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Florida

 Subject
Subject Source: Naf
Scope Note: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79053995

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Catherine Bliss Pan American World Airways timetables

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 1987-07-13
Contents of the Collection

This small collection is comprised of two Pan American Airways timetables titled "The Air-Way to Havana" for flights from Key West, Florida to Cuba in the late 1920's. Timetables are printed in color and feature black and white exterior and interior images of a Pan American Airways Fokker F.VIIa Trimotor, eight of which were used for this flight service.

Dates: Circa 1928
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Clarence A. Borley U.S. Naval Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-07-20
Abstract

Clarence A. Borley (1924-2019) was a U.S. Navy fighter pilot and ace. The collection documents Borley's 36-year military career as a pilot and fighter ace in the U.S. Navy and consists of textual, visual and audiovisual materials and primarily dates from 1942 to 1968, with some later dates and a small amount of personal materials.

Dates: 1942-1999, 2015; Majority of material found within 1942-1968
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Floyd R. Daniel Boeing Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2010-01-20
Contents of the Collection The Floyd R. Daniel Boeing Collection is comprised of materials relating to Daniel’s 26-year career as photographer and videographer at the Boeing Company. The collection primarily consists of photographic materials and assorted documents relating to Daniel’s career, as well as seven films, all ranging from the late 1920s to early 1960s.The photographs, which are comprised of 95 black-and-white prints, nine color prints, 22 negatives, and three transparencies, consist of official...
Dates: 1920s-1960s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

The William P. and Wendy B. Lawrence Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-06-14
Content Description The William P. and Wendy B. Lawrence Collection is a small collection consisting of photographs related to Vice Admiral William P. Lawrence's Navy career dating from about 1932-1959 and a document read in space by Wendy Lawrence on Space Shuttle Mission STS-114 in 2005.The photographs from Vice Admiral Lawrence's military service are all black-and-white prints of official U.S. Navy photographs, most dated 1958-1959. Most were taken by Light Photographic Squadron 62 (VFP-62)....
Dates: 1932, 1958-1959, 2005
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

James R. McLeland U.S. Air Force Missile Test Center Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2019-04-04
Content Description The James R. McLeland U.S. Air Force Missile Test Center Photograph Collection documents missile and rocket launches at the U.S. Air Force missile test center at Patrick Air Force Base as well as at Kennedy Space Center from the mid 1950s through about 1970 with 52 color and black-and-white photographic prints. The photographs are primarily official Air Force photographs taken by McLeland as well as other staff and contract photographers. They are all 8x10-inch prints, with six...
Dates: 1957-1970
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

William Monks Photograph Albums

 Collection
Identifier: 1996-02-28
Abstract

Two photograph albums containing images of the Monks family and William Monks's World War I service in the U.S. Navy.

Dates: circa 1915-1920s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Pomer Family Scrapbook

 Collection — Box Scrapbook Box 42
Identifier: 2007-05-11-A
Contents of the Collection

The collection is comprised of a scrapbook with primarily black-and-white photographs featuring women and men in Navy uniforms, aircraft in flight, and military personnel and civilians in both casual and posed settings, circa 1930s-1950s. Most of the images are military-related with some depicting members of the Pomer family. The scrapbook also has a certificate of membership for the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences and three Pomer family children's report cards.

Dates: circa 1930s-1950s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Dora Jean (Dougherty) Strother WASP Photographs Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 1986-12-09-A
Content Description The Dora Jean (Dougherty) Strother WASP Photographs Collection is a small collection consisting of two photographs of Women Air Service Pilots at Elgin Air Force Base with the B-29 "Ladybird" before a B-29 demonstration tour in 1944.The first photograph depicts Women Airforce Service Pilots Dora J. Dougherty and Dorothea J. Moorman accepting aircraft papers from a representative of the Boeing Company for the B-29 "Ladybird" at Eglin Field, Florida, June 1944. Nose art of...
Dates: June 1944
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Platt, James H. -- oral history interview, 2018 May 04

 File
Interview Summary 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...
Dates: 2018 May 04
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives / The Museum of Flight Oral History Collection

Series V. Lear Jet Corporation, 1960-1974, 1984-1989, 1991-1992, 1999, undated

 Series
Scope and Contents: Lear Jet Corporation Series V: Lear Jet Corporation (LJC) primarily documents the development, production, and distribution of the Learjet Model 23 and Model 24, small and fast executive transport jets, with a lesser degree of coverage about the Lear Liner Model 40. Additionally there is a relatively small amount of information about LJC’s Stereo 8 Division, which designed, developed, and produced the 8-track audio tape cassette player for home, automobile, and personal use. The...
Dates: 1960-1974, 1984-1989, 1991-1992, 1999, undated
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives / William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers

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