National Air and Space Museum Archives

Cecil P. Northrop Airline Wartime Training Institute (AWTI) Collection

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.2018.0061
Dates:
1931-1943
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.79 Cubic feet
2 letter document boxes
Repository:
This collection consists of material relating to Cecil P. Northrop's aviation career with the Pennsylvania Central Airlines and the Airline Wartime Training Institute (AWTI).

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of material relating to Cecil P. Northrop's aviation career with the Pennsylvania Central Airlines and the Airline Wartime Training Institute (AWTI). The following types of material are included: correspondence, photographs, technical manuals, training instructions, pilot licenses, reports, newspaper articles, and log books.

Arrangement

Arrangement
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Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Cecil P. Northrop (1901-1949) attended the State University Of New York Maritime College, graduating as a Merchant Marine Officer. After leaving the Merchant Marines, he spent a few years as a newspaper publisher and journalist before taking up flying. Northrop worked for Fairchild as a test pilot and then joined Pennsylvania Central Airlines as a pilot. He was also a pilot training supervisor for the Airline Wartime Training Institute (AWTI) during World War II. The AWTI was an unincorporated association of nineteen American airlines that was formed in August 1942 to meet the need for air transport personnel to support the war effort. In October 1943, AWTI was formally disbanded, having met the needs of Air Transport Command through the training of approximately 12,000 flight crew and 35,000 ground personnel. Northrop retired from the airlines in 1942 due to heart problems.

Administration

Author
Patti Williams
Immediate Source of Acquisition
William B Northrop, Gift, 2018, NASM.2018.0061
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Patti Wiliams, 2019.

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Preferred Citation
Cecil P.Northrop Airline Wartime Training Institute (AWTI) Collection, NASM.2018.0061, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Aeronautics Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Logs (records) Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Technical manuals Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Training manuals -- 21st century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Correspondence -- 19th-20th century Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Photographic prints Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pennsylvania Central Airlines Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Airline Wartime Training Institute (AWTI) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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