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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:

Charlie Taylor-Howard DuFour Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-286
Abstract Howard DuFour extensively researched Charlie Taylor, who designed and built the engine that powered the Wright Brothers' historic flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, 1903. The collection consists of newspaper clippings, articles, aviation history books, an oral history, personal correspondence, photographs, and Howard DuFour's drafts of the book "Charlie Taylor: The Wright Brothers Mechanician." The collection also contains materials on DuFour's building of the Wright 1903 Flyer Replica...
Dates: 1938-2004

Seymour Dunham Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-294
Abstract

The Seymour Dunham Collection contains personal correspondence of Mr. Dunham, information on aviation organizations to which he belonged, aircraft and missile research, work-related research from his time at Wright-Patterson AFB, and an extensive collection of articles, newspaper clippings and photographs concerning the Wright Brothers and other aspects of aviation history.

Dates: 1889-1993

Dr. Harry Dyme Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-375
Abstract

Dr. Harry Dyme was the chief of nutrition section of the Aero-Medical Laboratory on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. He worked on the Air Force Base from the 1950s through the 1970s. The collection consists of research materials and photographs concerning cold weather survival and other aerospace medical studies he conducted in the 1950s.

Dates: 1950-1998; Majority of material found within 1950-1975

Early Aviation Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: MS-454
Abstract

Photographs in the scrapbook highlight a number of aviation events between 1925 and 1931, including the crash of the airship Shenandoah and the National Air Races in Cleveland of 1929 and, especially, 1931. The photographs were taken by George Chapley, of Warren, Ohio. The collection also includes 2 photographs of Chapley himself.

Dates: circa 1925-1931, 1984; 1984

Randle H. Egbert Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-389
Abstract

The Randle H. Egbert Aviation Papers consist of journals, news and periodical clippings, and memorabilia related to the Wright Brothers and early aviation.

Dates: 1904-2004

Philip Eid Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-224
Abstract

Collection consists of early photographs of Dayton-area flying fields. Included are photographs of McCook Field taken between 1918 and 1927, Wright Field between 1918-1931, Patterson Field for the period 1940-1967, and Fairfield Air Depot Reservation from 1923-1940.

Dates: 1918-1967

Einar Kverne Aviation Print (SC-285)

 Collection — Folder SC-285, Item: 1
Identifier: SC-285
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of one Einar Kverne print reproduced from his painting entitled We. The print depicts Charles Lindbergh flying across the Atlantic in 1927. The painting and print were completed shortly after Lindbergh's historic flight.

Dates: undated

F. Gillum Cromer Photographs (SC-152)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-152
Abstract

The collection consists of 4 original negatives, and 8 original 2 1/2" x 4" prints of a Wright Model A Flyer in flight at Huffman Prairie in early 1910.

Dates: 1910

Field and Hangar Pass, Dayton Wright Airplane Co. (SC-145)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-145
Scope and Contents

Collection consists of 1 Field and Hangar Pass for Dayton Wright Airplane Co. Issued to visitor Edwin Bradmiller on September 29, 1918 expires on same day. The terms of the pass are on the back.

Dates: 1918

Flight Magazine (SC-230)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-230
Scope and Contents

Contains five issues of Flight Magazine dated 1909-1910.

Dates: 1909-1910