. School of Aerial Photography at Langley Field. The collection contains materials relating to the Butler's wartime and postwar service.

Dates: circa 1917-1940s; Majority of material found within 1917-1920
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Arthur Wayne Byron Airline Pilot Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2009-06-05
Contents of the Collection The Arthur Wayne Byron Airline Pilot Collection is comprised of primarily textual materials with some photographs that document Byron's commercial pilot career with Western Airlines and Delta Airlines. Materials date from mid-1940s through the 1980s.Textual materials include pilot logs dating from 1955-1987; organizational records for Western Airlines, including documents related to the merger of Western Airlines and Pacific Northern Airlines in 1967, as well as the merger of...
Dates: circa 1940s-1980s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Mary "Pat" (Hiller) Call WASP Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2020-11-15
Content Description The Mary "Pat" (Hiller) Call WASP Collection consists of materials relating to Call’s service as a Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) from 1942-1944. Materials are arranged alphabetically and span from 1939-2019 (bulk 1943-1980). The collection consists of about 0.6 cubic feet of material, including military records, licenses and membership cards, flight records and logbooks, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and clippings. Correspondence in the collection includes...
Dates: 1939-2019
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Bruce Campbell Lear Fan Photographs

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2019-00-00-98
Contents of the Collection

This small collection consists of 15 color snapshots taken by Bruce Campbell of the Lear Fan at a flight demonstration or show for the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) circa early 1980s. The photographs depict Lear Fans N626BL and N327ML on the ground and in the air. Moya Lear is in one photograph; other spectators are unidentified.

Dates: circa 1981-1984
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

John D. Carroll World War II Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2000-09-14
Contents of the Collection The John D. Carroll World War II Collection relates to the World War II experience of 1st Lieutenant John D. Carroll, who served as a flight navigator and bombardier. It includes aeronautical charts for Hong Kong and Hungtze, China and Osaka and Choshi, Japan as well as a small amount of newspaper clippings related to World War II. Also present are photographs depicting military operations, such as reconnaissance and aerial bombardment, and aircraft, predominantly the B-29. The B-29 is...
Dates: circa 1940s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Dave M. Carver Pilot Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2023-11-03
Contents of the Collection

The Dave M. Carver Pilot Collection is a small collection consisting of textual materials related to Carver's career as a pilot with United Airlines. Included are a business card for him from his time as a United Captain and a program from his memorial service in 2018.

Dates: circa 1960s-1980s, 2018
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Charles Lindbergh Letter to Robert Goddard

 Collection — Box: Assorted rare collections, Box 1, Folder: 2011-06-06 folder 2
Identifier: 2011-06-06-2
Contents of the Collection This collection consists of a single item: a two-page typed letter written by Charles Lindbergh to Dr. Robert Goddard, dated December 15, 1938. In the letter Lindbergh makes the first suggestion for the military uses of the rocket. He states: "When the opportunity arises, I shall take this matter up with our own military people because I believe we should explore the military possibilities of the rocket. As you say, it is often difficult to start interest in such a radical development in its...
Dates: 1938 December 15
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

G. W. Charters Notebooks

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-06-27-A
Abstract

The G. W. Charters Notebooks are comprised of three notebooks containing training notes of a World War I Army pilot.

Dates: 1918
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Jim Chase Lear Fan Document Control Backup Microfilm Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2025-02-21
Contents of the Collection The Jim Chase Lear Fan Document Control Backup Microfilm Collection contains 94 rolls of microfilms which are the "the last complete microfilm copies of the Learfan Document Control backup, which has the complete drawing package." The microfilm was collected and used by Chase during his tenure as a Lear Fan Limited engineer, 1980-1984. Items are kept in their original boxes and many have labels with limited contextual information, primarily date range and roll number. Examples include...
Dates: 1980-1984
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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photographic prints 445
clippings (information artifacts) 190
World War, 1939-1945 188
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correspondence 160
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certificates 103
logs (records) 103
World War, 1914-1918 79
Airlines 77
Airplanes, Military 76
military records 73
photocopies 73
Air pilots 71
booklets 70
negatives (photographs) 64
scrapbooks 61
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postcards 58
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brochures 55
photograph albums 55
Aircraft accidents 54
aerial photographs 53
slides (photographs) 53
identity cards 52
Boeing Company -- Employees 51
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 44
Washington (State) 44
Women in aeronautics 42
maps (documents) 42
memorandums 41
Seattle (Wash.) 39
France 38
decals 38
menus 38
notes (documents) 38
orders (military records) 37
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 36
lithographs 34
Airplanes -- Design and construction 32
business cards 32
articles 31
newsletters 31
notebooks 31
technical reports 31
Fighter pilots 30
technical drawings 30
Boeing Model 747 Family 29
posters 29
programs (documents) 29
Airships 28
Alaska 28
Seaplanes 28
digital prints 28
photographic postcards 28
Northwest, Pacific 27
personnel records 26
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 25
Flight training 25
Japan 25
Women air pilots 25
instructional materials 24
signatures (names) 24
Germany 23
drawings (visual works) 23
airline maps 22
Air mail service 21
California 21
stationery 21
transportation timetables 21
Biplanes 20
Bombing, Aerial 20
16mm (photographic film size) 19
China 19
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny 19
manuals (instructional materials) 19
Airplanes -- Flight testing 18
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 18
Boeing Model 707 Family 18
England 18
audiocassettes 18
blueprints (reprographic copies) 18
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 17
Douglas DC-3 Family 17
TMOF Aircraft 17
Training 17
admission tickets 17
advertisements 17
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 17
diplomas 17
manuscripts (documents) 17
Aces (Fighter pilots) 16
Air shows 16
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 16
Hawaii 16
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family 16
Airplanes 15
Armed Forces -- Officers 15
Astronauts 15
Names
United States. Navy 77
United States. Air Force 63
Boeing 56
United States. Army Air Forces 56
Boeing Company 47
United Airlines 44
Pan American World Airways, Inc. 40
United States. Army. Air Corps 27
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 26
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
Eastern Air Lines 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
Delta Air Lines 6
Flying Tiger Line 6
Hughes Airwest 6
John F. Kennedy Space Center 6
Lunar Orbiter (Artificial satellite) 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
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

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