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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...

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James George Burton Photograph Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2015-11-25

Abstract The James George Burton Photographs are comprised of two panoramic photographs relating to the Balloon School at Ross Field, Arcadia, California.

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The John R. Buschmann B-29 Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2015-11-19

Abstract Lt. Col. John R. Buschmann compiled this information about the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, known as "T-Square 54," through personal research and interviews with former crew members. In 2015 these materials, including a short history of the plane written by Lt. Col. Buschmann, were donated to the Museum of Flight in an effort to keep the physical plane and its history housed in one location.

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Herman Butler Collection

Collection

Identifier: 1985-12-27-A

Abstract Herman Butler, originally of Belleville, Washington, served as a pilot during World War I and after with the U.S.A. School of Aerial Photography at Langley Field. The collection contains materials relating to the Butler's wartime and postwar service.

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Arthur Wayne Byron Airline Pilot Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2009-06-05

Contents of the Collection The Arthur Wayne Byron Airline Pilot Collection is comprised of primarily textual materials with some photographs that document Byron's commercial pilot career with Western Airlines and Delta Airlines. Materials date from mid-1940s through the 1980s.Textual materials include pilot logs dating from 1955-1987; organizational records for Western Airlines, including documents related to the merger of Western Airlines and Pacific Northern Airlines in 1967, as well as the merger of...

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Mary "Pat" (Hiller) Call WASP Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2020-11-15

Content Description The Mary "Pat" (Hiller) Call WASP Collection consists of materials relating to Call’s service as a Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) from 1942-1944. Materials are arranged alphabetically and span from 1939-2019 (bulk 1943-1980). The collection consists of about 0.6 cubic feet of material, including military records, licenses and membership cards, flight records and logbooks, correspondence, photographs, ephemera, and clippings. Correspondence in the collection includes a...

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Bruce Campbell Lear Fan Photographs

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 2019-00-00-98

Contents of the Collection This small collection consists of 15 color snapshots taken by Bruce Campbell of the Lear Fan at a flight demonstration or show for the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) circa early 1980s. The photographs depict Lear Fans N626BL and N327ML on the ground and in the air. Moya Lear is in one photograph; other spectators are unidentified.

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John D. Carroll World War II Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2000-09-14

Contents of the Collection The collection relates to the World War II experience of 1st Lieutenant John D. Carroll, who served as a flight navigator and bombadier. It includes aeronautical charts for Hong Kong and Hungtze, China and Osaka and Choshi, Japan as well as a small amount of newspaper clippings related to World War II. Also present are photographs depicting military operations, such as reconnaissance and aerial bombardment, and aircraft, predominantly the B-29. The B-29 is featured in formation flight, dropping...

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Charles Lindbergh Letter to Robert Goddard

Collection — Box: Assorted rare collections, Box 1, Folder: 2011-06-06 folder 2

Identifier: 2011-06-06-2

Contents of the Collection This collection consists of a single item: a two-page typed letter written by Charles Lindbergh to Dr. Robert Goddard, dated December 15, 1938. In the letter Lindbergh makes the first suggestion for the military uses of the rocket. He states: "When the opportunity arises, I shall take this matter up with our own military people because I believe we should explore the military possibilities of the rocket. As you say, it is often difficult to start interest in such a radical development in its...

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G. W. Charters Notebooks

Collection

Identifier: 2007-06-27-A

Abstract The G. W. Charters Notebooks are comprised of three notebooks containing training notes of a World War I Army pilot.

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Walter E. Burnham Collection

James George Burton Photograph Collection

The John R. Buschmann B-29 Collection

Herman Butler Collection

Arthur Wayne Byron Airline Pilot Collection

Mary "Pat" (Hiller) Call WASP Collection

Bruce Campbell Lear Fan Photographs

John D. Carroll World War II Collection

Charles Lindbergh Letter to Robert Goddard

G. W. Charters Notebooks

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