Airplane racing

Subject

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Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Scope Note: Type of sport involving airplanes or other types of aircraft that compete over a fixed course, with the winner either returning the shortest time, the one to complete it with the most points, or to come closest to a previously estimated time.

Found in 11 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

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Topical: Airplane racing

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Type: Collection 10; Archival Record 1
Names: United States. Navy 6; National Championship Air Races 4; United States. Army 3; All-Woman Transcontinental Air Race, Inc. 2; Curtiss 2; King County International Airport 2; Ninety-Nines (Organization) 2; OX-5 Aviation Pioneers (Organization) 2; Powder Puff Derby 2; Pulitzer Air Race 2; United States. Air Force 2; United States. Marine Corps 2; Acosta, Bertrand "Bert" Blanchard 1; Aiken, Joe, 1900-1969 (filmmaker) 1; Alaska Airlines 1; Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.) 1; Associated Women Pilots of Boeing Field 1; Balchen, Bernt, 1899-1973 1; Beachey, Lincoln J., 1887-1915 1; Bennett, Floyd 1; Boeing 1; Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 1; Bow, James 1; Boyd, Minnie M., 1910-1998 1; Brock, William S. 1; Burnelli, Vincent J. 1; Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 1; Cleveland, Carl M., 1903- 1; Cooper, Helen 1; Corkille, John D., 1890-1943 1; Couden, Elliott 1; Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 1; Dallas Love Field 1; Dilonardo, James H., 1922-2000 1; Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Boston" (#3) 1; Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Chicago" (#2) 1; Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "New Orleans" (#4) 1; Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 1; Fairchild 1; Finch, Arthur 1; Floyd Bennett Field (New York, N.Y.) 1; Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 1; Frank Ambrose Aviation Company, Inc 1; Gates Flying Circus 1; Gates, Ivan R. 1; Gebenini, William A. 1; Geraldson, Lloyd 1; Germany. Luftwaffe 1; Gordon, Richard F., Jr. 1; Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Ferry Command 1; Grumman (Bethpage, NY) 1; Guynemer, Georges, 1894-1917 1; Hawks, Frank, 1897-1938 1; Herndon, Hugh, 1904-1952 1; Hoorn, Kenneth 1; Hubbard, Edward, 1889-1928 1; Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 1; Italy. Regio Esercito 1; Jenkins, Ab, 1883-1956 1; Kirschbaum, Dick 1; Kittleson, James P. 1; Knechtel, Larry 1; Knowles, Marilyn 1; Krantz, Aron F., 1896-1974 1; Lambla, Alfred E. 1; Lockheed 1; Los Angeles (Airship) 1; Luckey, A. Laura (Annie Laura) 1; Luckey, William S., 1875-1915 1; Lund, Edward 1; MacRobertson International Air Race (1934) 1; Mapelli, Eugene 1; Mapelli, Velda King 1; May, Wesley 1; McCook Field (Ohio) 1; McLean Connor, Harry P. 1; Merrill, A. Elliott (Albert), 1901-1992 1; Miller, C.R. (Charles Richard), 1875-1958 1; Miller, Walter P. 1; Milliren, LeRoy Lester 1; Nelson, Erik H. 1; Nichols, Reeder Glen, 1904-1975 1; Northwest Airlines Corporation 1; Ohio. National Guard 1; Orlinski, Boleslaw 1; Orr, Shorty 1; Ox-5 Club of America 1; Palms to Pines Air Race 1; Pangborn Memorial Airport (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1; Pangborn, Clyde Edward, approximately 1893-1958 1; Pangborn, Frances Opal (Lamb) 1; Pangborn, Percy C. 1; Patrick, Mason M. (Mason Mathews), 1863-1942 1; Pearson, Alexander, Jr., 1895-1924 1; Pillsbury Picture Co 1; Pillsbury, Arthur C. (Arthur Clarence) 1; Poland. Wojsko Polskie 1; Pratt, Brigadier General 1; Price, Francis E. 1; Project Apollo (U.S.) 1

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