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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 81 Collections and/or Records:

William Preston Mayfield Wright Brothers Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-10-01-C
Abstract

Personal album of aviation photographer William Preston Mayfield wtih 50 silver gelatin prints relating to Wilbur and Orville Wright.

Dates: 1909-circa 1930

Harold A. McGinnis Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2004-06-08
Abstract

Harold A. McGinnis (1893-1986) served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps, Aviation Section as a pilot during World War I and remained in the military until his retirement in 1948. The collection contains pilot log books relating to World War I and photographs relating to World War I and pre-World War II era military aircraft.

Dates: 1914-1930s

Murray Stuart and Noel Rae Pilot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-02-23
Abstract

Native Washingtonians Murray Stuart (1909-1960), and Noel Rae (b. 1909), married in 1929 and were both pilots. The collection contains clippings, photographs, correspondence, business records, and certificates relating to both their flight careers and personal lives.

Dates: circa 1920s-1973, 1999

Nordhoff and Dunnam Families World War I and Bellevue Airport Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1993-05-11
Abstract

Collection of photographs, scrapbooks, clippings, and assorted ephemera from the Nordhoff and Dunnam families, who served as pilots in World War I and World War II and later founded the Bellevue Airport.

Dates: 1910s to 1980s, 2014

Norah O'Neill Pilot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-03-03
Abstract

Norah Ellen O'Neill (1949-2017), from Seattle, Washington, was a commercial pilot and an aviation pioneer. The collection contains a scrapbook, book reviews, newsletters and serials, photographs, pilot log books, and correspondence related to her flight career and personal life.

Dates: 1973-2017

Maria Osler Collection of Edward Scott Osler Logbooks and Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 2016-07-20
Abstract:

The Edward Scott Osler Logbooks and Photographs are comprised of logbooks and photographs pertaining to the work of commercial pilot, flight engineer, and test pilot Edward Scott Osler. This collection is primarily logbooks.

Dates: 1940-1948

Joann Osterud Airshow Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2021-10-29-A
Overview

Joann Osterud was a stunt pilot who flew in airshows from the late 1970s through the 1990s. Slides, photographs and audiovisual recordings in the collection document her stunt performances from her early career through 1990, including ones in her Stevens Akro plane which is in the Museum's collection.

Dates: 1966-1994, 2000; Majority of material found within 1973-1990

Joann Osterud Logbooks

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2024-02-08
Content Description The Joann Osterud Logbooks is a collection of seven flight logbooks documenting Osterud's career as a pilot, dating from 1968-1986. The earliest book records Osterud's flights as a student pilot. Flights in the early 1970s include many out of Boeing Field (King County International Airport) in a Cessna 150A. Later logs document her work as a pilot primarily flying at airshows. Planes flown include Piper J-3 Cub and Stephens Akro. Her work for Alaska Airlines from 1975-1978 is...
Dates: 1968-1986

Clyde Pangborn Pilot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-12-27
Abstract

Clyde Edward Pangborn (circa 1890s-1958) was born in Bridgeport, Washington and was a military pilot and barnstormer. The collection contains photographs and illustrations, correspondence, advertisements, newspaper clippings, a date book, military service records, and ephemera related to the Pangborn's personal life, military service, and barnstorming career from approximately 1912 to 1981.

Dates: 1912-1981

Robert F. Patterson Pilot Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2024-10-28
Contents of the Collection The Robert F. Patterson Pilot Collection consists of textual and visual materials primarily relating to the career of Trans World Airlines (TWA) pilot Robert F. Patterson, 1965-1982. The bulk of the collection is textual materials and includes TWA correspondence, memos, and bulletins. It also includes his 1977 pilot license, medical certificates, flight condition reports, customs forms, TWA employee benefit materials, a notebook, and reference materials issued by TWA. There are...
Dates: 1953-1982; Majority of material found within 1965-1982

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