AV. Aviation

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Black and white photographs of the 1948 Cleveland Air Races

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A July 1924 National Geographic that contains several articles on early aviation.

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This booklet documents the moving of the Air Force Museum's aircraft from their old location to their new home in 1971. It details the logistics of transporting the aircraft and also contains a number of photographs of each of the aircraft in various stages of the move. The booklet was the property of Robert Countrymen who worked at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base and took part in the move.

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Collection consists of booklets on aerology prepared for Naval aviation cadets by the Bureau of Aeronautics training division, dating circa 1944-1947.

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Consists of records from the Night Fighters Association, WWII Night Fighters organization, and personal papers from members of the organization, relating to Night Fighter Squadrons serving in World War II. Includes pilot tests, squadron reports, individual flight records, rosters, unpublished chronologies of the 6th and 417th Night Fight Squadrons, and photographs. The collection also includes an audio recording of the 1978 Night Fighter Reunion held in Dayton, Ohio.

Scope and Contents The collection consists of items relating to Canada’s Seventh Post Victory Conference held at Toronto, Canada on September 15, 1943. Mr. O. T. Larson attended this conference and was selected as the Chairman of the Day for the conference. At the time, Mr. Larson was the Vice-President of Trans-Canada Airlines. The agenda for the conference contains a brief biographical summary of Mr. Larson’s career. During the conference, Mr. Larson spoke on the story of the development of Trans-Canada...

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Dr. Hans von Ohain was the co-inventor of the first successful jet engine. After World War II, he moved to Dayton, Ohio where he was a research scientist at the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. His papers contain patents, correspondence, speeches, technical reports, scientific articles, awards, and photographs. Some documents are in German and French, but the majority of the collection is in English.

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Ohio aeronautical charts with pictures of Wrights in 1903 and 1905.

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This collection contains a 14-page printed copy of the timeline and history of the 162nd fighter squadron and 178th fighter wing of the Air National Guard based in Springfield, Ohio. The material was printed in 2004.

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This small collection consists of five printed items from the Ohio Masonic Home.