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Richard J. McWhorter Stearman Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2010-06-06

Abstract Richard J. McWhorter (1921-2007) was born in Idaho Falls, Idaho and had a long standing and multi-faceted interest in aviation, including owning and restoring vintage airplanes. The collection includes manuscript materials, ephemera, audio-visual materials, and approximately three hundred (300) photographs documenting the restoration of a Stearman C-3B (#NC7550), on display at The Museum of Flight, as well as a Stearman C-3R (#NC656K).

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Odell Family Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2009-05-18

Abstract The Odell Family Collection primarily consists of field message books and printed ephemera used during World War I by Lieutenant James H. Odell of the Royal Flying Corps Canada. There is also a small amount of photographs featuring aircraft of the 1920s-1930s.

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Pan American World Airways Airmail Flight Menu

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 1984-00-00-21

Contents of the Collection The Pan American World Airways Airmail Flight Menu is a small collection is comprised of one folded-card dinner menu from the inaugural Air Mail flight from San Francisco to New Zealand on Pan American Airways Clipper "American," on July 12, 1940. The menu was signed by members of the crew, including Captain J. H. Tilton, while it was docked at the first stop on its route: Honolulu.

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

James Pinger Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2000-01-20

Abstract The collection contains a signed black-and-white portrait of World War I pilot and ace Eddie Rickenbacker and a certificate celebrating the 50th anniversary of United Airlines.

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Florence Ragen Douglas World Cruisers Photograph Collection

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 2007-03-29-C

Contents of the Collection The Florence Ragen Douglas World Cruisers Photograph Collection contains a single black-and-white photograph taken in March 1924. The image depicts six of the eight fliers from the first round-the-world flight standing in front of a car: (from left to right) Leigh Wade, Erik H. Nelson, Leslie P. Arnold, Lowell H. Smith, John Harding, Jr., and Henry H. Ogden. Two Douglas World Cruisers are partially visible behind the men. A note on the back of the print identifies the right hand plane as the...

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Russian Transpolar Flight Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2012-12-23

Abstract The Russian Transpolar Flight Collection primarily documents the June 1937 transpolar flight by Russian aviators Valery Chkalov, Georgii Baidukov, and V. Belydakov with photographs, clippings, audio-visual materials, and various textual materials. It also features a small amount of material about the July 1937 transpolar flight by Russian aviators M. Gromov, Sergei Danilin, and Andrei Yumashev, as well as general Russia-related research materials.

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Jake Schultz Boeing 787 Materials

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 2010-08-17

Contents of Collection The Jake Schultz Boeing 787 Collection is a very small collection comprised of Boeing 7E7/787 Dreamliner ephemera dated 2004-2010. The collection includes brochures, decals, a first flight cover dated December 15, 2009, and business cards from various Boeing personnel, including Schultz. The materials were collected by Schultz during part of his time working at Boeing.

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Joseph J. Sofet Air Force One Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2021-05-17-A

Content Description The Joseph J. Sofet Air Force One Collection is a small collection of materials collected by Col. Joseph J. Sofet, pilot for Air Force One aircraft, VC-137B SAM970 and VC-137C SAM26000. The collection includes clippings about Sofet and his career as a pilot for Air Force One and about SAM970; photocopies of images of Sofet and Air Force one aircraft; matchbook covers branded for Air Force One and the President of the United States; an undated color 8x10" photograph of SAM26000 signed by the...

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Wiley Williams Space Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2019-12-18

Content Description The Wiley Williams Space Collection is a collection of textual and visual materials collected by Williams during his career as an engineer for Grumman and NASA in the 1950s and 1960s.Williams himself is documented with clippings about him, a poster from Grumman acknowledging his work, and photographs of him. The photographs are all 8x10" black-and-white official NASA photos depicting him with colleagues during the course of his work. Related to Gemini missions, there is...

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Orville Wright Letter

Collection

Identifier: 2018-10-01-D

Abstract 4-page typed letter signed on Wright Company letterhead, dated April 7, 1915, to Frederick Eppelsheimer of the New York Herald, discussing the possibility of using a pendulum to stabilize aircraft, mentioning the death of his brother Wilbur, and referencing fellow aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss. Accompanied by a small matte-finish portrait of Eppelsheimer, dated 1918.

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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Richard J. McWhorter Stearman Collection

Odell Family Collection

Pan American World Airways Airmail Flight Menu

James Pinger Collection

Florence Ragen Douglas World Cruisers Photograph Collection

Russian Transpolar Flight Collection

Jake Schultz Boeing 787 Materials

Joseph J. Sofet Air Force One Collection

Wiley Williams Space Collection

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