AV. Aviation

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Adrian Kinnane is a researcher and manager for historical projects at History Associates Incorporated. The collection contains Kinnane's unpublished manuscript "The Crucible of Flight," which is an in-depth look at what outside influences helped the Wright Brothers become the first to be successful in the quest for flight.

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The collection consists of aviation postcards, primarily of airports throughout the country, and also of photographs of famous aviators from the 1930s.

Abstract The Peter B. Kline Papers is a large collection of files and information on a wide variety of aviation subjects. Kline was an Aeronautical Engineer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and a collector of aviation materials. The collection contains clippings, journal articles, photographs, mechanical specifications, illustrations, and miscellaneous information about particular aircraft. The papers also includes technical manuals, correspondence with other aviation collectors and book dealers,...

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Collection consists of 1 Scrapbook, containing 42 black and white photos from Abteilung (Detachment) 212 in the German Air Force during World War I. Most of the photographs depicts daily life on base. There are some photos of German and Allied aircraft. There are pictures of Fokker Eindeckers, Rumpler C IV, German observation balloons, and a captured Handley Page 0/400. Title of scrapbook is in German, and there are not captions.

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This collection documents the aviation careers of early aviator Edward A. Korn and his brother Milton H. Korn. The bulk of the collection is comprised of aviation photographs. It also includes some of Korn's correspondence about his experiences in aviation and selected clippings and articles that were published about him and other early aviators. It also documents Korn's background in farming, including photographs, catalogs, and postcards related to farming and threshing machines.

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This is a copy of a typed letter written by Krekler describing his relationship with the Wright Family, dated March 24, 1975.

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The Art Krieger Aviation Collection is the personal collection of Adolph (Art) Krieger. This collection contains materials from all over the world on nearly every kind of plane and building company, pilots, handbooks and manuals along with various other items about aviation. Emphasis is on the 1940s through the late 1980s.

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Original copy of L’Aerophile, April 1903 edition containing the following articles: On page 81-87 article discusses the Wright Brothers progress in flight and contains photographs of the Wright Brothers 1902 glider test at Kill Devil Hills, N.C. Also on page 87 is a letter from M. Ernest Archdeacon discussing the Wright Brothers as well.

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Christopher Lake was an aviation researcher and engineer whose most important aeronautical invention may have been his reaction engine, which was an early form of jet propulsion. The collection includes Lake's patents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and a letter from Orville Wright.

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Papers include correspondence, photographs, drawings, and printed materials pertaining to Lambert's military service as a World War I flyer. Also included is a copy of Lambert's manuscript relating his combat experiences.