AV. Aviation

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This collection contains seven aviation-themed stereocards produced by the Keystone View Company. Six of the seven are of airships, including the USS Akron and the Graf Zeppelin.

The captions of the individual cards are listed in the Scope and Content Notes for each item.

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This collection contains the oversize pictograph book of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and its master plan, produced from data collected and edited by the Deputy of Air Installations in 1948. As stated on the first page, the purpose of the book was “to show certain facilities existing and certain facilities needed” at the base. It contains forty pages.

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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.

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Collection consists of three souvenir programs from the National Air Races in Cleveland: 1) 1932 National Air Races Official Program; 2) 1937 Official Directory and Log; and 3) 1938 Official Directory and Log.

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Collection consists of several booklets published by the government printing office as recruitment literature.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of 38 images total. 16 are stamped "Photo by H. M. Benner, Hammondsport NY" and show various Curtiss planes along with numerous other aircraft from approximately 1905-1920. Another 22 photographs are all stamped with the seal "Air Service/Engineering Division." These images depict a variety of aircraft and all were collected by William F. Geiger a Centerville, OH, native and former Army Air Force aircraft armorer. The images are all thought to have been taken at...

Scope and Contents This two-page letter and accompanying envelope is from Mrs. Francis (Mary) Winter to Mrs. Tasker (Eleanor) Bliss. Mrs. Winter's husband, Major Francis A. Winter, was the surgeon who cared for Orville Wright at the hospital at Fort Myer, Virginia, after Wright's September 17, 1908 crash there. The accident resulted in the death of Wright's passenger, U. S. Army Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge, whose death is considered the first powered airplane fatality. In the letter Winter devotes an entire...

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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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This small collection contains pamphlets, press releases, and photographs celebrating the Brooks Air Force Base Golden Anniversary. The photographs depict various testing devices for pilots.

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This small collection contains two items. The first is a letter from Charles Lindbergh to Charles I. Barron, M.D., expressing his appreciation to Dr. Barron for permitting him to undergo decompression tests in Lockheed Aircraft Company's high-altitude chamber. The second item is Lindbergh's electrocardiogram from a Flight Personnel Examination.