Boeing Company -- Employees
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Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Use for any collections containing items related to employment at The Boeing Company.
Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:
Peterson, Jerry - 2018-05-18, 2018
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Table of Contents: Introduction -- Education after high school -- Joining the Air Force -- Military assignment -- C-47 assignment -- Duty in Vietnam -- AC-47 gunship duties -- Comparing the C-130 gunship -- Air Force crewman life in Vietnam -- Any special memories? -- Reflecting on the Vietnam War -- After Vietnam -- C-141 assignment at McCord -- Found his wife-to-be at McCord -- Technological change in the AF -- AF duty at Mather Air Force Base -- Next was Bergstrom -- Finally made it to...
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2018
Phelan, Herb -- oral history interview, 2018 February 22
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Aeronautical engineer Herb Phelan is interviewed about his career in the aviation industry and his involvement in several aircraft restoration projects. He discusses his work with various aviation companies and his career at Boeing, circa 1950s-1990s. Projects discussed include the 727, 747, SST (Supersonic Transport), Minuteman III missile, and the AWACS program. He then discusses his restoration work on the Boeing Model 80A, the B-17F Flying Fortress, and the B-29 Superfortress. All three...
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2018 February 22
Platt, James H. -- oral history interview, 2018 May 04
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Vietnam War veteran James H. Platt is interviewed about his decade-spanning career with the United States Air Force. He discusses his training and experiences as a military pilot, including his wartime service in Southeast Asia piloting Sikorsky HH-3E helicopters, known as Jolly Green Giants, during air rescue missions. He also describes other notable assignments from his career, such as his support flights at the Eastern Test Range (Florida), his time as a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress...
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2018 May 04
Scarff, John Bowen -- oral history interview, 2017 May 06
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U.S. Navy veteran John Bowen Scarff is interviewed about his father, Wayland Labatt Scarff, and about his military service after World War II. He discusses his father’s career at the fledgling Boeing Company in the mid-1910s and his work at Boeing Plant 1, also known as the Red Barn. Scarff also provides an overview of his military service in the postwar period, including his enlistment at Sand Point Naval Air Station (Washington) and his aviation machinist training at Norman Naval Air...
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2017 May 06
Scarff, Robert W. -- oral history interview, 2017 June 27
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World War II veteran Robert W. Scarff is interviewed about his life and military service with the United States Navy. He discusses his flight training and experiences flying the Martin PBM Mariner. Topics discussed include his wartime service in Brazil, his test flight assignment at Naval Air Station Patuxent River (Maryland), and his post-war service in Japan shortly after the end of World War II. He also touches briefly on the life and career of his father, Wayland Labatt Scarff, who was...
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2017 June 27
Taylor, Dick -- oral history interview, 2014 February 13
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Aeronautical engineer Richard W. “Dick” Taylor is interviewed about his 50-year career at the Boeing Company, which spanned the 1940s to the early 1990s. He discusses his experiences as a test pilot and design engineer for the company and describes notable projects from his career, including his work on the B-47 Stratojet, Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser, and Model 737 and his development of ETOPS (Extended Range Twin Engine Operations). He also touches on his service as a U.S Army liaison...
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2014 February 13
Wellman, Dave C. -- oral history interview, 2018 May 18
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Vietnam War veteran David C. “Dave” Wellman is interviewed about his military service and engineering career. He discusses his experiences as a bomber pilot with the United States Air Force and describes his combat tours in Vietnam flying the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress. He then discusses his post-military career with the Boeing Company and his work on various armament integration programs, such as the SRAM (short-range attack missile) and ALCM (air-launched cruise missile). The interview...
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2018 May 18
Wilson, Bill - 2017-10-23, 2017
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[From transcript] Bill Wilson was a General Dynamics F-111 pilot during the Vietnam War. He discusses his time in the United States Air Force, his deployment to Thailand, and his combat missions against MiGs while dodging surface-to-air missiles. He recalls a mission over Hanoi in which he and his partner were shot down and eventually captured by enemy troops. Being near the end of hostilities, he did not have to endure the harsh treatment that pilots who were captured earlier received. Bill...
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2017
Wimpress, John (Part 1) - 2017-10-26, 2017
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[From transcript] In this first interview (part 1 of 3), John speaks of his early life and education and his time in the United States Navy. After the Navy, he spent a year with the Douglas Aircraft Company, then returned to school to pursue a degree in aeronautical engineering. He spent the rest of his aviation career with Boeing, where he worked on various development projects. He participated in the design of many innovations in the industry, such as Vortex Generators and the Refueling...
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2017
Wimpress, John (Part 2) - 2017-12-07, 2017
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[From transcript] In this second interview (part 2 of 3), John talks about his recollections of the Pearl Harbor attack and of the German achievements in aeronautical engineering. He also discusses his time at Boeing and the role he played in many of Boeing's major aircraft products: the 707, 720, 727, SST, and the 747. Table of Contents: Introduction -- Memories of December 7, 1941 -- Germans ahead in aeronautical engineering -- Boeing 707-320 wing -- Boeing 720 -- Boeing 727 --...
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2017
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