AV. Aviation
Found in 331 Collections and/or Records:
Pioneers of Italian Aviation (SC-257)
This collection contains a celebratory booklet published in 2003 to honor the pioneers of Italian Aviation. Written in Italian, the book provides a brief history of early Italian aviation and aviators. It also includes commemorative stamps issued to honor Italian aviation.
Col. Wayne C. Pittman, Jr. Aviation Collection
This collection of over 4,000 aviation postcards was collected and organized by Colonel Wayne Pittman. It contains postcards of commercial and military aircraft, along with airport buildings and locations from around the world.
Quarter Century Club Records
Randolph Edwards Photographs (SC-78)
Photographs and postcards of Wright Flyers
Elizabeth Beck Rehling Papers (MS-593)
The Elizabeth Beck Rehling Papers consist of correspondence, research notes, and photographs related to her research on the relationship between her mother, Agnes Osborn Beck and Katharine Wright, sister of the Wright Brothers. It also includes her unpublished manuscript, The Third Wright Brother, about Katharine Wright, based on her memories as told to her by her mother Agnes and her own research.
Reports of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and the National Advisory for Aeronautics
The collection consists of technical reports and memoranda from the Advisory Committee on Aeronautic (ACA), also known as the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
Reports of the Institution of Aeronautical Engineers
This collection contains reports published by the Institution of Aeronautical Engineers.
P. H. Richardson Wright Field Photo Collection
The Richardson Wright Field Collection contains 172 photos of aircraft and aircraft parts. The majority of the pictures feature displays from the Armed Forces Day Air Show held at Wright Field in 1945. Many of the exhibits pertain to Luftwaffe aircraft captured during Operation Lusty. As well, there are many photos documenting the only Fairchild powered XAT-6E Texan produced.
Laurence P. Richmond Papers (MS-594)
The collection consists primarily of information on the development of radio technologies at General Electric in the 1920s and of radio and radar technologies at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base from the 1930s through 1950s. Some information on the WPAFB Quarter Century Club is also included.
Victor Rickard General Aviation Collection (MS-555)
Victor Rickard was an early pilot in Schenectady, New York, and manager of the city’s airport from 1927-1931. He was also involved in U.S. Naval aviation during World War I and Army Air Services during World War II. The collection contains a photographs, pilot’s licenses and identification cards, newspaper clippings, and video footage.
