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"An Album of International Air Liners"

Creator:
John Player & Sons  Search this
Extent:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Albums
Date:
Circa 1935
Summary:
This collection consists of "An Album of International Air Liners" issued by John Player & Sons, circa 1935. The album was designed to house "Player's cigarettes" cards collected from packages and this example contains all fifty cards in the series.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of "An Album of International Air Liners" issued by John Player & Sons, circa 1935. The album was designed to house "Player's cigarettes" cards collected from packages and this example contains all fifty cards in the series. Airlines represented in the album include Imperial Airways (UK); SABENA (Belgium); Czechoslovak Airline (ČLS) (Czechoslovakia); Air France (France); Lufthansa (Germany); Deruluft (Germany); KLM (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij) (Netherlands); Malert (Hungary); Ala Littoria (Italy); Aero Transport (A B AeroTRANSPort) (Sweden); SwissAir (Switzerland); Aeroput (Yugoslavia); American Airlines (USA); Braniff International (USA); Central Airlines, Inc (USA, 1934); Delta Air Lines (USA); Eastern Air Lines (Eastern Air Transport) (USA); Northwest Airlines (USA); Pan American Airways (Pan Am) (USA); Pennsylvania Airlines (USA); Trans World Airlines (TWA) (USA); United Air Lines (USA); and Qantas Airways (Australia). Aircraft represented in the album include the de Havilland D.H.86A; Short S.23 Empire Boat (C-Class Flying Boat); Armstrong Whitworth A.W.27 Ensign; Handley Page H.P.42; Short S.17/L (L.17) (Scipio Landplane); Fokker F.VIIA-3m; Junkers Ju 52/3m (Three Engine); Savoia-Marchetti S.73; Fokker F.XVIII; Dewoitine D.333; Lioré et Olivier LeO H.24-2 (H.242); Potez 62; Wibault-Penhoët 282 T.12; Dornier Do 18; Heinkel He 70 Blitz (Lightning); Heinkel He 111; Junkers G 38; Junkers Ju 86; Junkers Ju 160; Tupolev ANT-9; Douglas DC-2; Fokker F.XX; Fokker F.XXII; Fokker F.XXXVI; Cant (CRDA) Z.506; Savoia-Marchetti S.74; Fokker F.XII; General Aviation GA-43 (Pilgrim 150, Clark GA-43); Lockheed Model 9 Orion; de Havilland D.H.89 Dragon Rapide; Spartan (UK) Cruiser; Douglas (DC-3) DST (Douglas Sleeper Transport); Lockheed Model 10 Electra; Stinson (Aircraft) Model A Tri-Motor; Martin (Glenn L.) Model 130 China Clipper; Boeing Model 247D; and the Douglas DC-3. The album also includes cards that have images of scenes onboard various aircraft including airline personnel preparing food, passengers in their seats, and a view of the controls of a de Havilland D.H.86.
Arrangement:
Collection is a single item.
Biographical / Historical:
Tobacco manufacturers first issued cigarette cards in 1875 as trade cards to stiffen cigarette packaging and advertise cigarette brands. They initially featured images such as prominent athletes or animals, but later cards included images of aircraft. John Player & Sons, also known simply as Player's, is a British tobacco and cigarette manufacturer that is now part of the Imperial Tobacco Group.
Provenance:
Alex Massin, Gift, 1965, NASM.XXXX.1035.
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Topic:
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Airlines  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Genre/Form:
Albums
Citation:
"An Album of International Air Liners", NASM.XXXX.1035, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.XXXX.1035
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2518ed31d-33cf-47d0-870a-5c2fa88ac85a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-1035
Online Media:

"G" sense / issued by Aviation Training Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Navy

Title:
G sense
Publications issued by the Training Division, Bureau of Aeronautics, United States Navy DSI
Former owner:
Steen, Richard E. DSI  Search this
Illustrator:
Osborn, Robert Chesley 1904-1994  Search this
Author:
United States Office of the Chief of Naval Operations Aviation Training Division  Search this
Subject:
United States Navy  Search this
Physical description:
31, [1] pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Type:
Handbooks, manuals, etc
Date:
1943
[1943]
Topic:
Airplanes--Piloting  Search this
Acceleration (Physiology)  Search this
Air pilots, Military  Search this
World War, 1939-1945  Search this
Call number:
D805.A2 U55 1943
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_943696

"Golden Age of Flight" Gallery Opens, NASM

Subject:
Golden Age of Flight (Exhibition) (1984: Washington, D.C.)  Search this
National Air and Space Museum  Search this
Date:
April 5, 1984
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Exhibit openings  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_1667

"Let's learn to fly!" by C. St. John Sprigg; with photographs and drawings

Author:
Sprigg, C. St. John (Christopher St. John) 1907-1937  Search this
Physical description:
212 p. illus. 20 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1937
[1937]
Topic:
Airplanes--Piloting  Search this
Aeronautics--Study and teaching  Search this
Call number:
TL710 .S76
TL710.S76
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_159389

"Milestones of Flight Gallery" in National Air and Space Museum

Author:
Farrar, Richard  Search this
Subject:
National Air and Space Museum  Search this
Milestones of Flight (Exhibition)  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Exhibit
Date:
1976
Topic:
Aeronautical museums  Search this
Aircraft  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Galleries  Search this
Museum visitors  Search this
Space vehicles  Search this
Standard number:
76-19265-14
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_8536

"Spirit of St. Louis" Cigar Box Label

Names:
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974  Search this
Extent:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Cigar labels
Chromolithographs
Date:
circa 1927
Summary:
This single-item collection consists of an unused Mazer-Cressman cigar box color label (6.5 x 7.75 inches) commemorating Charles A. Lindbergh's solo transatlantic flight in the Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis (r/n N-X-211) on May 20-21, 1927.
Scope and Contents:
This single-item collection consists of an unused 5-cent cigar box label (6.5 x 7.75 inches) issued by the Mazer-Cressman Cigar Co. Inc. (Detroit, Michigan) in honor of Charles A. Lindbergh's solo transatlantic flight in the Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis (r/n N-X-211) on May 20-21, 1927. The chromolithograph print, produced for Mazer-Cressman by the American Lithographic Co. (New York), features a right side view of the Spirit of St. Louis in flight over the title in a half-circle, with stylized illustrations of the cities of St. Louis and New York (USA) at left and Paris (France) at right.
Arrangement:
Single-item collection.
Biographical / Historical:
On May 20-21, 1927, Charles Lindbergh literally flew into history when he crossed the Atlantic Ocean in his Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis, thus becoming the first pilot to fly solo and nonstop from New York to Paris. This flight made Lindbergh a household name and catapulted him into fame and celebrity. Objects of popular culture such as this cigar box label reflect the public adulation for Lindbergh and the powerful commercial response to his celebrity. The Mazer-Cressman Cigar Company Inc. of Detroit, Michigan (once a major United States cigar-making center) filed a trademark for this design with the US Patent Office in July 1927.
Related Materials:
Related artifacts in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum collection:

Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis, A19280021000.

Cigar Box, Lindbergh, King Collection, A20040295030.
Provenance:
Robert Jaques, gift, 1973, NASM.XXXX.0987
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis"  Search this
Cigar boxes  Search this
Aeronautics -- Collectibles  Search this
Aeronautics -- Flights  Search this
Aeronautics -- Records  Search this
Genre/Form:
Cigar labels
Chromolithographs
Citation:
"Spirit of St. Louis" Cigar Box Label, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0987, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.XXXX.0987
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2856ebb91-4b5f-4cf6-97f6-fdd786bce6fe
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-0987
Online Media:

"Spirit of St. Louis" Suspended in the NASM

Author:
Farrar, Richard  Search this
Subject:
Lindbergh, Charles A (Charles Augustus) 1902-1974  Search this
National Air and Space Museum  Search this
Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane)  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Exhibit
Date:
1976
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Aircraft  Search this
New Museums  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Aeronautical museums  Search this
Standard number:
76-7008-22
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_8553

"Spirit of St. Louis" in the A&I Building

Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Lindbergh, Charles A (Charles Augustus) 1902-1974  Search this
National Air and Space Museum  Search this
Spirit of St. Louis (Airplane)  Search this
Arts and Industries Building  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Exhibit
Date:
c. 1950
Topic:
Museum visitors  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Aeronautical museums  Search this
Standard number:
91-3701
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_8318

"Vin Fiz" in the National Air Museum

Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Rodgers, Calbraith Perry  Search this
National Air and Space Museum  Search this
National Air Museum (U.S.)  Search this
South Yard  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Exhibit
Photographic print
Date:
1961
Topic:
Aircraft  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Aeronautical museums  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Aircraft Building  Search this
Standard number:
2002-12157
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_8280

"Wings of Gold: How the Aeroplane Developed New Guinea" Collection

Extent:
0.2 Cubic feet (4 folders)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Place:
Papua New Guinea
Date:
circa 1922-1035
Summary:
This collection consists of copies of 57 black and white photographs collected by author James Sinclair for use in his book, Wings of Gold: How the Aeroplane Developed New Guinea, Pacific Publications (Sydney), 1978. The collection does not include copies of all photographs used in the book.
Scope and Contents:
The photographs illustrate aviation activities in Papua, New Guinea from the early 1920s to the mid-1930s including Guinea Airways operations, primarily cargo operations, using Junkers G 31 and W 34 aircraft in support of gold mining and oil exploration; other smaller operators, like Bulolo Goldfield's Aeroplane Services and W. R. Carpenter Air Services using mostly de Havilland aircraft; various "bush pilots" also extensively using de Havilland planes; and expeditions such as the Stirling New Guinea Expedition, fostered by the Smithsonian Institution and employing a modified float-equipped Breguet Bre.14 B2 ("The Ern"), and the Hurley Expedition of 1922 which used a Curtiss MF (Seagull) (Model 18) flying boat. This group of 8 x 10 inch black and white photographs are copy photographs made from copy negatives shot from James Sinclair's original photographs and lent to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM) for copying by Terry Gwynn-Jones. The originals were collected by Sinclair for use in his book, Wings of Gold: How the Aeroplane Developed New Guinea, Pacific Publications (Sydney), 1978. The collection does not include copies of all photographs used in the book.
Arrangement:
A set of 42 poor-quality copy negatives and copy photographs were produced in 1987 by the Smithsonian Office of Printing and Photographic Services (SI-OPPS) and assigned numbers 87-16321 through 87-16362. In 1990, a set of 52 good-quality copy negatives and copy photographs were produced in 1990 by SI-OPPS and assigned numbers 90-128 through 90-179. The 1990 set includes 16 images not found in the 1987 set. There is extensive but incomplete overlap between the 1987 set and the 1990 set; in all, there are 57 unique images.
Biographical / Historical:
Aviation activities in the Territory of Papua, a territory of the British Empire located in the southeastern quarter of the southwest Pacific island of New Guinea, first occurred in the early 1920s, during a period when the territory was administered by the Commonwealth of Australia. Activities increased greatly in 1930, when an airstrip was constructed in the town of Bulolo (Morobe Province) to support gold dredging in the area. Dredging equipment was transported to Bulolo in pieces by air, with the first gold dredge beginning operations on March 21, 1932.

James Patrick Sinclair was born in Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia, on April 18, 1928. In November 1947, he joined Australia's Department of District Services and Native Affairs, Administration of Papua New Guinea, serving from 1948 to 1957 in many locations as a patrol officer, assistant district officer, deputy district commissioner and district commissioner. Sinclair was the last Australian District Commissioner of the Eastern Highlands District (1969-1974), retiring from civil service in August 1975 after Papua New Guinea declared independence from the British Empire to become the Independent State of Papua New Guinea. In his retirement, Sinclair returned to his previous hobby of writing on Papua New Guinea history, eventually publishing more than 30 books prior to his death on October 9, 2017.

Terry Gwynn-Jones was born in Malvern, England (UK) in 1933. In 1951, Gwynn-Jones joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) and subsequently served as a pilot in the RAF, the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) before joining the Australian Department of Aviation in 1969. In 1975, veteran Battle of Britain pilot Denys Dalton—with Gwynn-Jones as co-pilot—set a new around-the-world speed record for piston engined aircraft, flying Beech Duke 60 (r/n VH-TKE) round trip from Brisbane, Australia, in 122 hours 19 minutes 57 seconds between July 20 and 25, 1975. In 1983, Gwynn-Jones was a member of the Australian team which won that year's World Ballooning Championship in France. A prolific writer, Gwynn-Jones published numerous aviation history books and articles, and served as a consultant and writer for the Time-Life Epic of Flight series. In the 1980s, Gwynn-Jones was appointed to a visiting fellowship at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, and in 1987 he was appointed to the Board of Advisors of the museum's History of Aviation book project. Gwynn-Jones died in Brisbane on March 28, 2008.
Provenance:
Terry Gwynn-Jones, gift, 1987, NASM.1988.0048
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial -- Freight  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Airlines  Search this
Citation:
"Wings of Gold: How the Aeroplane Developed New Guinea" Collection, Acc. NASM.1988.0048, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.1988.0048
See more items in:
"Wings of Gold: How the Aeroplane Developed New Guinea" Collection
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2429eecc9-f438-4433-9845-4049269f2db5
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-1988-0048
Online Media:

"Winnie Mae" Airplane on Exhibit in A & I Building

Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Post, Wiley  Search this
Winnie Mae (Airplane)  Search this
Arts and Industries Building  Search this
National Gallery of Art of the Smithsonian  Search this
Smithsonian Gallery of Art  Search this
National Air and Space Museum  Search this
United States National Museum  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and white; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Interior; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Exhibit
Interior
Date:
1940
Topic:
Airplanes  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Lockheed Model 5C Vega  Search this
Coins  Search this
Numismatics  Search this
Painting  Search this
Portraits  Search this
Exhibit cases  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Artifacts  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2010-3082
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_6461

"Winnie Mae" Airplane with Color Added

Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Post, Wiley  Search this
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)  Search this
Arts and Industries Building  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Interior; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Interior
Exhibit
Date:
c. 1940
Topic:
Coins  Search this
Portraits  Search this
Numismatics  Search this
Painting  Search this
Lockheed Model 5C Vega  Search this
Exhibit cases  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Winnie Mae (Airplane)  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Artifacts  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2011-1331
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_12982

"Winnie Mae" on Exhibit in the Arts and Industries Building

Author:
Unknown  Search this
Subject:
Post, Wiley  Search this
National Air and Space Museum  Search this
Arts and Industries Building  Search this
Winnie Mae (Airplane)  Search this
National Gallery of Art of the Smithsonian  Search this
Smithsonian Gallery of Art  Search this
United States National Museum  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Interior; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Interior
Photographic print
Exhibit
Date:
c. 1940
Topic:
Exhibitions  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Exhibit cases  Search this
Numismatics  Search this
Painting  Search this
Coins  Search this
Lockheed Model 5C Vega  Search this
Artifacts  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2011-1332 and 91-3702
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_8319

"Yankee Clippers Carry On" Programs

Creator:
Pan American World Airways, Inc.  Search this
Names:
Eisenhower, Mamie Doud, 1896-1979  Search this
Trippe, J. T. (Juan Terry), 1899-1981  Search this
Extent:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder, 2 booklets, 9.7 x 7 inches (25 x 18 cm))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Date:
October 16, 1958
Summary:
This collection consists of two copies of "Yankee Clippers Carry On," a program produced for the christening ceremony of the Pan American World Airways Boeing Model 707-120 "Jet Clipper America" by Mamie Eisenhower at Washington National Airport, Washington, D.C., on October 16, 1958.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of two copies of "Yankee Clippers Carry On," a 9.7 x 7 inch (25 x 18 cm) booklet produced as a program for the christening ceremony of the Pan American World Airways Boeing Model 707-120 "Jet Clipper America" (r/n N707PA). The christening was performed by Mamie Eisenhower (wife of then US President Dwight D. Eisenhower) at Washington National Airport (IATA airport code DCA), Washington, D.C., on October 16, 1958. Speakers at the event included Juan T. Trippe, President of Pan American World Airways; Sinclair Weeks, US Secretary of Commerce; H. M. (Jack) Horner, Chairman of the US Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB); William M. Allen, President, Boeing Airplane Company; Elwood R. Quesada, Special Assistant to the President of the United States (Special Adviser for Aviation), and Christian A. Herter, US Under Secretary of State. The program's dramatic front cover maritime illustration—designed to look like an engraving—depicts a Pan American Boeing 707 nicknamed "Clipper America" in flight over a three-masted clipper sailing ship.
Arrangement:
No arrangement.
Biographical / Historical:
The Boeing Model 367-80, better known as the Dash 80, a graceful, swept-winged aircraft powered by four revolutionary new jet engines, would come to revolutionize commercial air transportation when its developed version entered service as the famous Boeing 707, America's first jet airliner. Flying 100 miles per hour faster than the de Havilland Comet and significantly larger, the new Boeing jet transport, which made its first flight on July 15, 1954, had a maximum range of more than 3,500 miles. The Boeing Aircraft Company found Pan American World Airway's president Juan T. Trippe a ready customer for their new design. Trippe had been spending much of his time searching for a suitable jet airliner to enable his pioneering company to maintain its leadership in international air travel. Impressed by the aircraft's performance, Trippe worked to convince Boeing to widen the Dash 80's fuselage design to allow seating six passengers in each seat row rather than five. On October 12, 1955, Trippe placed an order with Boeing for 20 of the new airliners (now known as the 707) but also ordered 25 of Douglas's competing DC-8, which had yet to fly but could accommodate six-abreast seating. At Pan Am's insistence, the Boeing 707 was made four inches wider than the Dash 80 so that it could carry 160 passengers six-abreast. One August 15, 1958, Boeing delivered the first of Pan Am's new 707s. Two months later, on October 16, 1958, Pan Am celebrated the advent of the jet age in the United States with a ceremony held at Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C. to celebrate the christening by then-US President Dwight D. Eisenhower's wife Mamie Eisenhower of the Pan American World Airways Boeing Model 707-120 "Jet Clipper America" (r/n N707PA). Ten days later, on October 26, 1958, Pan Am began daily Boeing 707 international service between New York City and Paris, France.
Related Materials:
Aircraft in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum collection: Boeing 367-80 Jet Transport, A19730272000.
Provenance:
Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Transfer, 1992, NASM.1992.0020.0062
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Airlines  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Airplanes -- Jet propulsion  Search this
Boeing 707 Family  Search this
Citation:
"Yankee Clippers Carry On" Programs, Acc. NASM.1992.0020.0062, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.1992.0020.0062
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2ce8b6cc8-1601-48c7-b42b-029cdf8288ac
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-1992-0020-0062
Online Media:

'Board the airliner; a camera trip with the transport planes, by John J. Floherty

Author:
Floherty, John J (John Joseph) b. 1882  Search this
Physical description:
4 p. l., 96 p. front., illus. 26 cm
Type:
Juvenile literature
Date:
1934
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Call number:
TL547 .F55X
TL547.F55X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_53544

(Almost) True Comics!

Creator:
National Air and Space Museum  Search this
Type:
Blog posts
Smithsonian staff publications
Blog posts
Published Date:
Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:00:48 +0000
Topic:
Aircraft  Search this
Flight  Search this
Space  Search this
See more posts:
AirSpace
Data Source:
National Air and Space Museum
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:posts_7bde8fa54fc71ee46c5460ea7854008c

... L'uomo vola; storia e tecnica del volo. Con 178 figures nel testo e 48 tavole fuori testo

Author:
Karlson, Paul 1910-1945  Search this
Bordini, G  Search this
Physical description:
2 p. l., [vii]-viii, 317 p., 1 l. illus., 48 pl. (incl. port., facsims) on 24 l., diagrs. 26 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1943
Topic:
Aeronautics--History  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Call number:
TL515 .K314X
TL515.K314X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_52825

1921 Chanute Field Flying Circus Program

Creator:
United States. Army. Air Service  Search this
Extent:
0.01 Cubic feet (1 folder)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Programs
Date:
1921, 1922
Summary:
Floyd L. Stewart served with the Air Service Mechanics School Detachment at Chanute Field in Illinois in the 1920s. This collection consists of a program for a "Flying Circus" held by the Air Service Mechanics School at Chanute Field, Illinois, on May 30, 1921. The collection also includes a single page program of events for a separate air meet held on September 15, 1922 at Chanute Field.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of a program for a "Flying Circus" held by the Air Service Mechanics School at Chanute Field, Illinois, on May 30, 1921. The program, which measures approximately 9 by 6 inches, lists members of the school as well as including photographs of personnel, aircraft, and a list of events for the day. The collection also includes a single page program of events for a separate air meet held on September 15, 1922 at Chanute Field.
Arrangement:
Collection is in chronological order.
Biographical / Historical:
Floyd L. Stewart served with the Air Service Mechanics School Detachment at Chanute Field in Illinois in the 1920s.
Provenance:
Fred Stewart, Jr., Gift, 2021, NASM.2022.0006
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Air pilots  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Genre/Form:
Programs
Citation:
1921 Chanute Field Flying Circus Program, NASM.2022.0006, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.2022.0006
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2c02bbe6a-8e91-4c33-bb9e-690724dccd9f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-2022-0006
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1925 Coupe d'Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider (Jacques Schneider Maritime Aviation Cup) Souvenir Program

Extent:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder, 9 x 12 inch booklet (56 pages))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Place:
Baltimore (Md.) -- 1920-1930
Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) -- history
Date:
1925
Summary:
This collection consists of a souvenir program, missing its front and back covers, from the 1925 Coupe d'Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider (Jacques Schneider Maritime Aviation Cup) seaplane races held on October 24, 1925, in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of a copy of "Jacques Schneider International Seaplane Races, Baltimore, U.S.A., Bay Shore Park, October 24, 1925" issued by The Flying Club of Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland) as the official program for the 1925 Coupe d'Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider (Jacques Schneider Maritime Aviation Cup) races held on October 24 in Baltimore, Maryland. The 12 by 9 inch program (56 pages) is missing its front and back covers. Several pages have been annotated in black ink by an unidentified hand, including a scorecard on page 23.
Arrangement:
Pages are reproduced in numerical order.
Biographical / Historical:
In 1912, Jacques Schneider (1879-1928), a wealthy French industrialist and aviation enthusiast, established the Coupe d'Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider (Jacques Schneider Maritime Aviation Trophy), a competition to encourage the development of hydroaeroplanes (aircraft capable of taking off from and landing on the surface of the water such as seaplanes, floatplanes, and flying boats). The first race, in 1913, was held at Monaco; the rules dictated that the winner's country would host the following year's race. To retain the trophy, a competitor needed to win three races within a five-year period. Schneider's hope was that the competition would foster technical developments which would aid civil aviation, but by the 1920s the Schneider Trophy races had become speed competitions. Aircraft manufacturers Curtiss (United States), Supermarine (United Kingdom), Macchi (Italy) and others were encouraged by their native countries to develop designs specifically for the Schneider Trophy competitions. The 8th Schneider Trophy race—the first set to take place in the United States—was planned for 1924 but was postponed a year due to a lack of competitors. By 1925, aircraft specifically designed for the race were ready to compete on a triangular course laid out over the Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore, Maryland. On October 26, 1925, US Army Lt. James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle flew the Curtiss R3C-2 to victory for the United States with an average speed of 374 km/h (232.17 mph). The next day he flew the R3C-2 over a straight course at a world-record speed of 395 km/h (245.7 mph). A Macchi design (Macchi M.39) won the race in 1926, passing the trophy back to Italy. Supermarine designs won the 1927 (Supermarine S.5), 1929 (Supermarine S.6), and 1931 (Supermarine S.6B) competitions to permanently secure the Schneider Trophy for the United Kingdom.
Related Materials:
A heavily annotated copy of the program—which includes the missing covers—can be found in the Samuel Donovan "Don" Swann Collection, NASM.1987.0062, Box 1, Folder 9, Program, Jacques Schneider Cup International Seaplanes Races [annotated], NASM-9A20016.
Provenance:
Transfer from NASM Aeronautics Department, 2010, NASM.XXXX.0565.0095
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Aeronautics -- Competitions  Search this
Aeronautics, Military  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Air pilots  Search this
Seaplanes  Search this
advertising -- 20th century  Search this
Citation:
Coupe d'Aviation Maritime Jacques Schneider (Jacques Schneider Maritime Aviation Cup) Souvenir Program, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0565.0095, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.XXXX.0565.0095
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Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg20a7b118b-4ccd-4504-98e1-89ff62fdf985
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-0565-0095
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1993 United Kingdom and Ireland civil aircraft registers / compiled and edited by Malcolm P. Fillmore

Author:
Fillmore, Malcolm P  Search this
Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd  Search this
Physical description:
ii, 478 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Great Britain
Ireland
Date:
1993
C1993
Topic:
Airplanes--Registers  Search this
Gliders (Aeronautics)--Registers  Search this
Call number:
HE9769.G7 U48 1993
HE9769.G7U48 1993
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_448954

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