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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

Douglas I. Tilden Lunar Roving Vehicle Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1998-08-10
Abstract

Douglas I. Tilden worked on the restoration of the Museum of Flight's Lunar Roving Vehicle. A crew of 18 volunteers worked on the restoration project from about 1993-1995. The materials in the collections were used for that restoration project.

Dates: circa 1970-1990s; Majority of material found within 1970-1971

George Prior Townsend Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-05-17
Contents of the Collection This small collection holds two appoinment certificates for George Prior Townsend Jr., reflecting his engineering career. One certificate is for Townsend's appointment to the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Lubrication and Wear Subcommittee. Dated January 1, 1952, it is signed by Chairman J.C. Hunsaker and Executive Secretary John F. Victory. It included a label on the verso of its original frame, "BECK ART SHOP, House of Cards, Denver 2 Colo,.," as well as...
Dates: 1952, 1959

Tupolev ANT-4 model presentation photographs

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1987-06-23-1
Content Description

The Tupolev ANT-4 model presentation photographs consist of three 3.5x5" color snapshots of the presentation of a model Tupolev ANT-4 to David Bass, General Manager of Boeing of Portland, by Aviation General Colonel Vasily Reshetnikov on June 23, 1987. The model is a replica of the ANT-4 aircraft that was flown to New York in October 1929. In addition to Bass and Reshetnikov, Valery Kubasov is present in the photos along with other unidentified men, presumably Boeing employees.

Dates: 1987 June 23

TV Guide from July 19, 1969

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2019-00-00-158
Contents of the Collection

This small collection conists of one issue of TV Guide from July 19, 1969. The cover of the magazine advertises "the first live telecast from the moon." An 8-page article in the magazine, "Live from the Moon" describes the moon landing event as "TV's most special special."

Dates: 1969 July 19

Josef Ulsamer World War II Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2017-03-23
Contents of the Collection The Josef Ulsamer World War II Collection consists of five photographs featuring German Luftwaffe Lieutenant Josef Ulsamer in uniform and with his spouse, most likely taken in Kiel, Germany circa 1930s-1940s. One of the photos features a Junkers Ju-88 aircraft with an exterior view. Another photograph depicts an interior view of an aircraft, likely a Heinkel, with an airman, possibly Ulsamer, in defensive position below the cockpit. While the aircraft photographs do not have any location...
Dates: Circa 1930s-1940s

United Air Lines Hawaiian Mainliner Passenger List

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2017-00-00-4
Content Description

The United Air Lines Hawaiian Mainliner Passenger List is a small collection consisting of a single item: a passenger list for United Air Lines' inaugural flight of the Hawaiian Mainliner Stratocruiser dated January 15, 1950. There are 54 passengers listed as well as the Captain R.L. Wagner, Stewardesses Phyllis Chase and Hazle Spencer and Steward Clement Keliikipi.

Dates: 1950 January 15

United Airlines Air Atlas (1961)

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1985-07-28-A
Contents of the Collection

The collection consists a United Air Lines "Air Atlas," June 1961 edition, that featured the airline's service routes over a map of the United States. Atlas also includes facts about the formation of the landscape that passengers may see from the aircraft.

Dates: 1961 June

United Airlines Air Atlas (1962)

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1985-10-25-A
Contents of the Collection

The collection is comprised of a United Airlines "Air Atlas," July 1962 edition, featuring the airline's service routes on a map of the United States. The "atlas" also includes facts about the formation of landscapes that may be seen by passengers from the aircraft.

Dates: 1962 July

The University of Washington Venturi Wind Tunnel Reports

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2012-07-30
Content Description

The University of Washington Venturi Wind Tunnel Reports document experiments by the University’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics to study the “Venturi Effect,” the effect of a fluid’s velocity as it passes through a constricted space. The collection contains memos and notations about calibrating and using the wind tunnel and reports by students describing the findings of their experiments ranging from the construction of the wind tunnel in 1930 to 1993.

Dates: 1930-1993

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photographic prints 483
clippings (information artifacts) 210
World War, 1939-1945 201
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correspondence 184
certificates 122
logs (records) 112
Air pilots, Military 109
Air pilots 94
photocopies 88
Airlines 85
World War, 1914-1918 82
Airplanes, Military 81
military records 80
booklets 79
negatives (photographs) 79
Flight attendants 67
postcards 65
scrapbooks 65
slides (photographs) 63
brochures 62
Boeing Company -- Employees 59
photograph albums 59
Soldiers 58
aerial photographs 56
Aircraft accidents 55
identity cards 54
Women in aeronautics 52
Washington (State) 51
maps (documents) 51
notes (documents) 48
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 47
Seattle (Wash.) 47
business cards 45
lithographs 45
memorandums 45
menus 44
decals 43
France 42
orders (military records) 41
posters 41
photographic postcards 40
Airplanes -- Design and construction 39
technical drawings 39
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 38
technical reports 38
articles 37
notebooks 36
digital prints 35
Boeing Model 747 Family 34
newsletters 34
signatures (names) 34
programs (documents) 32
Fighter pilots 31
Seaplanes 31
Airships 30
Alaska 30
Flight training 28
Northwest, Pacific 28
personnel records 28
Japan 27
Women air pilots 27
airline maps 26
drawings (visual works) 26
instructional materials 26
stationery 26
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 25
Germany 25
transportation timetables 25
Airplanes -- Flight testing 24
Boeing Model 707 Family 24
California 24
advertisements 24
Aeronautics, Commercial 23
16mm (photographic film size) 22
Air mail service 22
Bombing, Aerial 22
audiocassettes 22
Biplanes 21
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 21
China 21
blueprints (reprographic copies) 21
TMOF Aircraft 20
manuals (instructional materials) 20
Air shows 19
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 19
Boeing Model 727 Family 19
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny 19
England 19
Hawaii 19
admission tickets 19
luggage tags 19
manuscripts (documents) 19
Aces (Fighter pilots) 18
Airports 18
Douglas DC-3 Family 18
Test pilots 18
Airplanes 17
Astronauts 17
DVDs 17
Names
United States. Navy 85
United States. Air Force 69
United States. Army Air Forces 60
Boeing 58
Boeing Company 57
United Airlines 48
Pan American World Airways, Inc. 41
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 29
United States. Army. Air Corps 28
Northwest Airlines, Inc. 27
Trans World Airlines 24
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 21
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 21
United States. Army. Air Service 19
Western Airlines 19
United States. Army 18
King County International Airport 17
Project Apollo (U.S.) 17
United States. Marine Corps 15
North American 14
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 13
American Airlines 12
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 12
Douglas 12
Museum of Flight (Seattle, Wash.) 12
Lockheed 11
United States. Naval Reserve 11
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 11
Alaska Airlines 10
Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation 10
Douglas Aircraft Company 10
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th 10
Air Line Pilots Association 9
Braniff Airways 9
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 9
Eastern Air Lines 9
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 9
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 9
Lunar Orbiter (Artificial satellite) 8
Quiet Birdmen 8
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis" 8
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) 7
Boeing Air Transport 7
Continental Airlines 7
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 7
Delta Air Lines 7
Flying Tiger Line 7
Hughes Airwest 7
Northrop 7
Pearson Field (Vancouver, Wash.) 7
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport 7
Slayton, Donald K., 1924-1993 7
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 7
Boeing Company. Wichita Division 6
Boeing School of Aeronautics (Oakland, Calif.) 6
Boeing, Bertha Marie (Potter Paschall), 1891-1977 6
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 6
Consolidated Aircraft Corp 6
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 6
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 6
Fokker 6
John F. Kennedy Space Center 6
Merrill, A. Elliott (Albert), 1901-1992 6
National Championship Air Races 6
Pacific Air Transport 6
United States. Army. European Theater of Operations 6
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 6
United States. Army. Signal Corps 6
United States. Federal Aviation Administration 6
Varney Air Lines 6
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 6
Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 5
American Fighter Aces Association 5
Apollo 13 (Spacecraft) 5
Apollo Soyuz Test Project 5
Boeing Airplane Company 5
British Airways 5
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 5
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Boston" (#3) 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Chicago" (#2) 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "New Orleans" (#4) 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Seattle" (#1) 5
Essex (Aircraft carrier) 5
Fairchild 5
Germany. Luftwaffe 5
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 5
Johnston, A.M. (Alvin M.) 5
KLM (Airline) 5
Kelly Field (Tex.) 5
Lear, William P. (William Powell), 1902-1978 5
McDonnell Douglas Corp 5
National Airlines 5
Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 5
Scandinavian Airlines System 5
Scott, Clayton, 1905-2006 5
Showalter, N.D. (Noah David), 1925-2012 5
Stearman (1927) 5
Stenzel, Dorothy (Hester), 1910-1991 5
Turner, Roscoe, 1895-1970 5

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