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Airplanes -- Design and construction

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Design and construction of airplanes

Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:

Jack Kerr Curtiss-Wright Corporation Slides

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-08-08
Overview

Jack Kerr was an aeronautical engineer for Curtiss-Wright Corporation in the late 1930s and early 1940s .The Jack Kerr Curtiss-Wright Corporation Slides is a collection comprised of 175 color slides depicting aircraft, people, activities, and facilities of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation in Buffalo, New York and Columbus, Ohio taken by Kerr circa 1937-1947.

Dates: 1937-1947

Charles J. Langmack Pilot Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2001-04-05
Abstract

The Charles Langmack Pilot Collection contains textual materials, scrapbooks, and photographs concerning the life and military career of Charles Langmack (1907-1999). Langmack was an early Oregon aviator, and this collection equally documents both his civilian and military aviation careers.

Dates: 1920-2002

William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2000-06-20
Abstract William P. “Bill” Lear was a prolific inventor with dozens of patents for a variety of machines to his name but is most famous for his work in the aviation field. Moya Marie Olsen Lear was a philanthropist, businesswoman, and the wife of aviation pioneer Bill Lear. The collection documents Bill Lear's inventions and career in the fields of radio navigation, aircraft design, the 8-track player, and his efforts at a steam-powered turbine. Materials are predominantly affiliated with Lear’s many...
Dates: 1838-2001, undated; Majority of material found within 1939-1986

Ralph B. McCormick Boeing Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-02-08-A
Content Description Ralph B. McCormick Boeing Collection is a small collection of materials relating to McCormick’s career as an aeronautical engineer with the Boeing Company from 1951 to 1989. The collection dates from 1944 to 1989 and is comprised of personnel records, reports, program schedules, technical diagrams, hand-drawn preliminary designs with accompanying hand-written notes, clippings, as well as lantern slides of a professional presentation. In addition to the materials noted above, there are...
Dates: 1944-1989

Bill McIntosh Boeing Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2021-07-21
Content Description The Bill McIntosh Boeing Photograph Collection is a collection of photos acquired by McIntosh during his 38-year career at the Boeing Company as an aerodynamicist from 1958-1996. The collection includes 200 prints, which are primarily 8x10" color prints though some are black-and-white. Subjects include the B-47 with turboprop; YC-14 development; 727-300 development; 727-400; 747; 757 flight deck modeling; 757-767 cockpit configurations; 767; 777; 777 model in non-Boeing wind tunnel with...
Dates: circa 1960s-1980s

Cyrille M. Peabody Boeing Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2020-08-29
Contents of the Collection The Cyrille M. Peabody Boeing Collection holds original artwork and reference files of Cyrille "Cy" M. Peabody, a Boeing Company employee and designer who worked in various art departments over a 31 1/2 year period in the mid-to-late 20th century. The collection is organized into two series: I. Artwork and II. Reference Files. Series I., Peabody's original art is mostly grouped together within 10 folders (2 boxes), although some individual pieces are found in subject folders. His...
Dates: circa 1950s-1980s

Meindert Pillie Boeing Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2025-11-11-A
Contents of the Collection The Meindert Pillie Boeing Collection is comprised of textual and visual materials collected and used by Meindert Pillie over the course of his 40-year career as a Mechanic and Hydraulic Mockup Technician with the Boeing Company. The collection has been divided into two series: Professional materials and Aircraft documentation. Both series have been arranged chronologically. The first series, ...
Dates: 1934-1972

Rib stitching photographs and clippings

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 004725]
Identifier: 2019-00-00-90
Contents of the Collection The collection is quite small and only holds four photographs and five clippings. Each of the 8x10" black-and-white photographs are undated and have a number on the front upper right hand corner, ranging from 3421 to 3424. Images depict a knotting sequence and rib stitching. The five clippings are from various issues of Sport Aviation, ranging in date from July 1961 to September 1981. The articles discuss knotting, rib stitching, and aircraft...
Dates: 1961-1981

Clayton Scott Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-05-01
Abstract The Clayton Scott Aviation Collection documents the career and personal life of pilot Clayton Scott (CLS). The collection contains both visual and textual materials that date from 1904 to 2006. These documents bring to light CLS’s pioneering work in the field of aviation throughout the Pacific Northwest region, beginning in the 1920s until the early 2000s. The materials illustrate his work with aviation entrepreneur Vern Gorst, his work as a private pilot of William E. Boeing, his position...
Dates: 1904-2006

Clayton Scott Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2024-06-05
Overview The Clayton Scott Papers documents the career and personal life of pilot Clayton Scott. The collection contains visual, audiovisual, and textual materials that date from 1911 to 2006. These documents bring to light CLS’s pioneering work in the field of aviation throughout the Pacific Northwest region, beginning in the 1920s to the 1990s. The materials illustrate his work with aviation entrepreneur Vern Gorst, his work as a private pilot of William E. Boeing, his position with the Boeing...
Dates: 1911-2006

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