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Henry S. McMurray Logbooks and Military Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2011-07-28
Contents of the Collection
The Henry S. McMurray Logbooks and Military Records contains logbooks, military records, and an autobiographical DVD that document the career of pilot Henry S. McMurray from 1937-2011. The materials cover McMurray's training as an Aviation Cadet, his service in Europe with the Eighth Air Force during World War II, and his careers as a commercial pilot with United Airlines and as a production test pilot with Boeing. The bulk of the collection is comprised of nine logbooks dating...
Dates:
1940s-2011
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Maria Osler Collection of Edward Scott Osler Logbooks and Photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2016-07-20
Abstract:
The Edward Scott Osler Logbooks and Photographs are comprised of logbooks and photographs pertaining to the work of commercial pilot, flight engineer, and test pilot Edward Scott Osler. This collection is primarily logbooks.
Dates:
1940-1948
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Edward C. Wells Boeing Model 299 logbook and letter
Collection
Identifier: 2010-06-17
Contents of the Collection
The collection contains two items: the original logbook for flight tests of the Boeing Model 299, and a letter from Boeing engineer Edward C. Wells to his father, Edward L. Wells. The logbook, "Log of Plane. Mod - 299. MFG - 1963," includes the license number (13372) and one page of test flight information for eighteen flights, starting on July 28, 1935 and ending on October 24, 1935. The logbook includes the date, length of flight, origination and destination, and purpose, such...
Dates:
1935
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
George T. Zimmer Ejection Seat Testing Photographs Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2006-06-15
Contents of the Collection
The George T. Zimmer Ejection Seat Testing Photographs Collection consists of 112 photographs from the 1960s or 1970s related to aircraft ejection seat tests.The first folder of photographs includes 30 prints, one 4x5" and the rest 8x10". Twenty-eight are black-and-white prints and two are in color. These photographs depict United States Air Force ejection seat testing experiments, some labeled as taking place at the U.S. Naval Aerospace Recovery Facility in El Centro,...
Dates:
circa 1960s-1970s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives