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Earl H. M. Phillips RAF Glider Pilot Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2016-01-28
Content Description
The Earl H. M. Phillips RAF Glider Pilot Collection contains textual materials, 18 photographic prints, and 1 DVD related to the 1944-1946 World War II military service of Royal Air Force (RAF) glider pilot Earl H.M. Phillips. The collection has been arranged as three series: World War II-era materials, Post-war and commemorative materials, and personal materials. The bulk of the collection is Series I: World War II-era materials, 1944-1947 and is...
Dates:
1937-1992; Majority of material found within 1944-1946
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Marc V. Pierce Aeronautical Chart Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2025-00-00-51
Contents of the Collection
The Marc V. Pierce Aeronautical Chart Collection is comprised of aeronautical charts and maps collected by Marc V. Pierce, a United States Navy pilot during the Vietnam War and later, a Captain for American Airlines. The collection holds 114 maps dated from 1923 to 1951, with the bulk of them being from the 1920s-1930s. Most of the charts focus on United States locations, although a small number of maps focus on locations in Canada. Examples of map titles include "(357) Chesapeake Bay -...
Dates:
1923-1951; Majority of material found within 1923-1933
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Lee and Betty Piester Centuri Model Rocketry Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2016-05-06
Content Description
The Lee and Betty Piester Centuri Model Rocketry Collection documents the early model rockets designed and sold by Centuri Engineering Company with visual and textual materials primarily from the late 1960s and early 1970s. The Collection has been divided into three series: I. Lee Piester, II. Centuri Engineering Company, and III. Model Rocketry.Series I. Lee Piester is a small series with a few items pertaining personally to Piester. Textual...
Dates:
circa 1950s-1980s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Meindert Pillie Boeing Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2025-11-11-A
Contents of the Collection
The Meindert Pillie Boeing Collection is comprised of textual and visual materials collected and used by Meindert Pillie over the course of his 40-year career as a Mechanic and Hydraulic Mockup Technician with the Boeing Company. The collection has been divided into two series: Professional materials and Aircraft documentation. Both series have been arranged chronologically. The first series, ...
Dates:
1934-1972
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
James Pinger Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2000-01-20
Abstract
The collection contains a signed black-and-white portrait of World War I pilot and ace Eddie Rickenbacker and a certificate celebrating the 50th anniversary of United Airlines.
Dates:
circa 1917-1919, 1976; 1976
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Jack C. Pitts Pilot Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-05-22
Contents of the Collection
The Jack C. Pitts Pilot Collection is a small collection of textual materials that pertain to Pitts' pilot career at National Airlines and post-retirement activities as founder and member of the Retired Airline Pilots Association (RAPA), also known as the Buccaneers, dating from 1934-1993. Included in the collection are photocopies of clippings about Pitts, National Airlines, and RAPA; photocopies of Pitts' identification cards and licenses; profiles on the history of NAL and RAPA; a 1993...
Dates:
circa 1960s-1993
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Jim Plant oral interview
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-09-24
Content Description
The Jim Plant oral interview is a small collection consisting of an audio recording and related document of an oral interview conducted by Fred Parkinson with his uncle Jim Plant in August 1996 about Plant's experience as a prisoner of war during World War II. James Plant was a bomber pilot for the Royal Air Force during World War II who was shot down in July 1940 over Germany. He was detained as a prisoner of war for five wars until he was released on May 2, 1945 by the Allies....
Dates:
1996 August
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
James H. Platt Vietnam War Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2017-10-19
Abstract
James H. Platt served in Vietnam from 1967-1968 as a United States Air Force Rescue Commander. The collection contains twenty (20) slides and one (1) photocopied document related to his service.
Dates:
1967-1968
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Ray Poindexter Model Drawings Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2008-08-07
Contents of the Collection
The Ray Poindexter Model Drawings Collection is comprised of materials relating to Poindexter's model-building of World War II Japanese and American ships during and after his World War II United States Army service. It includes three original drawings of World War II ships, an identification manual, and a post-war hand-made display sign about the models.Poindexter drew all three drawings in pencil on oddly-shaped pieces of paper; one is of a submarine and the other two are ships....
Dates:
1941-1945
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Michael A. Poirier Apollo 13 Recovery Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2009-04-15
Contents of the Collection
The Michael Poirier Apollo 13 Recovery Collection is a small collection comprised of film footage and photomechanical prints relating to the recovery of the Apollo 13 spacecraft by the USS Iwo Jima on April 17 1970. The film footage, which was shot by Poirier and is about ten minutes long, depicts both a SIMEX (simulation exercise) of the Apollo 13 recovery using a boilerplate Command Module (CM), as well as the actual recovery of the real CM. Several shots feature U.S. Navy...
Dates:
1970
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives