World War II Aviation News Clippings Scrapbook (MS-520)

The scrapbook includes clippings and pages from newspapers and magazines from the Miami Valley area, as well as full manuals and magazines mainly based around the years of World War II. Such entries include the following topics: • Jack Knight • Charles A. Lindbergh • Wright Field • Planes and aviation • “Largest Plane in the World” • World War II • Experimental planes • New planes • Clipping of a newspaper article where Orville Write was not accepting the apology made by the Smithsonian for naming the wrong airplane the first to sustain flight. • Introduction and implementation of helicopters. • Early helicopters • “Silhouette Handbook of United States Army Air Forces Airplanes” 1942 handbook of U.S. Aircraft. • “Your Body in Flight” a manual on bodily problems during flight, 1943 July 20. • An article on the First Airplane, 1903 December 17. • A newspaper page about the “The Old Lady” carrier. • “Dayton Hub for World Air Lines” newspaper article. • Depicts the growth of planes and aviation. • “Rocket Planes in Test Stage” article. • Ace pilot Don S. Gentile • History of U.S. Bombing aircraft. • “The Story of Wright Field” article, Sunday 2943 February 28. • World War II European aircraft. • A comic book about General “Hap” Arnold. • “Naval Aviation News” a news magazine on airplane information, 1947 October. • “Boeing Magazine” magazine on aircraft information by Boeing, 1947 October.