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James P. Rush World War II Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2018-00-00-66
Contents of the Collection
This small collection contains World War II-era pilot training materials, possibly used by James P. Rush, who likely served as a pilot. It includes 2 copies of "Weather for Pilot Trainees Elementary Student's Workbook;" several pages of training exercises, such as quizzes; and other textual materials related to weather and air navigation, including a navigation logbook for Stuttgart Army Air Field (Arkansas) and a weather map symbol chart. Additional documents cover aircraft...
Dates:
1939 to 1945
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
José Sanches Boeing KC-135 instructional materials
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2011-10-31
Contents of the Collection
This small collection is comprised of assorted documents and pilot training materials acquired by José Sanches during his 1980-1988 United States Air Force service. The materials relate to the Boeing KC-135 and Fairchild Air Force Base in Washington (state). Examples include "Cockpit Procedures Trainer Program Systems Facts and Review," "Setting Takeoff Thrust - KC-135," "KC-135 Cold Weather Procedures,"KC-135 Mito/Cell Formation Techniques," and "Fairchild AFB EWO T/O Data."
Dates:
1980-1988
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Denise Babcock Schmidt Pan American Airways Flight Attendant Collection
Collection — Box: One
Identifier: 2008-10-28
Contents of the Collection
The Denise Babcock Schmidt Pan American Airways Flight Attendant Collection is comprised primarily of textual materials and some photographs documenting Schmidt's time as a Pan Am flight attendant from 1973-1985, with some materials dating in the 2000s. The collection contains two Pan Am Stewardess School diplomas with color photographic 8x10" class portraits and accompanying certificate holder, 1973 and 1977. In addition, there are twelve color 3x5" photographs which are...
Dates:
1973-2008
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Ken Schultz Commercial Airlines Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1992-08-07
Contents of the Collection
This small collection is comprised of assorted ephemera related to various commercial airlines, including photographs, postcards, decals, bumper stickers, and maps. The bulk of the collection is more than fifty photographs, primarily of Frontier Airlines aircraft in service between 1950-1990. Featured aircraft include the DC-3, DC-9, MD-80, B-727, B-737, DHC-6, CV-340, CV-580, and CV-600. Many of the photographs are Frontier Airlines official photographs, some of which were taken...
Dates:
circa 1940s-1990s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Nancy W. (Biddle) Seidel Trans World Airlines Flight Attendant Collection
Collection — Box: One
Identifier: 2015-04-03
Contents of the Collection
The Nancy W. (Biddle) Seidel Trans World Airlines Flight Attendant Collection documents Seidel's 1946-1947 service as an air hostess with Trans World Airlines (TWA). The materials were collected by Seidel and include her 1946-1947 flight log, which includes date, flight and airplane numbers, crew names, destination and origin locations, arrival and departure times, and other notes, such as altitude. Not every entry includes the same information.Additional materials include seven...
Dates:
circa 1940-1947
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Deke Slayton ASTP Joint Operations Checklist
Collection — Box: Slayton Collections Box 1, Folder: 2021-11-18
Identifier: 2021-11-18-1
Content Description
The Deke Slayton ASTP Joint Operations Checklist consists of a single item: Slayton's personal copy of the "ASTP Reference Joint Operations Checklist," published by NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, March 31, 1975. The checklist is an 80-page document with guidelines for docking and undocking the Apollo spacecraft with the Soyuz capsule during the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. It also covers such topics as photo, television and movie ops; waste management; a fungi experiment; a microbial...
Dates:
1975 March 31
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Judy Evans Sowell United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection
Collection — Box: One
Identifier: 2008-11-09
Contents of the Collection
The Judy Evans Sowell United Airlines Flight Attendant Collection is comprised of textual materials collected by Sowell during her 1965-1993 career with United Airlines (UAL) as a flight attendant. The collection includes assorted UAL materials, including airline maps, decals, menus, employee documentation, such as pay stubs and recognition letters; instructional materials for stewardesses (1965); and a June 23, 1990 letter from UAL celebrating Sowell's 25th anniversary with the...
Dates:
1965-1990
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Gary Teeter Braniff Airways Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2018-11-30
Contents of the Collection
The Gary Teeter Braniff Airways Collection is a small collection that primarily contains textual materials collected and used by Second Officer (Flight Engineer) Gary Teeter during his 1979-1980 employment with Braniff Airways. The bulk of the collection is employee records, including crew logs, an employee handbook, crew time and pay sheets and insurance booklets. There are also instrumentation training diagrams that depict "overhead panel," "pilots' instrument panel - left, right, center,"...
Dates:
1976-1984
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Alfred G. Thompson World War II Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2003-12-03
Contents of the Collection
The collection contains textual materials related to the military service of Alfred G. Thompson, who served as a B-25 pilot during World War II. Materials include training documents and worksheets, military orders and ephemera, such as an enlisted men's pass and pay envelope, and aircraft arrival reports. There are a photograph album, miltary personnel files, many loose photographs and correspondences. Also included are pilot logs for Thompson as well as a Pilot Rating Book for Clare Rupert...
Dates:
1941-1944
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Roy and Margaret Thrush Commercial Airlines Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2019-09-10
Contents of the Collection
The Roy and Margaret Thrush Commercial Aviation Collection is a small collection that focuses mainly on Roy Thrush's 20-year career as a commercial pilot for TWA with a much smaller focus on his brief time at Lufthansa. The bulk of the collection is textual documents, including pilot logs; employee documents, including correspondence, memos, and schedules; membership cards; and a partial TWA pilot's manual. There are also 16 photographs, most of which depict aircraft. Identified aircraft...
Dates:
1937-1970; Majority of material found within 1940s-1950s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives