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Aeronautics -- Study and teaching

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Aeronautical Training Schools Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS-64
Abstract

Contains lesson booklets, examination papers, correspondence, advertising, and lectures from two early correspondence schools involved in teaching aviation: The National Aero Institute and the American School of Aviation.

Dates: 1917-1919, 1925

Marjorie Stinson Diary (SC-393)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-393
Scope and Contents The collection consists of a single pocket size diary written by Marjorie Stinson during her time learning to fly at the Wright School of Aviation in Dayton, Ohio.The earliest entry is from June 19, 1914, and reads simply "Dayton Bound" with a sketch of an arrow underneath; that was the day she departed on that day from San Antonio, Texas. She arrived at Dayton on June 25, 1914, and on that same day made her first visit to the Huffman Prairie with Orville Wright. Entries continue...
Dates: 1914 - 1915

Timmerman Civilian Flight Training Collection (MS-569)

 Collection
Identifier: MS-569
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of civilian flight training manuals, VHS videos, and audiocassettes, produced by King’s, Flight Tech, and Sporty’s. Some items include Dr. Timmerman’s handwritten notes in the margins.

Dates: circa 1985-2002