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John Fornasero Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-06-24
Abstract:

The John Fornasero Papers are comprised of documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and ephemera pertaining to the life and work of flight instructor, aviation inspector, and test pilot John B. Fornasero. A significant portion of this collection is made up of photographs. Major topics include the Ryan School of Aeronautics, the Civil Aeronautics Administration, Fairchild Aircraft Company, and Boeing Aircraft Company.

Dates: 1904-2006

Kenneth B. Luplow Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2015-05-20
Content Description The Kenneth B. Luplow Collection is a small collection consisting of a logbook and notebook dating to Luplow's time working for Boeing in the 1940s. The logbook spans 1941-1946, and documents Luplow's role as flight engineer on many first flights, including the XB-29 and XC-97 and XPBB-1. Other test flights documented include ones for B-17 variants. Test pilots documented in the log include J.B. Fornasero, Elliott Merrill, A.C. Reed, Edmund T. Allen, Robert Lamson, J.A. Fraser,...
Dates: 1941 - circa 1949

Harold W. Zipp Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1992-11-12
Abstract

Harold W. Zipp was an engineer at the Boeing Company for forty years. The collection documents his career, particularly his tenure in Wichita, Kansas, with diaries, photographs and other documents.

Dates: circa 1930-1971; Majority of material found within 1930-1951

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Seattle (Wash.) 2
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brochures 2
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Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 2
Fornasero, John B., 1904-1967 2
Lamson, Robert T., 1914-2011 2
Merrill, A. Elliott (Albert), 1901-1992 2
Showalter, N.D. (Noah David), 1925-2012 2
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Allen, William M., 1900-1985 1
Antietam (Aircraft carrier) 1
Argentina. Armada 1
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 1
Boeing 1
Boeing Company. Wichita Division 1
Brackin, Harl V. 1
Brazil. Fôrça Aérea Brasileira 1
Cochran, Jacqueline, 1906-1980 1
Cuba. Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias 1
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 1
Fairchild Aircraft Company (Hagerstown, Md.) 1
Fornasero, Elouise D. 1
Fraser, James A. 1
Frazier, Jim 1
Great Lakes (1929) 1
Hamilton Field (Calif.) 1
Johnson, Philip G. (Philip Gustav), 1894-1944 1
Johnston Atoll Airport (United States Minor Outlying Islands) 1
Johnston, A.M. (Alvin M.) 1
King County International Airport 1
Knoll 1
Levy, David "Deed" 1
Luplow, Kenneth B., 1919- 1
Martin, Ed 1
Michael, Marvin 1
Osler, Edward Scott, 1918-1949 1
Reed, A.C. 1
Rheem Manufacturing Company 1
Robbins, Robert M. 1
Ryan School of Aeronautics 1
Ryan, Tubal Claude, 1898-1982 1
Schaefer, Julius E. 1
Short, Mac 1
Snohomish County Airport 1
Stearman (1927) 1
Stearman, Lloyd, 1898-1975 1
Tibbets, Paul W. (Paul Warfield), 1915-2007 1
Townsend, Guy M., 1920-2011 1
Trans World Airlines 1
United States. Air Force 1
United States. Air Force. Far East Air Forces 1
United States. Army Air Forces 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Service Command 1
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 1
United States. Department of Defense 1
United States. Navy 1
Wells, Edward C., 1910-1986 1
Whitehead, Ennis Clement, 1895-1964 1
Wilson, T. A. (Thornton Arnold), 1921-1999 1
Zimmerman, John 1
Zipp, Harold W., 1906-1991 1
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