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Joe Aiken Films

 Collection — Box: Film Box 4, Reel: 1-6
Identifier: 1998-12-28
Contents of the Collection The Joe Aiken Films are comprised of six films shot, produced, or compiled by Joe Aiken of 20th Century Fox Studio, from approximately 1918-1947. The films contain a mix of newsreel footage, documentary footage of aircraft manufacturing, and flight footage. Three of the films contain footage of World War I flying aces, flying squadrons, World War I-era aircraft, and transatlantic flight attempts. One of the films contains newsreel footage of the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II and the...
Dates: circa 1918-1950s

Army Air Corps Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 1993-12-02
Abstract

The Army Air Corps Photographs is comprised of fifty-nine black-and-white photographs primarily depicting the 1923 Pulitzer Air Race and Mitchell Trophy Race with ten snapshots featuring the Sacramento Air Depot in 1940.

Dates: 1923, 1940

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

Margaret E. (Wolfe) Berry Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-00-00-102
Contents of the Collection The Margaret E. (Wolfe) Berry Collection largely documents Margaret Berry's volunteer work with three aircraft restoration projects during the 1980s-1990s with visual and textual components. A small amount of material is personal in nature. The collection is arranged into two series: Aircraft Restoration materials and Personal materials.Series I: Aircraft Restoration materials makes up the bulk of the collection and has been further divided into three...
Dates: 1942, 1985-2006; Majority of material found within 1985-2006

Boeing Company B-52 and 707 photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1990-06-15-24
Contents of the Collection The collection contains thirty-eight (38) black-and-white 11x14" photographs from the Boeing Company Historical Archives which relate to the March 18, 1954 Boeing B-52 Stratofortress ceremony with General Nathan Twining; Boeing 707 production; and one photograph of a photograph depicting a 1919 Boeing mailplane first flight from Vancouver to Seattle, Washington. Duplication occurs.Some photographs have a handwritten H-number on the reverse of image, but the bulk do not have...
Dates: 1919 to 1950s

Clayton D. Bowyer B-29 bomb door installation notebook

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2019-03-20
Overview

The Clayton D. Bowyer B-29 bomb door installation notebook is a small spiral notebook with handwritten notes regarding the installation of bomb doors on B-29s during World War II.

Dates: circa 1939-1945

Walter E. Burnham Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-02-27-A
Content Description The Walter E. Burnham Collection consists of personal and professional papers of Burnham, who was Manager of Manufacturing Research at the Boeing Company, Wichita Division in the 1950s and 1960s. The collection is organized into two series: Personal and Professional. The personal series includes a small amount of correspondence but primarily consists of documents relating to his education and work in aeronautical engineering at Tri-State College in Angola, Indiana in the early...
Dates: circa 1929 to 1964

William Hough "Bill" Cook Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-10-26
Abstract

The William Hough “Bill” Cook, Jr. Papers are comprised of documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia pertaining to the life and work of Bill Cook, Jr. A significant portion of this collection is made up of correspondence, both personal and professional. Major topics include the Boeing high speed wind tunnel, the B-29, B-47, and B-17 bombers, the development of the YC-14 short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft, and research on supersonic transport.

Dates: 1925-2012; Majority of material found within 1938-1974

Leone C. Edson Early Aviation Photograph Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2009-04-24
Contents of the Collection The collection is comprised of fourteen (14) black-and-white photographs depicting the construction of Boeing aircraft and the inside of Boeing Plant 1, circa 1914-1919. The photographer is unknown. Five of the images are 8x10" and include brief handwritten captions on reverse that identify the Boeing Airplane factory. The images depict the construction of an aircraft, possibly a flying boat or seaplane. The remaining nine images 3.5x6" and are photographic reproductions and primarily depict...
Dates: circa 1914-1919

Fletcher Aviation aircraft parts and manufacturing photographs

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2019-07-22
Contents of the Collection The Fletcher Aviation aircraft parts and manufacturing photographs contains 40 black-and-white photographs, 8 photomechanical prints, and 3 transparencies relating to the design, testing, and manufacture of aircraft parts.All of the photographs are 8.5x11" and none include captions on the reverse. Twelve images include the Fletcher Aviation logo on the front right corner. One image depicts an aerial view of the Fletcher Aviation facility and surrounding areas and includes...
Dates: 1960-1966

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Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 2
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 2
Boeing Company. Wichita Division 2
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 2
Douglas Aircraft Company 2
Lockheed 2
National Championship Air Races 2
Northrop 2
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis" 2
Stearman (1927) 2
Tibbets, Paul W. (Paul Warfield), 1915-2007 2
United States. Army 2
United States. Army Air Forces 2
Wells, Edward C., 1910-1986 2
Wilson, T. A. (Thornton Arnold), 1921-1999 2
Aiken, Joe, 1900-1969 (filmmaker) 1
Allen, William M., 1900-1985 1
American Eagle Aircraft Corp. 1
Antietam (Aircraft carrier) 1
Argentina. Armada 1
Associated Airways 1
Barling 1
Becvar, Chuck, Jr., 1904-1986 1
Becvar, George, 1906-1990 1
Becvar, Lou, 1908-1984 1
Becvar, Robert 1
Bellanca 1
Bong, Richard Ira, 1920-1945 1
Bowyer, Clayton D., 1909-1980 1
Brackin, Harl V. 1
Brazil. Fôrça Aérea Brasileira 1
Burnham, Walter E. (Walter Elwood), 1897-1976 1
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 1
Caproni 1
Caproni, Gianni, 1886-1957 1
Central Aircraft Manufacturing Company 1
Central Airlines 1
Confederate Air Force 1
Cook, William Hough, Jr., 1913-2012 1
Corkille, John D., 1890-1943 1
Cuba. Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias 1
Curtiss-Wright Corporation 1
Davis, David R., -1972 1
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "New Orleans" (#4) 1
Douglas, Donald Wills, Sr., 1892-1981 1
Douglas, Donald, Jr. 1
Douglas, William 1
Edson, Leone C. 1
Fiat 1
Fletcher Aviation 1
Flying Tiger Line 1
Ford, G. 1
Gallagher, David 1
Garofano, Gary M. 1
Germeglia, Jim 1
Goldberg, Alfred, 1917-1991 1
Goodmanson, Lloyd 1
Graf Zeppelin (Airship) 1
Griffin, James D. 1
Grumman (Bethpage, NY) 1
Guynemer, Georges, 1894-1917 1
Hamilton Field (Calif.) 1
Hawks, Frank, 1897-1938 1
Hennings, Tandy Cook 1
Hindustan Aircraft, ltd 1
Hinneman, Earl 1
Howard, Benjamin Odell 1
Hutton, S. E. 1
Isotta Fraschini 1
Israel Aerospace Industries 1
Israel. Ḥel ha-aṿir 1
Johnson, Philip G. (Philip Gustav), 1894-1944 1
Johnston Atoll Airport (United States Minor Outlying Islands) 1
KLM (Airline) 1
Kent Flying Service 1
Kittleson, James P. 1
Knoll 1
Langmack, Charles J. 1
Langmack, David 1
Lear, Moya Olsen, 1915-2001 1
Lear, William P. (William Powell), 1902-1978 1
Levy, David "Deed" 1
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 1
Marshall Flying School 1
Martin, George C., 1910-2003 1
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1
McCook Field (Ohio) 1
McDonnell Douglas Corporation 1
McGee Airways 1
McIntosh, Bill 1
Minshall, Robert J. 1
Modern Air Transport (Airline) 1
Munter Field (Kent, Wash.) 1
Museum of Flight (Seattle, Wash.) 1
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