Boeing Model 720 Family
Subject
Subject Source: Nasm
Scope Note: Aircraft
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph D. Hutchinson United Airlines Slides and Film
Collection
Identifier: 2022-09-08
Content Description
The Joseph D. Hutchinson United Airlines Slides and Film is a collection of 232 color photographic slides and some 8mm film footage taken by Hutchinson documenting his time as a pilot for United Airlines (UAL) in the mid-twentieth century. The slides are arranged into two groups following Hutchinson's original arrangement: Airports and Aircraft, and People. Within each grouping, slides are organized chronologically.The first group of 118 slides are predominantly of airports where...
Dates:
circa 1938-1973
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
Katherine (Magruder) Rutledge Eastern Airlines Flight Attendant Collection
Collection — Box 1, Folder: 1-3
Identifier: 2025-03-25
Contents of the Collection
The Katherine (Magruder) Rutledge Eastern Airlines Flight Attendant Collection is a small collection of training materials collected and used by Rutledge during her 1966 Eastern Airlines flight attendant training. Materials include quizzes, study guides, notes, practice forms and reports, and policies and procedures aboard aircraft. Specific aircraft covered in the training materials include the Boeing Model 720 and the Douglas DC-8. Examples of topics covered include "high-altitude sense,"...
Dates:
circa 1966
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Samuel Lewis "Lew" Wallick Boeing Test Pilot Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2024-05-08
Overview
The Samuel Lewis "Lew" Wallick Boeing Test Pilot Collection documents the career and personal life of test pilot Lew Wallick. The collection contains both visual and textual materials that date from 1928 to 2018, with the bulk from 1954 to 1984. These documents bring to light Wallick’s work testing and demonstrating aircraft for the Boeing Company, with an emphasis on his contributions to Boeing's Model 700 commercial jetliner series. Also present are records on his involvement in the P-12...
Dates:
1928-2018
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Wimpress, John (Part 2) - 2017-12-07, 2017
Item
Summary
[From transcript] In this second interview (part 2 of 3), John talks about his recollections of the Pearl Harbor attack and of the German achievements in aeronautical engineering. He also discusses his time at Boeing and the role he played in many of Boeing's major aircraft products: the 707, 720, 727, SST, and the 747. Table of Contents: Introduction -- Memories of December 7, 1941 -- Germans ahead in aeronautical engineering -- Boeing 707-320 wing -- Boeing 720 -- Boeing 727 --...
Dates:
2017