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Cynthia P. Bayne Calbraith Perry Rodgers Vin Fiz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-08-14
Overview The Cynthia P. Bayne Calbraith Perry Rodgers Vin Fiz Collection is a small collection of visual and textual materials related to the first North American transcontinental flight in 1911 successfully completed by Calbraith Perry Rodgers in his Vin Fiz Flyer.

The Becvar Family 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.

Alexander Graham Bell and the Aerial Experiment Association Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-10-01-B
Abstract 25 photographs of Alexander Graham Bell and other members of the Aerial Experiment Association along with their aerodrome aircraft; souvenir booklet of the association; 2 photomechanical prints signed by J.A. McCurdy.

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, circa 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.

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photographic prints 390
World War, 1939-1945 170
clippings (information artifacts) 162
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Air pilots, Military 100
logs (records) 89
certificates 88
World War, 1914-1918 73
Airplanes, Military 64
military records 62
Airlines 60
booklets 60
Air pilots 59
photocopies 58
negatives (photographs) 54
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scrapbooks 53
photograph albums 52
aerial photographs 51
postcards 51
Flight attendants 48
Aircraft accidents 47
brochures 47
identity cards 47
Boeing Company -- Employees 45
Washington (State) 42
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 38
Seattle (Wash.) 37
Women in aeronautics 37
orders (military records) 36
slides (photographs) 36
maps (documents) 35
France 34
menus 34
decals 31
newsletters 31
notes (documents) 31
Fighter pilots 30
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 30
memorandums 30
lithographs 29
programs (documents) 28
technical drawings 28
Airships 27
business cards 27
Airplanes -- Design and construction 26
Alaska 26
Northwest, Pacific 26
articles 26
photographic postcards 26
Boeing Model 747 Family 25
Japan 25
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notebooks 24
posters 24
Flight training 23
Germany 23
Seaplanes 23
Women air pilots 22
digital prints 21
drawings (visual works) 21
signatures (names) 21
Biplanes 20
California 20
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 20
China 19
manuals (instructional materials) 19
Bombing, Aerial 18
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny 18
transportation timetables 18
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 17
England 17
TMOF Aircraft 17
diplomas 17
personnel records 17
16mm (photographic film size) 16
Aces (Fighter pilots) 16
Air mail service 16
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 16
Douglas DC-3 Family 16
airline maps 16
audiocassettes 16
blueprints (reprographic copies) 16
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 16
stationery 16
Armed Forces -- Officers 15
Astronauts 15
Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") 15
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Family (Model 464) 15
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 15
Hawaii 15
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family 15
Military education 15
Air shows 14
Airplanes -- Flight testing 14
manuscripts (documents) 14
navigation charts 14
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 13
Boeing Model 707 Family 13
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United States. Navy 68
United States. Air Force 57
Boeing 54
United States. Army Air Forces 52
Pan American World Airways, Inc 39
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United Airlines 37
Boeing Company 36
United States. Army. Air Corps 25
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 23
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 21
Northwest Airlines Corporation 19
United States. Army. Air Service 19
Trans World Airlines 17
Western Airlines 16
United States. Army 15
King County International Airport 14
Project Apollo (U.S.) 14
United States. Marine Corps 13
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 11
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 11
American Airlines 10
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 10
Douglas 10
North American Aviation 9
Northwest Airlines, Inc. 9
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 9
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th 8
United States. Naval Reserve 8
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 8
Alaska Airlines 7
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) 7
Braniff Airways 7
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 7
Curtiss 7
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 7
Douglas Aircraft Company 7
Eastern Air Lines 7
Lockheed 7
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 7
Slayton, Donald K., 1924-1993 7
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 7
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 7
American Fighter Aces Association 6
Boeing School of Aeronautics (Oakland, Calif.) 6
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 6
Delta Air Lines 6
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 6
United States. Army. European Theater of Operations 6
Air Line Pilots Association 5
Apollo 13 (Spacecraft) 5
Boeing Air Transport 5
British Airways 5
Consolidated Aircraft Corp 5
Flying Tiger Line 5
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 5
Hughes Airwest 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
Northrop 5
Pearson Field (Vancouver, Wash.) 5
Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 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
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
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 4
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 4
Continental Airlines 4
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 4
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Boston" (#3) 4
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Chicago" (#2) 4
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "New Orleans" (#4) 4
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Seattle" (#1) 4
Douglas, Donald Wills, Sr., 1892-1981 4
Fornasero, John B., 1904-1967 4
Germany. Luftwaffe 4
Graf Zeppelin (Airship) 4
Haise, Fred, 1933- 4
Horizon Air 4
KLM (Airline) 4
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 4
Langley Field (Va.) 4
Lovell, Jim 4
McDonnell Douglas Corporation 4
Museum of Flight (Seattle, Wash.) 4
Pacific Alaska Airways 4
Pacific Northern Airlines 4
Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948 4
Republic Airlines 4
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 4
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