Douglas DC-3 Family
Subject
Subject Source: Nasm
Scope Note: Aircraft
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Robert L. Simons Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1998-05-05-B
Overview
Robert Lewis Simons was a military and commercial pilot in the mid-twentieth century. The Collection is comprised of materials relating to Simons’ career , including log books, military records, photographs, and films.
Dates:
1925-1972; Majority of material found within 1938-1948
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Lindell and Dianne Vinson Commercial Airline Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2018-09-20
Abstract
Lindell Ray Vinson (1938-2005) was a United States Naval aviator and a commercial airline pilot. Dianne (Shannon) Vinson (1940-2006) worked for Braniff Airways, likely as a flight attendant. The collection primarily contains textual materials, six (6) photographs, and one (1) videocassette related to the specific airlines that the Vinsons worked for over their careers, including US Airways, Piedmont Airlines, and Braniff Airways. The bulk of the material is from 1984-1998, though...
Dates:
circa 1960-1998; Majority of material found within 1984-1998
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
John Wegg Commercial Airlines Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2014-09-12
Overview
John Wegg is best known as the founder and editor-in-chief of Airliners and Airways magazines, as well as contributor to other publications and author of 12 books on aviation history, airlines, and aircraft manufacturers. The John Wegg Commercial Airlines Collection consists of about 2.7 cubic feet of material such as printed ephemera, photographs, documents, and other materials pertaining to the Wegg's aviation journalism...
Dates:
1929-2004; Majority of material found within circa 1950s-1990s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Catherine Wingfield Flight Attendant Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1988-06-01-A
Contents of the Collection
The Catherine Wingfield Flight Attendant Collection is a small collection comprised of materials relating to Wingfield’s career as a flight attendant for American Airlines in the late 1930s. The collection includes one photographic portrait (a later reprint of a colorized photograph) of Wingfield in uniform; two logbooks from her routes as a flight attendant, dated 1936-1937 and 1939-1940; and four films. The privately shot films are from 1939 and the early 1940s and contain scenes of...
Dates:
1936-1940s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Harold W. Zipp Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1992-11-12
Abstract
Harold W. Zipp was an engineer at the Boeing Company for forty years. The collection documents his career, particularly his tenure in Wichita, Kansas, with diaries, photographs and other documents.
Dates:
circa 1930-1971; Majority of material found within 1930-1951
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Charles Zweigart Aviation Postcard Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2008-10-16
Contents of the Collection
The Charles Zweigart Aviation Postcard Collection is comprised of approximately 5,000 postcards collected by Zweigart from 1941 to the early 2000s. Most of the postcards are related to commercial aviation aircraft, but some feature airports. A small amount of postcards have been used but the bulk of them are pristine and have never been posted and have no personalization.
Dates:
circa 1940-2000s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
McMurray, Henry "Sandy" -- oral history interview, 2020 February 27
File
Scope and Contents
Pilot Henry Sanford “Sandy” McMurray is interviewed about his military and commercial flying careers. He discusses his service with the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II, including his flight training with the Civilian Pilot Training Program, his service with the 305th Bombardment Group in the European Theater, and his service with the Air Transport Command in the Pacific Theater. He then shares highlights from his time as a commercial pilot for ONAT (Orvis Nelson Air Transport) and...
Dates:
2020 February 27
Stockard, Betty Riley -- oral history interview, 2014 March 19
File
Interview Summary
Retired stewardess Betty R. Stockard is interviewed about her career with United Airlines. She discusses her experiences in the airline industry during the 1940s, such as the interview and training process, memorable encounters with passengers, and her flights along the West Coast and to Hawaii. She also recounts a story in which she served as a wartime courier for an important package. Other topics discussed include her childhood and college years in Montana; her thoughts on the Douglas...
Dates:
2014 March 19
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