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"Air Transportation 2076" Collection

Creator:
National Air and Space Museum  Search this
Extent:
0.2 Cubic feet (1 slim document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Slides (35mm transparencies)
Date:
1975-1977
Summary:
This collection consists of photographs of artist's concept color illustrations that appear to have been prepared for "Air Transportation 2076," an interactive exhibit or display in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's original Air Transportation gallery (opened July 1976) dealing with the different kinds of vehicles that might be used to transport people in the year 2076.
Scope and Contents:
The collection contains 47 color slides, 62 color 5 x 3.5 inch photographic prints, and 66 color 5 x 4 inch negatives; many of the slides, prints, and negatives are duplicates. The images show artist's concept illustrations of various types of hypothetical aircraft including a large amphibian aircraft that runs on nuclear power, an intercity transport, a personal electric fliver, an electric commuter jet, a transonic business jet, a hypersonic transport, a supersonic transport, a transonic transport, a flying wing, and a moon cruiseship with a ground to orbit shuttle. Not all of the negatives are represented as prints.
Arrangement:
Images are arranged in original order.
Biographical / Historical:
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's original Air Transportation gallery, opened July 1, 1976, in the museum's National Mall Building, explored themes of air transportation in the United States including commercial air travel, moving of mail, and government regulation of aviation. When it opened, the gallery included a number of components, including "Air Transportation 2076," an interactive exhibit or display imagining the different kinds of vehicles that might be used to transport people in the year 2076. The Air Transportation gallery was updated periodically throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and replaced in November 2007 by a new exhibition, America by Air.
Provenance:
NASM Collections, transfer, 2008, NASM.XXXX.0683
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  Search this
Space flight  Search this
Genre/Form:
Slides (35mm transparencies)
Citation:
"Air Transportation 2076" Collection, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0683, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.XXXX.0683
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg22e66c9b9-c1fe-4227-89ff-364f2ed0e1fa
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-0683
Online Media:

"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:

"Present and future prospects of commercial air transportation" statement of Donald W. Douglas, president of Douglas Aircraft Co., inc. before the President's Air Policy Commission

Author:
Douglas, Donald W (Donald Wills) 1892-1981  Search this
United States President's Air Policy Commission  Search this
Douglas Aircraft Company  Search this
Physical description:
35 p. graphs. 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1947
1947?]
Topic:
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Call number:
TL521 .D73
TL521.D73
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_158998

"Present and future prospects of commercial air transportation" statement of Donald W. Douglas, president of Douglas Aircraft Co., inc. before the President's Air Policy Commission

Author:
Douglas, Donald W (Donald Wills) 1892-1981  Search this
United States President's Air Policy Commission  Search this
Douglas Aircraft Company  Search this
Physical description:
35 p. graphs. 29 cm
Type:
Archival materials
Place:
United States
Date:
1947
1947?
Topic:
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Call number:
TL521 .D73
TL521.D73
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_164121

"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
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"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:

10 Jahre Deutsche Lufthansa, 6. Januar 1926-6. Januar 1936 ..

Author:
Deutsche Lufthansa (1926-1945)  Search this
Physical description:
96 p. col. illus. (incl. maps) fold. tab., diagrs. 31 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Germany
Date:
1936
1936]
Topic:
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Call number:
TL526.G3 D48
TL526.G3D48
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_147121

40 [i.e. Četrdeset] godina vazdušnog saobraćaja Jugoslavije. 20 [Dvadeset] godina JAT-a. Tekst, izbor fotografija i priloga: Čedomir Janić. Redakcioni odbor: Branislav Krstić [i dr.]

Author:
Janić, Čedomir  Search this
Subject:
Jugoslovenski aerotransport History  Search this
Physical description:
61, [2] p. illus. (part col.) maps, ports. 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Yugoslavia
Date:
1967
Topic:
Aeronautics, Commercial--History  Search this
Call number:
HE9865.5.A3 J3X
HE9865.5.A3 J3X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_154261

A Europe of the air? : the airline industry and European integration / Martin Staniland

Author:
Staniland, Martin  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 303 p. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
European Union countries
Date:
2008
C2008
Topic:
Aeronautics, Commercial--History  Search this
Airlines--Government policy  Search this
Aeronautics and state  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_992398

A commercial & historical atlas of the world's airways, foreword by Sir W. Sefton Brancker

Author:
Francis J. Field Ltd  Search this
Physical description:
3 p. l., [11]-85 p. illus. (maps) 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1925
[1925]
Topic:
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Call number:
HE9911.F5X 1925
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_276349

A digest and assessment of air travel forecasting techniques, by Ralph A. Calderone for course CE-299. Individual research

Author:
Calderone, Ralph A  Search this
Institute of Transportation and Traffic Engineering  Search this
Physical description:
109 l. 27 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1967
Topic:
Aeronautics, Commercial--Passenger traffic  Search this
Air travel--Mathematical models  Search this
Call number:
HE9787.C34X 1967
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_340869

A estas alturas : historias de la aviación comercial en España / Carlos Pérez San Emeterio

Author:
Pérez San Emeterio, Carlos  Search this
Physical description:
334 p. : ill., photos. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Spain
Date:
2003
Topic:
Aeronautics, Commercial--History  Search this
Call number:
HE9861.A3 P47 2003
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_731294

A guide to the Russian Federation Air Force Museum at Monino / B. Korolkov & V. Kazashvili

Author:
Korolkov, B  Search this
Kazashvili, V  Search this
Subject:
Russian Federation Air Force Museum at Monino  Search this
Physical description:
174 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Soviet Union
Date:
1996
C1996
Topic:
Aeronautics, Military--History  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_522697

A guide to the engineering professions in the aviation industries; an I.A.S. vocational guidance manual

Author:
Institute of the Aerospace Sciences  Search this
Physical description:
63 p. illus. 14 X 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1953
[1953]
Topic:
Aeronautics, Commercial--Vocational guidance  Search this
Call number:
TL561 .I55X
TL561.I55X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_181065

A historical study of the benefits derived from application of technical advances to civil aviation

Author:
Booz, Allen Applied Research Inc  Search this
United States Department of Transportation  Search this
Physical description:
2 v illus 27 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1971
Topic:
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Aeronautics--Research  Search this
Technology transfer  Search this
Aéronautique--Recherche  Search this
Transfert de technologie  Search this
Transports aériens  Search this
Call number:
TL552 .B725
TL552.B725
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_8284

A history of aviation safety : featuring the U.S. airline system / Ray Holanda

Author:
Holanda, Raymond  Search this
Physical description:
xvi, 378 p. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2009
Topic:
Aeronautics--Safety measures--History  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial--Safety measures--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1021797

A history of passenger aircraft / William Sweetman

Author:
Sweetman, William  Search this
Physical description:
251 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1979
C1979
Topic:
Airplanes  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Transport planes  Search this
Call number:
TL685.4 .S98 1979
TL685.4.S98 1979
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_273655

A history of the world's airlines [by] R. E. G. Davies. With a foreword by Peter Masefield, and maps and charts by the author

Author:
Davies, R. E. G (Ronald Edward George)  Search this
Physical description:
xxx, 591 p. illus., maps. 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1967
1967,c1964
Topic:
Airlines--History  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial--History  Search this
Call number:
TL720 .D3 1967
TL720.D3 1967
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_58089

A history of the world's airlines [by] R.E.G. Davies. With a foreword by Peter Masefield, and maps and charts by the author

Author:
Davies, R. E. G (Ronald Edward George)  Search this
Physical description:
xxx, 591 p. illus., maps. 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1964
Topic:
Airlines--History  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_777734

A new air transport policy for the North Atlantic : saving an endangered system / by Jesse J. Friedman

Author:
Friedman, Jesse J  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 142 p. ; 21 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
North Atlantic Ocean
Date:
1976
Topic:
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Airlines--Rates  Search this
Call number:
HE9777 .F74 1976X
HE9777.F74 1976X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_80744

A report to the Secretary on investigation of charter aircraft services

Author:
United States Department of Transportation Assistant Secretary for Safety and Consumer Affairs  Search this
Physical description:
v. ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1971
1971-
Topic:
Aeronautics, Commercial--Chartering  Search this
Call number:
HE9803.A35A45X 1971
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_339616

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