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Bell Rocket Belt photograph and correspondence

 Collection — Folder: One
Identifier: 2019-00-00-104
Contents of the Collection This small collection consists of two items: a black-and-white photograph and a printed copy of e-mail correspondence related to the photograph. The 4x5" photograph depicts Bell test pilot Robert Courter wearing the Bell Rocket Belt with a child's doll on the back of it during a tethered test flight inside a hangar in, late December 1964. It is stamped on the back: "Bell Aerosystems Company." The e-mail, dated October 2019, provides context for the image provided by William P. Suitor, fellow...

Ole B. Bennedsen World War II Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2011-07-01
Contents of the Collection The Ole B. Bennedsen World War II Collection documents Bennedsen's service as a pilot of Boeing B-17 aircraft on operational missions over Germany near the end of World War II. This small collection includes a Pilot's Flight Log with entries from 1943-1945, a pay card, and a list of all of Bennedsen's 35 operational missions over Germany, which includes the dates and names of German cities. Also present are two black-and-white photographic prints depicting Bennedsen and his "Bonnie Lassie"...

Francis H. Bennett World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-00-00-2
Contents of the Collection The Francis H. Bennett World War II Collection relates to Bennett's training and career in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II, circa 1943-1945. It consists of primarily textual materials, including a graduation announcement, an Air Medal award citation, correspondence, military newsletters, printed ephemera, three pages from a scrapbook, and an original poem by Bennett. There is also a photographic portrait of Captain Francis H. Bennett in his Army Air Force uniform. Additionally,...

Jim Bergstrom Collection of World War I Aviation Stereographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-08-11
Abstract The Jim Bergstrom Collection of World War I Aviation Stereographs contains five (5) stereograph images of World War I scenes printed by the Keystone View Company.

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...

David F. Beyl and Donald D. Beyl Logbooks

 Collection — Box: One
Identifier: 2009-09-22
Contents of the Collection The David F. Beyl and Donald D. Beyl log books is a small collection of nine (9) United States Naval Aviator and civilian pilot logbooks belonging to brothers David and Donald Beyl, ranging from 1943-1987. Four (4) of the logbooks belonged to David D. Beyl and span approximately from 1954 to 1978, covering David's US Navy service. The other five (5) logbooks belonged to his brother, Donald F. Beyl, and cover his military and civilian flight history, ranging from 1943-1987. ...

Cliff and Pam Bickford NASA and air show slides

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2004-11-09
Contents of the Collection The collection is comprised of approximately four hundred forty (440) slides relating to NASA recovery operations of Gemini and Apollo, as well as assorted air shows, circa 1960s-1990s. There is also one (1) black-and-white pencil lithograph of North American T-28 Trojan with USS Lexington markings signed by artist Don Kellams, undated.

Wilhelm Böing letters

 Collection — Box: Assorted rare collections, Box 1, Folder: 1-6
Identifier: 2018-00-00-154
Contents of the Collection The collection contains six handwritten letters ranging from February 26, 1869 to April 18, 1883 between William E. Boeing, Sr. (WEB) and his father, Wilhelm Böing. It is not always clear who is writing to whom in the letters, since father and son shared the same name. Additionally, not all of the letters have accompanying envelopes which could provide clarification based on the address. The letters are in German and have not been translated.

Stanley Bishop Flying Tigers 747 Photograph Collection

 Collection — Folder: One
Identifier: 2022-03-31
Content Description The Stanley Bishop Flying Tigers 747 Photograph Collection is a small collection consisting of three color photographic prints depicting a Beoing 747 in Flying Tiger Line livery, from circa the 1970s. In the photographs the aircraft is parked on the tarmac at an unidentified airport. Some unidentified Boeing employees are depicted in two of the images. "Henry L. Heguy" is painted beneath the cockpit windows.

Catherine Bliss Pan American World Airways timetables

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1987-07-13
Contents of the Collection This small collection is comprised of two Pan American Airways timetables titled "The Air-Way to Havana" for flights from Key West, Florida to Cuba in the late 1920's. Timetables are printed in color and feature black and white exterior and interior images of a Pan American Airways Fokker F.VIIa Trimotor, eight of which were used for this flight service.

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photographic prints 353
World War, 1939-1945 161
clippings (information artifacts) 152
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Air pilots, Military 97
logs (records) 84
certificates 83
World War, 1914-1918 72
Airplanes, Military 61
booklets 58
military records 58
photocopies 54
Air pilots 51
Airlines 51
Soldiers 51
aerial photographs 50
scrapbooks 48
photograph albums 47
negatives (photographs) 45
identity cards 44
brochures 43
postcards 43
Flight attendants 42
Aircraft accidents 41
Washington (State) 40
Boeing Company -- Employees 39
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 35
Seattle (Wash.) 33
maps (documents) 33
orders (military records) 33
France 32
menus 32
newsletters 32
slides (photographs) 31
Women in aeronautics 30
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 29
decals 29
Fighter pilots 28
notes (documents) 28
Airplanes -- Design and construction 26
business cards 26
memorandums 26
lithographs 25
programs (documents) 25
Northwest, Pacific 24
articles 24
photographic postcards 24
technical drawings 24
Japan 23
Airships 22
Boeing Model 747 Family 22
Flight training 22
notebooks 22
technical reports 22
Germany 21
digital prints 21
posters 21
drawings (visual works) 20
Alaska 19
China 19
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 19
Seaplanes 19
Women air pilots 19
signatures (names) 19
Biplanes 18
California 18
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny 18
manuals (instructional materials) 18
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 17
Bombing, Aerial 17
transportation timetables 17
Aces (Fighter pilots) 16
Douglas DC-3 Family 16
England 16
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 16
diplomas 16
personnel records 16
16mm (photographic film size) 15
Air mail service 15
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 15
airline maps 15
Air shows 14
Airplanes -- Flight testing 14
Armed Forces -- Officers 14
Astronauts 14
Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") 14
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Family (Model 464) 14
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 14
Hawaii 14
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family 14
stationery 14
yearbooks 14
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 13
DVDs 13
Military education 13
SPAD XIII (S.13) 13
TMOF Aircraft 13
Training 13
audiocassettes 13
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United States. Navy 64
United States. Air Force 54
United States. Army Air Forces 51
Boeing 46
Pan American World Airways, Inc 33
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United Airlines 32
Boeing Company 30
United States. Army. Air Corps 23
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 21
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 20
United States. Army. Air Service 19
Northwest Airlines Corporation 16
United States. Army 16
Project Apollo (U.S.) 14
Trans World Airlines 14
United States. Marine Corps 14
Western Airlines 13
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 12
King County International Airport 12
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 10
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 9
North American Aviation 9
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 9
United States. Naval Reserve 8
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 8
American Airlines 7
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) 7
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 7
Douglas Aircraft Company 7
Northwest Orient Airlines 7
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 7
Slayton, Donald K., 1924-1993 7
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 7
American Fighter Aces Association 6
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 6
Curtiss 6
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 6
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 6
Eastern Air Lines 6
Lockheed 6
United States. Army. European Theater of Operations 6
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 6
Alaska Airlines 5
Apollo 13 (Spacecraft) 5
Boeing School of Aeronautics (Oakland, Calif.) 5
Consolidated Aircraft Corp 5
Delta Air Lines 5
Douglas 5
Flying Tiger Line 5
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 5
John F. Kennedy Space Center 5
Kelly Field (Tex.) 5
Lunar Orbiter (Artificial satellite) 5
Merrill, A. Elliott (Albert), 1901-1992 5
National Championship Air Races 5
Naval Air Station Pensacola (Fla.) 5
Northrop 5
Pearson Field (Vancouver, Wash.) 5
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 5
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis" 5
Showalter, N.D. (Noah David), 1925-2012 5
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 95th 5
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Services of Supply 5
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 5
Air Line Pilots Association 4
Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 4
Apollo Soyuz Test Project 4
Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012 4
Barr, Julius A., 1905-1939 4
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 4
Boeing, Bertha Marie (Potter Paschall), 1891-1977 4
Braniff Airways 4
British Airways 4
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 4
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 4
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 4
Douglas, Donald Wills, Sr., 1892-1981 4
Fornasero, John B., 1904-1967 4
France. Armée de l'air 4
Germany. Luftwaffe 4
Graf Zeppelin (Airship) 4
Haise, Fred, 1933- 4
Langley Field (Va.) 4
Lovell, Jim 4
McDonnell Douglas Corp 4
Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948 4
Stearman (1927) 4
Stenzel, Dorothy (Hester), 1910-1991 4
United States. Army Air Forces. Bomb Group, 490th 4
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 94th 4
United States. Army. Signal Corps 4
Aerocar, Inc 3
Air Line Stewards and Stewardesses Association 3
Apollo 12 (Spacecraft) 3
Associated Women Pilots of Boeing Field 3
Avro 3
Barr, Effie Hortense, 1904-1985 3
Barr, Gene Edward, 1933- 3
Barr, JoAnn, 1930- 3
Beachey, Lincoln J., 1887-1915 3
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