Airplanes -- Maintenance and repair
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85002839
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Elmer A. Ball World War II Negatives
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-06-30
Content Description
The Elmer A. Ball World War II Negatives is a collection of 184 photographic negatives taken by Ball during his service with the U.S. Navy, much of which took place in Guam during the later years of World War II. The negatives are all medium format black-and-white negatives, except for one color transparency. They were not organized in any particular manner.The images depict a variety of people, activities, and buildings in and around Naval Air Station Agana on Guam from roughly...
Dates:
circa 1944-1950
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
The Julius A. Barr Photograph Album
Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-6
Abstract
Julius A. Barr (1905-1939) was born in Normal, Illinois and spent time as a personal pilot to Chinese military figures Zhang Xueliang (also known as the "Young Marshal" and "Peter Chang") and General Chiang Kai-shek in the mid-1930s. The collection contains a photograph album with three hundred and thirty-nine (339) black-and-white photographs, most likely taken by Barr, covering his time in China.
Dates:
1934-1937
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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.
Dates:
1918
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Philip G. Feeley Western Airlines and Boeing Model 720B Collection
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2000-08-31
Contents of the Collection
This small collection is comprised of textual materials related to aircraft maintenance and systems, 1961-1966. It includes handwritten notes, photocopied clippings, and technical diagrams that are apparently related to general aircraft systems and maintenance. There are also a series of Western Airlines checklists and documents related to the Boeing Model 720B. It is unknown how Philip G. Feeley gathered the materials or if they were his original materials. His name never appears on any of...
Dates:
1961-1966
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Alfred Goldberg Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2007-06-11
Contents of the Collection
The Alfred Goldberg Photograph Collection contains photographs and a small number of textual materials that mostly pertain to aircraft construction and maintenance in the 1940s-1950s. It is likely the photographs were collected by Goldberg during his career at Bedek Aviation Company in an unknown position and as Superintendent of Maintenance at Flying Tiger Line. The collection has been broken down into two series: Photographs and Textual materials, which are both arranged alphabetically....
Dates:
1929-1992, undated; Majority of material found within 1940-1959
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
James A. Klotz World War II Collection
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 1999-09-29
Contents of the Collection
The James A. Klotz World War II Collection is a small collection comprised of documents and photographs from Klotz's time in the Marines during and after World War II. The items gathered are primarily related to aircraft maintenance, including handwritten notes, aviation machinist training materials, aviation circulars, and checklists for aircraft maintenance for the St. Louis Lambert Naval Air Station. Nine black-and-white photographs feature Marines standing at attention and a Vought F7U...
Dates:
circa 1940s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Bruce R. McCaw Aviation Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2014-01-15
Abstract
The Bruce R. McCaw Aviation Collection contains textual materials related to McCaw's work with Horizon Air during the early development of the regional airline carrier from 1980 through 1987, as well as assorted material from 1970 to 1997 from McCaw’s professional and personal experience as a pilot.
Dates:
1978-1999
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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