Airplanes -- Cockpits
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85002793
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Series III. Lear, Incorporated, 1930-1965, 1999, undated
Series
Scope and Contents: Lear, Incorporated
Series III: Lear, Incorporated documents the company business primarily focused on the years 1944-1962, 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:
1930-1965, 1999, undated
Series IV. Assorted
Series — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
The Assorted series contains materials that fall outside the other themes of the collection. Some examples of items in this series include posters with photographic images from within a cockpit of a plane, humorous comics, aircraft timelines, and commemorative posters. These posters and lithographs may contain images similar to those in the aircraft series, but provide more textual information or visual elements making them unique. Items where the sole focus in the aircraft can be found in...
Dates:
circa 1939-2010
Series XVI. Related Companies, 1961-2000, undated
Series
Scope and Contents: Related Companies
The final series of the collection is Related Companies. The focus is primarily on companies that were originally founded by WPL but due to mergers or sales lost their direct affiliation with WPL’s companies. The exception is the final series, Lear Archives, which maintains a direct connection to WPL and his career. The Related Companies series has been divided by company, which are listed in chronological order of their existence and connection to Lear...
Dates:
1961-2000, undated
Glenn Y. and Ronald L. Robinson Aircraft Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2022-09-01
Contents of the Collection
The Glenn Y. and Ronald L. Robinson Photograph Collection is largely comprised of a mixture of United States Air Force and Boeing Company photographs, circa 1930s-1980s. The prints were collected by the Robinsons over the course of and in relation to their respective careers with the USAF and Boeing. Series I: Glenn Y. Robinson USAF photograph collection holds 222 photographs, one negative and one slide that depict various aircraft. The images were...
Dates:
circa 1930s-1990s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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