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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Pitcairn PA-7 Mailwing Landing Film
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2025.0015
- Dates:
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1953
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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.04 Cubic feet
- Repository:
Film capturing the 1953 commemorative flight of a Pitcairn PA-7 Mailwing that celebrated 25 years of air mail service from Atlanta, GA to New York.
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of one 16mm reel of a Pitcairn PA-7 Mailwing landing at Hadley Airport, South Plainfield, NJ taken by Michael G. Muha in May 1953. Also included in the donation was a digital copy of the film, delivered on a CD.
Arrangement
Arrangement
One item.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
In May 1953, a commemorative flight was taken by Captain Eugene R. Brown with a Pitcairn PA-7 Mailwing to celebrate 25 years of air mail service from Atlanta, GA to New York. The film depicts the aircraft landing and a crowd welcoming the pilot at Hadley Airport located in South Plainfield, NJ.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
David Muha, Gift, 2025, NASM.2025.0015
Processing Information
Arranged, described, and encoded by Amara Pugens, 2025.
Digital Content
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
Pitcairn PA-7 Mailwing Landing Film, NASM.2025.0015, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Aeronautics | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Air mail service | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| 16mm motion picture film | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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