Boeing Model 747 Family
Subject
Subject Source: Nasm
Scope Note: Aircraft
Found in 39 Collections and/or Records:
Ralph B. McCormick Boeing Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-02-08-A
Content Description
Ralph B. McCormick Boeing Collection is a small collection of materials relating to McCormick’s career as an aeronautical engineer with the Boeing Company from 1951 to 1989. The collection dates from 1944 to 1989 and is comprised of personnel records, reports, program schedules, technical diagrams, hand-drawn preliminary designs with accompanying hand-written notes, clippings, as well as lantern slides of a professional presentation. In addition to the materials noted above, there are...
Dates:
1944-1989
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Bill McIntosh Boeing Photograph Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2021-07-21
Content Description
The Bill McIntosh Boeing Photograph Collection is a collection of photos acquired by McIntosh during his 38-year career at the Boeing Company as an aerodynamicist from 1958-1996. The collection includes 200 prints, which are primarily 8x10" color prints though some are black-and-white. Subjects include the B-47 with turboprop; YC-14 development; 727-300 development; 727-400; 747; 757 flight deck modeling; 757-767 cockpit configurations; 767; 777; 777 model in non-Boeing wind tunnel with...
Dates:
circa 1960s-1980s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Henry S. McMurray Logbooks and Military Records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2011-07-28
Contents of the Collection
The Henry S. McMurray Logbooks and Military Records contains logbooks, military records, and an autobiographical DVD that document the career of pilot Henry S. McMurray from 1937-2011. The materials cover McMurray's training as an Aviation Cadet, his service in Europe with the Eighth Air Force during World War II, and his careers as a commercial pilot with United Airlines and as a production test pilot with Boeing. The bulk of the collection is comprised of nine logbooks dating...
Dates:
1940s-2011
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Cyrille M. Peabody Boeing Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2020-08-29
Contents of the Collection
The Cyrille M. Peabody Boeing Collection holds original artwork and reference files of Cyrille "Cy" M. Peabody, a Boeing Company employee and designer who worked in various art departments over a 31 1/2 year period in the mid-to-late 20th century. The collection is organized into two series: I. Artwork and II. Reference Files. Series I., Peabody's original art is mostly grouped together within 10 folders (2 boxes), although some individual pieces are found in subject folders. His...
Dates:
circa 1950s-1980s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Jim Radcliffe Boeing Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2022-08-03-A
Contents of the Collection
The Jim Radcliffe Boeing Collection holds a very small amount of material related to Radcliffe's career at The Boeing Company, 1967-1969. It includes two 1967 "SST Phase II Program Schedules," numbers 1B and 1C. The schedules provide an overview of the project plan for various departments, including "Nonstructure," "Mockup," "Design." There are also eleven 35mm color slides depicting the Boeing 747 first flight at Paine Field in 1969. The images were taken by Radcliffe and show the aircraft...
Dates:
1967-1969
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Charles Radke Boeing Design Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2019-11-20
Content Description
The Charles Radke Boeing Design Collection is a small collection consisting of some of the files of Charles Radke, an artist who worked on aircraft interiors for Boeing in the 1960s and 1970s. The collection primarily documents interior concepts and layouts for the Boeing 747 and Boeing 707, but also includes some materials relating to 727s and 767s. Folders have been kept intact and original folder titles are indicated with quotes: 707 "Design Detail"; 747 "Elevator Concept"; "747 Overhead...
Dates:
circa 1960s-1970s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
SHANNON Engineering, Inc. Collection
Collection
Identifier: 1995-09-07
Content Description
The SHANNON Engineering, Inc. Collection is comprised predominantly of textual documents and a small number of visual materials that describe the work of Jack Shannon, the founder of the company, and his business’s engineering designs and aircraft manuals from 1970-1992. The textual materials are made up of company reports, hand-drawn technical designs, aircraft manual drafts, charts, certificates, correspondence, hand-written notes, clippings, and articles. The visual materials consist of...
Dates:
1970-1992
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Norman G. Stromer Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2019-09-19
Overview
Major Norman George Stromer (1922-2019) was an Army Air Corps pilot who participated in bombing campaigns in the South West Pacific during World War II, served as part of the Military Air Transport Service (MATS), and worked as a fight inspector for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This collection contains photographs, military records, certificates, and other textual materials documenting his military service, post-military career, and personal life, primarily dating from...
Dates:
1922-2017; Majority of material found within 1940-1960
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Roy and Margaret Thrush Commercial Airlines Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2019-09-10
Contents of the Collection
The Roy and Margaret Thrush Commercial Aviation Collection is a small collection that focuses mainly on Roy Thrush's 20-year career as a commercial pilot for TWA with a much smaller focus on his brief time at Lufthansa. The bulk of the collection is textual documents, including pilot logs; employee documents, including correspondence, memos, and schedules; membership cards; and a partial TWA pilot's manual. There are also 16 photographs, most of which depict aircraft. Identified aircraft...
Dates:
1937-1970; Majority of material found within 1940s-1950s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives