Flight training
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Non-preferred terms: Flight instruction; Flying classes
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85049126
Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:
Gene M. Allred Air-Navigation Workbook
Collection — Box Assorted oversize box 20, oversize: folder 1
Identifier: 2022-00-00-105
Content Description
The Gene M. Allred Air-Navigation Workbook is a small collection consisting of a single item: the Air-navigation workbook: pre-flight--primary training manual used by Allred at the U.S. Navy Pre-Flight School, at St. May's College in California in 1943. The workbook was published by the Aviation Training Division, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Air) U.S. Navy and consists of position plotting sheets, sheets of graph paper, logs, and a star finder and...
Dates:
1943
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Julius A. Barr Photograph Albums and Films
Collection
Identifier: 2019-10-24
Abstract
Julius A. Barr had a varied flight career in the 1920s and 1930s, notably spending time as a personal pilot to Chinese military figures and later working as a Boeing test pilot. The collection includes 5 albums with more than 1,600 photographs and 11 films that document his personal life and career.
Dates:
1926-1939
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
The Becvar Family Aviation Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1992-07-24
Abstract
George Becvar (1909-1990) was born in Denver, Colorado and with his brothers Lou (1908-1984) and Chuck (1904-1986) started Kent Flying Service which ran from approximately 1927-1930 in Kent, Washington. The collection consists of the pilot logbook for George Becvar and a scrapbook that primarily covers George Becvar's 1927-1931 flying career.
Dates:
1927-1990
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Raymond L. Bouas Braniff Airways Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2024-01-08
Contents of the Collection
The Raymond L. Bouas Braniff Airways Collection contains primarily textual materials relevant to the career of Raymond L. Bouas, a pilot with Braniff Airways from 1957 to 1989. The collection has been divided into two series: Military and reserve service and Professional career. Due to its size, Professional career has been further divided into subseries. Materials are arranged chronologically within series with undated materials at the end.The first series, ...
Dates:
1947-2014
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
William C. Brookbank P-47 Thunderbolt Cockpit Training Device
Collection — Box Assorted oversize box 26: [Barcode: 001924]
Identifier: 2025-12-08
Content Description
The William C. Brookbank P-47 Thunderbolt Cockpit Training Device is a single-item collection comprised of a cardboard facsimlie of a Republic P-47 cockpit, dated to the 1940s.The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt cockpit training device is a cardboard facsimile of a P-47 cockpit that unfolds to reveal photographic reproductions of a cockpit on three panels which enabled pilots to familiarize themselves with the instruments and systems within the cockpit. The instruments in the images...
Dates:
circa 1940s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Byron Brown World War II Pilot materials
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2013-01-25-A
Contents of the Collection
This is a small collection of textual materials relating to navigation and training for Army Air Forces pilots, dated 1943-1944.
Materials include an Army Air Forces Radio Facility Charts booklet, 1943; a navigation training guide [missing section 1], 1943; an empty envelope labeled "Pilots' Information File No. 10 Revision No. 10, June 1, 1944;" and a six-page instructor examination guide, undated.
Dates:
1943-1944
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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.
Dates:
1918
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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...
Dates:
1939-2019
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Dodge H. Dean World War II Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2018-00-00-138
Content Description
The Dodge H. Dean World War II Collection consists primarily of training materials from Dean's service with both the Royal Canadian Air Force and the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Training materials from Dean's time with the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) from about 1937-1942 make up the bulk of the collection. Included are printed lecture outlines and printed notes on a variety of topics such as airframes; airmanship; airways regulations; armament; engines;...
Dates:
1937-1950
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
John R. Hiltenbrand Military Aviation Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2025-01-27
Contents of the Collection
The John R. Hiltenbrand Military Aviation Collection holds textual, visual, and audiovisual materials from the United States Air Force career of John Robert "Bob" Hiltenbrand from World War II through the 1960s. The bulk and strength of the collection is textual materials related to Hiltenbrand's World War II-era flight training. Included are 1941-1943 flight logs as well as a number of instructional and training materials. The documents, with accompanying notes taken by...
Dates:
1941-1989; Majority of material found within 1941-1969
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives