TMOF Aircraft
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Aircraft owned by The Museum of Flight.
Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:
Ronald Wilson Military Air Transport Service Collection
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2025-05-19
Contents of the Collection
The Ronald Wilson Military Air Transport Service (MATS) Collection is a single-file collection of assorted clippings and a color photograph collected during the United States Air Force service of Ronald Wilson. Materials are dated 1959 to 1961. The clippings are about Air Force One, presidential use, and MATS. The photograph is 8x10-inches and shows the VC-137B, also known as "Air Force One" or "SAM 970" (tail number 86970) in flight. The aircraft is currently on display at The Museum of...
Dates:
1959-1961
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Brien S. Wygle Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2020-09-17
Contents of the Collection
The Brien S. Wygle Collection is a small collection primarily consisting of logbooks and certificates, licenses, and awards documenting Wygle's service in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II through his career at the Boeing Company as a test pilot. The logbooks span 1943 to 2008 and document his military service, his time flying as a commercial pilot with Queen Charlotte Airlines in 1950, and his Boeing career beginning in May 1951. There is a gap in the logs from...
Dates:
1939-1990
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Lockheed M-21 (Blackbird), 1993 April 8
File — Box 1: [Barcode: 001816], Folder: 69
Scope and Contents
Lockhead M-21 underside, Great Gallery, Museum of Flight, Seattle, Washington.
Dates:
1993 April 8
Museum of Flight Great Gallery, 1991 February 1
File — Box 2: [Barcode: 001815], Folder: 35
Scope and Contents
Great Gallery overhead view, Museum of Flight, Seattle, Washington.
Dates:
1991 February 1
Museum of Flight outdoor and visiting aircraft, 1991 February 1
File — Box 2: [Barcode: 001815], Folder: 36
Scope and Contents
Includes B-17F Flying Fortress 42-29782, B-29 44-69729 "Fifi", Boeing WB-47E Stratojet 51-7066, Consolidated B-24A Liberator AM927 "Diamond Lil", Vought (XF-8A) XF8U-1 Crusader (138899) at the Museum of Flight, Seattle, Washington.
Dates:
1991 February 1