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Air pilots--Licenses

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

William H. Anderson Pilot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2025-04-14-1
Contents of the Collection The William H. Anderson Pilot Collection holds textual and visual materials related to the military service and post-war test pilot career of William H. Anderson from 1942-2023. The collection has been divided into two series: Military materials and Professional materials with items filed chronologically in each series. Military materials contains primarily textual items from Anderson's...
Dates: 1942-2023; Majority of material found within 1942-1966

George Leslie Boyd Pilot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2023-10-24-A
Contents of the Collection The George Leslie Boyd Pilot Collection is comprised of Boyd’s personal pilot logbooks, assorted certifications and licenses, notes, as well as photographs related to Boyd’s time as a pilot with the United States Army Air Corps as well as United Airlines. The collection materials date from 1927 to 1967.The largest segment of materials in the collection are Boyd’s fifteen pilot logbooks. The logbooks begin in 1927 when Boyd first began his training as a pilot at the U.S. Air...
Dates: 1927-1983

Lester Lee Cruse Commercial Airline Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2024-08-01
Contents of the Collection The Lester Lee Cruse Commercial Airline Collection is a small collection that holds textual and visual materials relevant to the 1956-1977 career of Lester Lee Cruse, pilot for Japan Airlines, Saudia, Southern Airways, Trans Mediterranean Airways, and Trans World Airlines (TWA). Materials include his flight log books, which start with his flight training in 1949 and continue through his career through 1977. The logs include brief information about type of aircraft, origination...
Dates: 1945-1984

Fern B. Lenox Evans Pilot Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2024-07-22-A
Contents of the Collection The Fern B. Lenox Evans Pilot Collection is a small collection that pertains to the pilot career of Fern B. Evans, circa 1940s-1950s. It includes identification cards, such as Evans' pilot licenses as well as medical certificates; a Commercial Pilot examination kit; and assorted maps and charts. There are also four modern digital reprint black-and-white photographs: two portraits of Evans with an aircraft, one portrait of Evans without an aircraft, and a 1951 group portrait of the Radar...
Dates: circa 1940s-1950s

Alfred Goldberg Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-06-11
Contents of the Collection The Alfred Goldberg Photograph Collection contains photographs and a small number of textual materials that mostly pertain to aircraft construction and maintenance in the 1940s-1950s. It is likely the photographs were collected by Goldberg during his career at Bedek Aviation Company in an unknown position and as Superintendent of Maintenance at Flying Tiger Line. The collection has been broken down into two series: Photographs and Textual materials, which are both arranged alphabetically....
Dates: 1929-1992, undated; Majority of material found within 1940-1959

Albert O. Hedberg Pilot Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2022-09-19
Content Description The Albert O. Hedberg Pilot Collection is a small collection consisting of materials from the career of Albert O. Hedberg, a commercial pilot in the United States in the 1930s. The collection consists of: a pilot’s licence folder with a limited commercial licence dated October, 1, 1930; a pilot’s license folder with graduation certificate for Airtech School of Aviation dated March, 8, 1930; a Stanavo Pilot’s Handbook with annotations, circa 1931; and a Stanavo Pilot’s Information...
Dates: 1930-1931

John R. Hiltenbrand Military Aviation Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2025-01-27
Contents of the Collection The John R. Hiltenbrand Military Aviation Collection holds textual, visual, and audiovisual materials from the United States Air Force career of John Robert "Bob" Hiltenbrand from World War II through the 1960s. The bulk and strength of the collection is textual materials related to Hiltenbrand's World War II-era flight training. Included are 1941-1943 flight logs as well as a number of instructional and training materials. The documents, with accompanying notes taken by...
Dates: 1941-1989; Majority of material found within 1941-1969

Elrey B. Jeppesen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 1996-11-26
Abstract

The Elrey B. Jeppesen Papers documents the career and personal life of aviator and aerial navigation pioneer Elrey B. Jeppesen. This collection is comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials created and collected by EBJ and his wife and business partner, Nadine Audrey (Liscomb) Jeppesen. The documents date from 1843-1996, with the bulk of the material dating from 1940-1979.

Dates: 1843-1996 ; Majority of material found within 1940-1979

Robert F. Patterson Pilot Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2024-10-28
Contents of the Collection The Robert F. Patterson Pilot Collection consists of textual and visual materials primarily relating to the career of Trans World Airlines (TWA) pilot Robert F. Patterson, 1965-1982. The bulk of the collection is textual materials and includes TWA correspondence, memos, and bulletins. It also includes his 1977 pilot license, medical certificates, flight condition reports, customs forms, TWA employee benefit materials, a notebook, and reference materials issued by TWA. There are...
Dates: 1953-1982; Majority of material found within 1965-1982

Charles E. Selge Pilot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2021-12-06-A
Overview

The Charles E. Selge Pilot Collection is a small collection of textual and photographic materials dating from 1932-2021. The materials are related to Selge’s pilot career, most notably his time as an early aerobatic pilot with the Art (Arthur) Davis School of Aviation, Lansing, Michigan. In addition, there are a small number of documents illustrating Selge's continued intrest in planes and his aircraft restoration projets.

Dates: 1932-2021

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