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Air pilots

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Airline pilots; Airplane pilots; Aviators; Pilots, Airplane

Found in 79 Collections and/or Records:

Church, Roy -- oral history interview, 2017 November 16

 File
Interview Summary Vietnam War veteran Roy Church is interviewed about his service with the United States Marine Corps and his careers as a corporate and contract pilot. He discusses his experiences as a Marine aviator during the 1960s, including his time stationed at Da Nang Air Base as a Grumman A-6 bombardier-navigator and his training exercises at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (Washington). He also shares stories from his time as an air taxi pilot for Chrysler (circa 1970s-1990s) and as an independent...
Dates: 2017 November 16
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives / The Museum of Flight Oral History Collection

Fuchs, Alice S., 1917-2012

 Person

Joe Aiken Films

 Collection — Box Film Box 4, Reel: 1-6
Identifier: 1998-12-28
Contents of the Collection The Joe Aiken Films are comprised of six films shot, produced, or compiled by Joe Aiken of 20th Century Fox Studio, from approximately 1918-1947. The films contain a mix of newsreel footage, documentary footage of aircraft manufacturing, and flight footage. Three of the films contain footage of World War I flying aces, flying squadrons, World War I-era aircraft, and transatlantic flight attempts. One of the films contains newsreel footage of the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II and the...
Dates: circa 1918-1950s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

The Julius A. Barr Clippings

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-3
Abstract

Julius A. Barr (1905-1939) was born in Normal, Illinois and spent time as a personal pilot to Chinese military figures in the mid-1930s as well as worked as a Boeing test pilot from 1938-1939. The collection contains four clippings related to Barr's time at Boeing and his death.

Dates: 1938-1939
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

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

Cynthia P. Bayne Calbraith Perry Rodgers Vin Fiz Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-08-14
Overview

The Cynthia P. Bayne Calbraith Perry Rodgers Vin Fiz Collection is a small collection of visual and textual materials related to the first North American transcontinental flight in 1911 successfully completed by Calbraith Perry Rodgers in his Vin Fiz Flyer.

Dates: 1911-2011
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

Alexander Graham Bell and the Aerial Experiment Association Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-10-01-B
Abstract

25 photographs of Alexander Graham Bell and other members of the Aerial Experiment Association along with their aerodrome aircraft; souvenir booklet of the association; 2 photomechanical prints signed by J.A. McCurdy.

Dates: 1908-1909
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

David F. Beyl and Donald D. Beyl Logbooks

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2009-09-22
Contents of the Collection The David F. Beyl and Donald D. Beyl log books is a small collection of nine (9) United States Naval Aviator and civilian pilot logbooks belonging to brothers David and Donald Beyl, ranging from 1943-1987. Four (4) of the logbooks belonged to David D. Beyl and span approximately from 1954 to 1978, covering David's US Navy service. The other five (5) logbooks belonged to his brother, Donald F. Beyl, and cover his military and civilian flight history, ranging from 1943-1987. ...
Dates: 1943-1987; Majority of material found within 1950s-1960s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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