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Boeing Airplane Company
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undated
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0.68 Cubic Feet
- Collection ID:
- NASM.2005.0014
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of seven volumes of the Boeing Company Airplane Division Commercial Supersonic Transport Proposal of January 15, 1964 (volumes A-II, A-III, A-IV Book 2, A-V, A-VII, A-VIII, and A-XI).
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Westburg, Peter W., 1914-1984
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1970-1981
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2.2 Cubic Feet ((1 map case drawer))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0001
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of Westburg's original drawings. The material consists of 105 ink-on-mylar detail drawings of 37 aircraft from the 1920s and 1930s. Westburg executed all these drawings between April 1970 and February 1981.
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Gibbs-Smith, Charles Harvard, 1909-
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1969-1970
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0.45 Cubic Feet ((1 legal document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0603
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of manuscripts and articles written by Charles H. Gibbs-Smith, in which he refutes Whitehead's claims. The collection contains the following manuscripts: 'The Flight Claims of Gustave Whitehead,' 'Gustave Whitehead: His Flight-Claims and his Place in History,' 'Gustave Whitehead,' 'Reflections on the Whitehead Claims to Pow...
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Aviation Technical Manuals Collection
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National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division.
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1912-1987
bulk 1930-1945
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1,765.61 Cubic feet (1375 records center boxes; 1 flat box; 2 microfiche boxes)
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0429
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The Aviation Technical Manuals Collection contains over 40,000 original aviation technical manuals for aircraft, engines, aircraft components, and ground equipment.
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Taylor, Charles Edward, 1868-1956
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1928-1966
bulk 1928-1956
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0.23 Cubic Feet ((1 slim legal document box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1987.0006
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This accession includes Taylor's correspondence with his son, Rueben W. Taylor, (1928-1948), and the Garrison Machine Works, (1953-1956), makers of gears used in the Wright flyer engines. The letters to Rueben Taylor are originals, while the Garrison Machine Works correspondence are mostly xerox copies. Also included are brief biographical sketches...
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Whitehead, William Scholl
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1963-1976
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2.18 Cubic Feet ((1 flatbox) (3 legal document boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0287
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
The collection consists of correspondence, reports, brochures, articles and a scrapbook dealing with this effort. Much of the correspondence is concerned with efforts to obtain support and funding for the project from private industry and the United States Congress. The scrapbook, with index, is a collection of newspaper and magazine clippings abou...
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United States. Air Force. Engineering Drawing Section
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[ca. 1910s-1940s]
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? Cubic Feet ((1 box))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0521
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of 8000 reels of 35 mm microfilm engineering drawings of aircraft and engines from the early years through World War II. The microfilm contains engineering drawings, reports, and standards covering aircraft, engines, and other equipment used by the USAF and its predecessors. The original documents filmed were in a variety o...
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United States. Army. Air Service
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1917-1926
bulk 1920-1925
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5.45 Cubic feet ((5 records center boxes))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0058
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the project books for aircraft tested by the Experimental Division in the early 1920s. Most project books contain photstats of the specifications and contracts for these aircraft as well as Air Service inspection and test reports. The collection also includes an extensive negative collection documenting the project book ...
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Williams, Alford Joseph, 1896-1958
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[ca. 1930s-1940s]
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0.45 Cubic Feet ((9 folders))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0601
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of newspaper clippings, which have been copied onto acid-free paper. These clippings were from Williams' syndicated columns for Scripps-Howard Newspapers including the New York World Telegram and Washington Daily News during the late 1930s to early 1940s. These columns discuss aviation technology, flying techniques, and the...
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Fairmont East High School, Kettering, Ohio
Fairmont West High School, Kettering, Ohio
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1976
- Size:
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0.22 Cubic Feet ((1 flatbox))
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0460
- Repository:
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
There are 73 drawings including a 3 view assembly, front view, side view, top view and tail section as well as 22 drawings of wing details (including engine mounts, seats, etc.); 6 drawings of tail details; 7 drawings of horizontal stabilizer and bellcrank details; 5 drawings of rudder details; 8 drawings of landing gear, 2 drawings of front skid a...