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AV. Aviation

 Topic Guide
Identifier: AV
This classification groups collections on the topic of aviation.

Found in 347 Collections and/or Records:

World War I Aviation Medicine Photographs (SCV-10)

 Collection — Folder SCV-10
Identifier: SCV-10
Scope and Contents

This small collection contains 36 photographs taken during and just after World War I. The photographs show military posts, testing equipment, planes, and various buildings.

Dates: 1916-1919

Mike Deitz Collection (SC-364)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-364
Content Description

This collection contains a photograph album, engine manual, and two panoramic photos, documenting aviation and daily life for Staff Sergeant Mike Deitz, a member of the 49th Bombardment Squadron at Aberdeen, Maryland.

Dates: circa 1923-circa 1960; Majority of material found within 1923-1927

Pilot Log Book of John J. Hamilton

 Collection
Identifier: SC-298
Abstract

This collection consists of one log book containing the flight information of John J. Hamilton in his WACO F2 Continental. All flights took off from East Dayton Airport between December, 1931 and September, 1932. In addition to the log book is one newspaper clipping detailing the granting of a pilot's license to Mr. Hamilton.

Dates: 1931 December-1932 September

Gress Collection, Dayton-Wright Airplane Company (SC-369)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-369
Abstract

The collection consists of a single piece of linen wing fabric from Dayton-Wright Airplane Company, where Albert V. Gress Sr. worked in 1918.

Dates: circa 1918

Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Badge Pin #15046

 Collection
Identifier: SC-371
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of a single metal badge/pin (believed to be copper). The front of the pin includes an image of a biplane, the text "The Dayton Wright Airplane Co. Dayton Ohio," and the number 15046 (presumably an employee identification number of some kind). The item measures approximately 1-1/2 inches wide by 1-1/8 inches tall.

Dates: circa 1918

Gerald Siddall Rockcliff Ice Wagon Aircraft Collection (SC-108)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-108
Scope and Contents

This collection contains an original photograph of the Rockcliff Ice Wagon aircraft. Also included are color digital copies of a postcard (front and back) commemorating the first jet mail in the Avro Jetliner and two digital paper copies of photographs, one of the Avro Jetliner prototype and one of G.P. Siddall, the ice guard project engineer at Goodyear Tire & Rubber. All are circa 1950.

Dates: 1950

Henry Farman III Biplane Photographs (SC-110)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-110
Scope and Contents

This collection consists three 4x6 photos of a Henry Farman III biplane.

Dates: undated

Aeronautical Wire Service Photos and Papers (SC-111)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-111
Scope and Contents

This collection includes a variety of black and white aviation photos and newspaper clippings. Some of the material relates to the return of the Wright Flyer to the United States Smithsonian from England’s Science Museum.

Dates: circa 1948

Captain Henry Van Keuren Papers (SC-112)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-112
Scope and Contents

Newspaper clippings about and a program from the Belmont Park International Air Tournament in 1910

Dates: 1970

National Air Race Photographs (SC-114)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-114
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs of the 1948 Cleveland Air Races

Dates: 1948