Showing Collections: 111 - 120 of 686
John O. Bull Boeing Escape Systems Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-05-10
Content Description
The John O. Bull Boeing Escape Systems Collection is a small collection consisting of visual and audiovisual materials related to Boeing Escape Systems, collected by John Bull during his career at the Boeing Company in the 1960s-1970s.Two 16mm films depict seat testing: "No. 601-6-F Tough Sledding" and "Selected Portions of an Assortment of Tests involving the Boeing-Wichita Staff." There are also six photographic prints related to ejection seat testing. Additionally, there is...
Dates:
circa 1960s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Martha L. (Smith) Bullock Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2003-09-08
Scope and Contents
The Martha L. (Smith) Bullock Collection is a small collection of items associated with Bullock's time as a Women Air Service Pilot (WASP) during World War II. The collection includes one folder of photographs and one folder of textual materials. The photographs, all black-and-white, are comprised of four (4) portraits of Bullock with planes and one image of a B-26 in flight over Dodge City, Kansas. The textual items include clippings documenting her flying career after World War II,...
Dates:
1944-1984
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Donald E. Burlingame Boeing 307 Stratoliner Crash Photographs
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2023-05-06
Content Description
The Donald E. Burlingame Boeing 307 Stratoliner Crash Photographs is a small collection consisting of six photographs documenting the crash of a Boeing 307 Stratoliner near Alder, Washington on March 18, 1939. The plane, which was a prototype under registration number NX19901, crashed during a demonstration flight. The Civil Aeronautics Authority, Air Safety Board eventually concluded that the accident had been caused by structural failure of the wings and horizontal stabilizers...
Dates:
1939 March
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Walter E. Burnham Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2006-02-27-A
Content Description
The Walter E. Burnham Collection consists of personal and professional papers of Burnham, who was Manager of Manufacturing Research at the Boeing Company, Wichita Division in the 1950s and 1960s. The collection is organized into two series: Personal and Professional. The personal series includes a small amount of correspondence but primarily consists of documents relating to his education and work in aeronautical engineering at Tri-State College in Angola, Indiana in the early...
Dates:
circa 1929 to 1964
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
James George Burton Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2015-11-25
Abstract
The James George Burton Photographs are comprised of two panoramic photographs relating to the Balloon School at Ross Field, Arcadia, California.
Dates:
1918
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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