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Transport planes

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Non-preferred terms: Airliners; Cargo aircraft; Cargo planes; Freight planes; Mail planes; Transport aircraft http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85137018

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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

Gordon E. Glattenberg Aviation Photograph Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2025-04-28-A
Content Description The Gordon E. Glattenberg Aviation Photograph Collection is a collection of 2,525 35mm photographic slides and more than 2,500 digital images primarily of commercial aircraft taken by Glattenberg from roughly 1958-2002.The bulk of the collection consists of images depicting commercial airliners. Most of these images show aicraft at airports, either at gates, on tarmacs, taking off or landing, but mixed among these are some images of mechanics working on or refueling planes,...
Dates: circa 1958-2002

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