Helicopters
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Non-preferred term: Copters http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85060007Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
James H. Platt Vietnam War Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2017-10-19
Abstract
James H. Platt served in Vietnam from 1967-1968 as a United States Air Force Rescue Commander. The collection contains twenty (20) slides and one (1) photocopied document related to his service.
Dates:
1967-1968
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Michael A. Poirier Apollo 13 Recovery Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2009-04-15
Contents of the Collection
The Michael Poirier Apollo 13 Recovery Collection is a small collection comprised of film footage and photomechanical prints relating to the recovery of the Apollo 13 spacecraft by the USS Iwo Jima on April 17 1970. The film footage, which was shot by Poirier and is about ten minutes long, depicts both a SIMEX (simulation exercise) of the Apollo 13 recovery using a boilerplate Command Module (CM), as well as the actual recovery of the real CM. Several shots feature U.S. Navy...
Dates:
1970
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Kenneth C.R. Seal U.S. Naval Aviation Collection
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 004807]
Identifier: 2022-02-17
Content Description
The Kenneth C.R. Seal U.S. Naval Aviation Collection is a small collection of textual and visual materials related to Seal's service in the U.S. Navy from about 1946-1959.The collection inlcludes one pilot's logbook dated 1949. However, the log only has one entry. The bulk of the collection conists of 48 photographs related to Seal's military service. While Seal served in Pensacola, Florida; Corpus Christi, Texas; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Okinawa, Japan, the majority of photographs...
Dates:
circa 1949-1959
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Sanford W. Seidler Aircraft Carrier Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2025-06-10-A
Contents of the Collection
The Sanford W. Seidler Aircraft Carrier Collection is comprised of textual and visual materials collected and created by Seidler during his radio technician military service and his work as an electronic systems engineer post-war. Dates range from 1943-1991, although the bulk of the material is dated 1969-1974. The collection has been divided into two series based on format and organized alphabetically within the series due to its small size. Series I, ...
Dates:
1943-1991
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
Wayne Wiesner Helicopter Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2010-06-24
Contents of the Collection
The Wayne Wiesner Helicopter Collection primarily contains materials related to Wiesner's 1960-1990 engineering career with the Boeing Company. It contains textual and visual materials mostly focused on Wiesner's work with helicopters, although a small amount of photographs are representative of his time in Boeing Vertol's wind turbine program. Due to its small size, it has been arranged alphabetically by subject. The collection includes documents related to Wiesner's membership...
Dates:
1940-1991; Majority of material found within 1980-1985
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Series III. Lear, Incorporated, 1930-1966, undated
Series
Scope and Contents: Lear, Incorporated
Series III: Lear, Incorporated documents the company business primarily focused on the years 1930-1966, although there are both earlier and later dates represented. This section reflects the company’s focus on navigational instruments for aircraft, as well as innovations in home recording and radio. Also well-represented is WPL’s re-design of the Lockheed Lodestar into his desired vision for executive air transport, the Learstar. Less well-represented is the...
Dates:
1930-1966, undated
Series V. Lear Jet Corporation, 1960-1974, 1984-1989, 1991-1992, 1999, undated
Series
Scope and Contents: Lear Jet Corporation
Series V: Lear Jet Corporation (LJC) primarily documents the development, production, and distribution of the Learjet Model 23 and Model 24, small and fast executive transport jets, with a lesser degree of coverage about the Lear Liner Model 40. Additionally there is a relatively small amount of information about LJC’s Stereo 8 Division, which designed, developed, and produced the 8-track audio tape cassette player for home, automobile, and personal use. The...
Dates:
1960-1974, 1984-1989, 1991-1992, 1999, undated
Series VIII. Helicopters
Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
This series includes material depicting textual or visual information about helicopters. This is a smaller series in the collection.
Dates:
circa 1939-2010
Series XII. LearAvia Corporation, 1838-1992, 1999, undated
Series
Scope and Contents: LearAvia Corporation
This series, the largest in the collection, documents the activities of LearAvia Corporation which was established in April 1968 by William P. Lear in Reno, Nevada at the site of former Stead Air Force Base. The company was engaged in the development, manufacture, and distribution of avionic products as well the design and development of three aircraft: the LearStar 600, the Lear Allegro, and the Lear Fan 2100. The series is divided into eight subseries, ...
Dates:
1838-1992, 1999, undated