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Gordon Highfill Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2004-04-17
Abstract
Gordon Highfill served as a pilot for the United States Navy during World War II and in the Naval Reserves during the 1950s-1960s. The collection contains military records, a Naval Reservist newsletter, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain check list, and three (3) pilot log books from his service.
Dates:
1943-1962
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Jim and Helen Jacobs Concorde Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2008-04-04
Contents of the Collection
This small collection is comprised of color photographs, a postcard, and wine labels collected during the Concorde's first visit to Seattle and Boeing Field on November 15, 1984. The British Airways Concorde came to Seattle as part of a "Flight to Nowhere" promotional fundraiser for the Museum of Flight. Photographs feature event attendees on airport shuttle and the Concorde landing and taxiing at Boeing Field. Wine labels were collected from Beaujolais nouveau wine delivered by the...
Dates:
1984
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Jet airplane cartoon and floatplane photograph
Collection — Box: Small Collections Oversize Materials 2010-2018, oversize: folder
Identifier: 2018-00-00-73
Contents of the Collection
The collection is comprised of two items; a cartoon drawing of a jet airplane and a black-and-white photograph of floatplane.The drawing is done in colored pencil and depicts a cartoon jet, with eyes and a tongue hanging from one its engines. It is signed by the artist, Brian Beausoleil, 1991. The photograph was removed from its original frame for preservation reasons, but remains affixed to the matboard. It depicts a floatplane stationary at a water dock, undated. No...
Dates:
circa 1950s-1991
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Julius Christian Harland Knauss Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1987-03-30-B
Abstract
Julius Christian Harland Knauss (1898-1986) served in the U.S. Navy during World War I at the Seattle (Wash.) Naval Training Camp. The collection contains material relating to the camp.
Dates:
circa 1918-1959; Majority of material found in 1918
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Charles Lindbergh Transatlantic flight celebration menu
Collection — Box: Assorted rare collections, Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 2004-03-26-A
Contents of the Collection
The collection is comprised of a single 6-page booklet related to Charles Lindbergh's stop in Seattle, Washington during his around-the-US tour after his transatlantic flight, September 13, 1926. The cover title is "Business Men's Dinner in Honor of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh." The event was held at the Spanish Ball Room of the Olympic Hotel in Seattle. The booklet includes the evening's menu and program as well as a list of speaker and attendee names, including then-Mayor Bertha Knight...
Dates:
1926 September 9
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Orville M. MacLaren Logbooks
Collection — Box: One
Identifier: 2003-12-30
Content Description
The Orville M. MacLeran Logbooks is a small collection consisting of six logbooks maintained by MacLeran and documenting his career as a flight instructor and commercial pilot from 1937-1963. Four of the logbooks are "pilot's flight logs" and document MacLeran's flights primarily to and from Seattle and Everett, Washington from 1937-1940. The books indicated that MacLeran held commercial and transport licenses with flight instructor ratings. A variety of aircraft are documented...
Dates:
1937-1963
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Harry R. Mankins Film Collection
Collection — Box: Film Box 6, Reel: 1
Identifier: 1999-03-02-A
Contents of the Collection
The Harry R. Mankins Film Collection is a small collection containing one film reel from circa 1930s-1940s of various military aircraft and airliners flying around the Seattle, Washington area. Aircraft pictured include the Boeing XB-15, XB-17, 247, and 314 Clipper prototype; Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boats; and a United Airlines Douglas DC-3 "Mainliner" aircraft. Passengers, flight attendants, and flight and ground crew are featured in a few shots. Other scenes include a brief aerial...
Dates:
circa 1930s-1940s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Karl Martinez Dash-80 Barrel Roll Film
Collection — Box: Film Box 1, Reel: 1
Identifier: 1993-05-29
Contents of the Collection
The Karl Martinez Dash-80 Film consists of one home movie-style film of Boeing Company test pilot Alvin “Tex” Johnston performing a barrel roll of the Boeing 367-80, a prototype of the Boeing 707, over the 1955 Seafair Gold Cup Hydroplane races.The footage begins with scenes of hydroplanes and boats on Lake Washington, spectators on boats, and a U.S. Navy airship with the text "Join the U.S. Naval Air Reserve / Be a Naval Aviation Cadet" on its gasbag. The barrel roll footage...
Dates:
1955 August 6
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Franklin W. Minert Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2008-11-23
Overview
Franklin Minert was a test pilot and boom operator at the Boeing Company from 1943-1970. The collection contains photographic, textual and audiovisual materials relating to his career.
Dates:
circa 1930s-1993; Majority of material found within circa 1940s-1950s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives