first flight covers
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: In aerophilately, a branch of philately, a first flight cover, also known by the acronym FFC, is mail that has been carried on an inaugural flight of an airline, route, or aircraft.Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Ray McPherson Boeing Test Pilot Collection
The Ray McPherson Boeing Test Pilot Collection documents the career and personal life of test pilot Ray McPherson. The collection contains visual materials, audiovisual materials, and textual documents that date from 1941 to 2010. These documents bring to light McPherson’s work in engineering and testing aircraft for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) and the Boeing Company.
Clyde Pangborn Pilot Collection
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.