Research aircraft
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Non-preferred terms: Aircraft, Experimental; Aircraft, Research; Experimental aircraft
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87004290
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Armstrong, Mark -- oral history interview, 2016 October 20
File
Interview Summary
Mark Armstrong is interviewed about his father, astronaut Neil Armstrong, as well as his own experiences with the Space Program during the 1960s and beyond. He describes his father’s aviation and space career and shares details about his childhood, growing up in the midst of the Apollo 11 mission. He also touches on his professional career in technology. Topics discussed his childhood memories of his father, his interest in physics and software programing, his thoughts on the Space Program,...
Dates:
2016 October 20
Bernard Bourrand Sketchbook
Collection — Box One
Identifier: 2022-10-06
Content Description
The Bernard Bourrand Sketchbook is a single-item collection: a bound volume full of drawings and sketches by French artist Bernard Bourrand, dating to 1947-1951. The illustrations depict aircraft, automobiles and other forms of transportation, the majority of which are experimental models. Also among the illustrations are other "Atomic Age" futuristic designs. The volume is a record book with paginated ruled pages. Each page has multiple drawings by Bourrand primarily in...
Dates:
1947-1951
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Peter M. Bowers Photograph Collection and Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2008-03-31
Overview
Peter M. Bowers (1918-2003) was an aeronautical engineer at The Boeing Company for 36 years but was more noted as an aviation historian who wrote several dozen books and close to 900 articles on aircraft. This collection is notable for the approximately 150,000 photographic images he amassed during his career, as well as his writing and research files. The materials span the early 1900s to 2003.
Dates:
circa 1900s-2003
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Neil Householder Aircraft Collection
Collection — Box One
Identifier: 2015-08-23
Contents of the Collection
The Neil Householder Aircraft Collection is a small collection that includes textual materials and photographs related to three aircraft; the Boeing 2707 SST, the "Buffalo" experimental STOL, and Il Cigno, a Da Vinci-inspired glider, circa 1960s-2003. The items were given to or gathered by Householder during his time as a Boeing employee and, later, a restoration volunteer at The Museum of Flight. Included in the collection are 30 black-and-white photographs of the Boeing 2707...
Dates:
circa 1960s-2003
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Glenn Y. and Ronald L. Robinson Aircraft Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2022-09-01
Contents of the Collection
The Glenn Y. and Ronald L. Robinson Photograph Collection is largely comprised of a mixture of United States Air Force and Boeing Company photographs, circa 1930s-1980s. The prints were collected by the Robinsons over the course of and in relation to their respective careers with the USAF and Boeing. Series I: Glenn Y. Robinson USAF photograph collection holds 222 photographs, one negative and one slide that depict various aircraft. The images were...
Dates:
circa 1930s-1990s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Contact us with a research request
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