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AV. Aviation

 Topic Guide
Identifier: AV
This classification groups collections on the topic of aviation.

Found in 331 Collections and/or Records:

Dayton Daily News Archive (MS-458) - Air Force History Photographs SELECTIONS in CORE Scholar

 Digital Collection
Identifier: MS-458 AF History CORE Scholar
Dates: 1943 - 1996

Dayton Daily News Archive (MS-458) - Neil Armstrong Photographs SELECTIONS in CORE Scholar

 Digital Collection
Identifier: MS-458 Armstrong CORE Scholar

Dayton Daily News Archive (MS-458) SELECTIONS in CORE Scholar

 Digital Collection
Identifier: MS-458 CORE Scholar

Dayton Municipal Airport Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-59
Abstract

The collection consists primarily of correspondence from the Dayton City Manager’s files pertaining to the establishment of a municipally owned airport in Dayton, Ohio.

Dates: 1926-1936, 1952

Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Badge Pin #15046

 Collection
Identifier: SC-371
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a single metal badge/pin (believed to be copper). The front of the pin includes an image of a biplane, the text "The Dayton Wright Airplane Co. Dayton Ohio," and the number 15046 (presumably an employee identification number of some kind). The item measures approximately 1-1/2 inches wide by 1-1/8 inches tall.

Dates: circa 1918

Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS-152
Abstract

The collection contains 156 large format glass plate negatives and 63 nitrate negatives depicting factory workers, interior and exterior plant views, airplane assembly, and completed airplanes from a Dayton manufacturer of World War I aircraft.

Dates: 1918-1922; Majority of material found in 1918

Dayton-Wright Company Record of Employees (SC-150)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-150
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of seven Dayton-Wright Company "Record of Employee" envelopes spanning the period 1922 to 1924. Each envelope provides the following information: name of the employee, address, marital status, age, person to notify in case of emergency, date of employment, department assigned, foreman of the department, rate of pay, and class of work. Inside the envelope are pay slips and other information about the employee, including the reason for termination.

Dates: 1922-1924

Mike Deitz Collection (SC-364)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-364
Content Description

This collection contains a photograph album, engine manual, and two panoramic photos, documenting aviation and daily life for Staff Sergeant Mike Deitz, a member of the 49th Bombardment Squadron at Aberdeen, Maryland.

Dates: circa 1923-circa 1960; Majority of material found within 1923-1927

Air Vice-Marshall Ron Dick Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-494
Abstract The Air Vice-Marshal Ron Dick Collection follows the life and career of Air Vice-Marshal Ronald Dick. He served in the Royal Air Force, which included two appointments to the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., first as Air Attaché and then as Defense Attaché. During and after his military career, he was a prolific writer and lecturer on the history of aviation and took any opportunity he could to fly. The materials in this collection include material concerning his military career,...
Dates: 1938-2008

Doolittle's Raiders Photos (SC-284)

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: SC-284
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three photos; two are reprints of Doolittle's Raiders taking off from the deck of the aircraft carrier, USS Hornet (CV-8). The other, larger, photo is a copy of Bud Golem's painting Memories which depicts the inside cockpit of a Doolittle Raider on takeoff.

Dates: undated