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The Becvar Family Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1992-07-24
Abstract

George Becvar (1909-1990) was born in Denver, Colorado and with his brothers Lou (1908-1984) and Chuck (1904-1986) started Kent Flying Service which ran from approximately 1927-1930 in Kent, Washington. The collection consists of the pilot logbook for George Becvar and a scrapbook that primarily covers George Becvar's 1927-1931 flying career.

Dates: 1927-1990

Ethyl Y. Dale Airman's World Annotated Book

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 1982-02-11-A
Content Description The Ethyl Y. Dale Airman's World Annotated Book is a small collection consisting of one book that Dale used as a travel diary from 1932-1969. The book is a copy of Airman's World published by William Morrow in New York in 1933. Dale recorded all the flights she took throughout the pages of the book. She noted in the page margins the origins and destinations of her flights, occasionally recorded the date, and had...
Dates: 1932-1969

Elrey B. Jeppesen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1996-11-26
Abstract

The Elrey B. Jeppesen Papers documents the career and personal life of aviator and aerial navigation pioneer Elrey B. Jeppesen. This collection is comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials created and collected by EBJ and his wife and business partner, Nadine Audrey (Liscomb) Jeppesen. The documents date from 1843-1996, with the bulk of the material dating from 1940-1979.

Dates: 1843-1996 ; Majority of material found within 1940-1979

Charles J. Langmack Pilot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2001-04-05
Abstract

The Charles Langmack Pilot Collection contains textual materials, scrapbooks, and photographs concerning the life and military career of Charles Langmack (1907-1999). Langmack was an early Oregon aviator, and this collection equally documents both his civilian and military aviation careers.

Dates: 1920-2002

Dorothy (Hester) Stenzel Pilot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1992-09-26
Abstract

Dorothy (Hester) Stenzel (1910-1991) was born in Ardenwald, Oregon and learned to fly in the late 1920s. Stenzel then gained fame for stunt flying and broke several records through the mid-1930s. The collection contains seven scrapbooks and assorted textual materials and photographs that document Stenzel's career as one of the first female stunt pilots.

Dates: circa 1928-1991

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United States. Air Force 2
Atcherley, Richard Llewellyn Roger 1
Attilio Orazio de Bernardi, Mario Bernardo, 1893-1959 1
Bayles, Lowell Richard 1
Becvar, Chuck, Jr., 1904-1986 1
Becvar, George, 1906-1990 1
Becvar, Lou, 1908-1984 1
Becvar, Robert 1
Boeing Air Transport 1
Boeing Company 1
Bohrer, Walt 1
Bong, Richard Ira, 1920-1945 1
Butler Aircraft Company 1
Butler National Corporation 1
Cady, Dorothy 1
Cady, Vernon 1
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 1
Dale, Ethyl Y. 1
Denver International Airport 1
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 1
Drummond-Hay, Grace Marguerite 1
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 1
Elder, Ruth, 1902-1977 1
Foltz, Edith, 1902-1956 1
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 1
Fuchs, Alice S., 1917-2012 1
Hester, Helen 1
Hing, Leah, 1907-2001 1
Hofer, Robert D. 1
Jeppesen, Nadine A. (Liscomb), 1914-1996 1
Kent Flying Service 1
Kubita, Alois 1
Langmack, Charles J. 1
Langmack, David 1
LeBoutillier, Oliver C. 1
Lear, William P. (William Powell), 1902-1978 1
Lee, Hazel Ah Ying, 1912-1944 1
Lewis, Harold Turner "Slim" 1
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
Lockheed 1
Marsalis, Frances Harrell, d. 1934 1
McGee Airways 1
Munter Field (Kent, Wash.) 1
National Championship Air Races 1
Nichols, Ruth, 1901-1960 1
Northwest Airlines Corporation 1
OX-5 Aviation Pioneers (Organization) 1
Orlinski, Boleslaw 1
Ox-5 Club of America 1
Pacific Air Transport 1
Pan American World Airways, Inc 1
Pangborn, Clyde Edward, approximately 1893-1958 1
Patterson, William A. (William Allan), 1899-1980 1
Pearson Field (Vancouver, Wash.) 1
Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 1
Quiet Birdmen 1
Riddle, Mary, 1902-1981 1
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis" 1
Scandinavian Airlines System 1
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport 1
Smith, Joan (Merriam), 1937-1965 1
Stimpson, Steve A. 1
Trout, Evelyn, 1906-2003 1
Turner, Roscoe, 1895-1970 1
Udet, Ernst 1
United States. Army Air Forces 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Division, 1st 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group (Medium), 17th 1
United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 447th 1
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 1
United States. Navy 1
Varney Air Lines 1
Vega 1
Waco (OH) 1
Western Airlines 1
Whitman, Bruce 1
Williams, Alford J. 1
Wong, Virginia 1
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