Aeronautics -- Exhibitions
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Christopher John Lake Aviation Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-297
Abstract
Christopher Lake was an aviation researcher and engineer whose most important aeronautical invention may have been his reaction engine, which was an early form of jet propulsion. The collection includes Lake's patents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and a letter from Orville Wright.
Dates:
1909-1964
Found in:
Special Collections
Bill Sweet Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-413
Abstract
Bill Sweet, Announcer and Director of the National Air Shows, was well-known in the world of air racing and air shows from the 1930s until his death in 1978. His collection consists of air show programs and press releases, air show newspaper clipping scrapbooks from the 1930s and 1940s, more than a thousand photographs of air shows events, including air show stunts and personalities, film of a number of air races and air shows, and a variety of memorabilia, including certificates of...
Dates:
1928-1978
Found in:
Special Collections
