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Pilot's handbook, model SB2U-2

Title:
Model SB2U-2
Author:
United Aircraft Corporation Chance Vought Aircraft Division  Search this
United States Navy Department Bureau of Aeronautics  Search this
Former owner:
Naval Aircraft Factory (U.S.) Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
14 leaves : illustrations ; 22 cm
Type:
Handbooks, manuals, etc
Handbooks and manuals
Date:
1938
[1938]
Topic:
Vindicator (Dive bomber)  Search this
Dive bombers  Search this
Attack planes  Search this
Call number:
UG1242.A28 P55773 1938
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1052346

Pilot's handbook, model SBU-2

Title:
Model SBU-2
Author:
United Aircraft Corporation Chance Vought Aircraft Division  Search this
Former owner:
Naval Aircraft Factory (U.S.) Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
24 leaves : illustrations ; 21 cm
Type:
Handbooks, manuals, etc
Handbooks and manuals
Date:
1937
1937 April 26
Topic:
SBU-2 (Dive bomber)  Search this
Dive bombers  Search this
Attack planes  Search this
Call number:
UG1242.A28 P5577 1937
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1052344

Chance Vought F4U "Corsair" : a selected bibliography and resource guide / compiled by Robert F. Dreesen ; edited by Catherine D. Scott

Author:
Dreesen, Robert F  Search this
Scott, Catherine D  Search this
Physical description:
12 leaves ; 28 cm
Type:
Bibliography
Place:
United States
Date:
1981
Topic:
Corsair (Fighter planes)  Search this
Vought aircraft  Search this
Fighter planes  Search this
Call number:
TL686.C45 D74 1981
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_745464

Folder 9 Chance Vought Aircraft, Inc., 1959-1961.

Collection Creator::
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Project Celescope  Search this
Container:
Box 17 of 20
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 260, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Project Celescope, Records
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Records
Records / Series 7: CONTRACTS FILE, 1958-1965. ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY. / Box 17
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-faru0260-refidd1e800

Paul S. Baker Papers

Creator:
Baker, Paul S.  Search this
Extent:
2.63 Cubic feet ((3 boxes))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Panoramas
Photographic prints
Negatives
Correspondence
Reports
Maps
Date:
bulk 1929-1993
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of the following: five oversized rolled panoramic unit group photographs from Brooks Field, 1929; reports from the engineering department of Chance Vought Aircraft; pilot log books; design study brochures; the flight records of Paul S. Baker; volumes 1-5 of the Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences; correspondence; maps; ten issues of The Flying Kaydet; and photographs. The reports include information on the following aircraft: Vought F4U-1 Corsair; Vought XF5U-1 Skimmer; Vought F7U-3 Cutlass; Vought XF7U-1 Cutlass; Vought XF6U-1 Pirate; and North American P-51A Mustang. The photographs include: fifteen 3 x 5 black and white photographs taken during an orientation cruise in June 1946; nine 3.5 x 4.5 black and white photographs of the Vought XOS2U-1 Kingfisher; twelve 3.5 x 4.5 black and white photographs of the Vought XSB2U-1 Vindicator taken in 1937; twelve 3 x 4.5 negatives of the XO4U-2 Cockpit Cooling tank; eight 2.5 x 4 black and white photographs of employees working in the structures section of the Chance Vought Aircraft Engineering Department; one 3 x 5 black and white photograph of the plant of the Chance Vought Corporation in East Hartford, Connecticut.
Biographical / Historical:
Paul S. Baker (born October 2, 1907), received his Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from MIT In 1929 and that same year learned to fly at Brooks Field, Texas. Baker was an experimental test pilot, chief of aerodynamics, engineering manager and chief technical engineer, for Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft and Chance Vought Aircraft - United Aircraft Corporation. Baker was active in the United States Army Air Corps Reserve, especially with the 118th Photo Section. Throughout his life, Baker was an activist for the environment and a member of several ornithological societies. After retirement, Baker began work with the Center for Conservation Biology.
Provenance:
Paul Seaman Baker, Gift, unknown
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:
Vought aircraft  Search this
Airports  Search this
Vougth F4U-1 Corsair  Search this
Vought XF5U-1 Skimmer  Search this
Vought F7U-3 Cutlass  Search this
Vought XF6U-1 Pirate  Search this
Vought XOS2U-1 Kingfisher  Search this
Vought XSB2U-1 Vindicator  Search this
North American P-51A Mustang  Search this
Vought XF7U-1 Cutlass  Search this
Periodicals  Search this
Genre/Form:
Panoramas
Photographic prints
Negatives
Correspondence
Reports
Maps
Citation:
Paul S. Baker Papers, Accession number XXXX-0655, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.XXXX.0655
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg20f7068c3-87cc-4bf7-89b9-05074a2ad6b5
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-0655

Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Mariner 2 Videohistory Collection

Extent:
2 videotapes (Reference copies). 8 digital .wmv files and .rm files (Reference copies).
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Videotapes
Transcripts
Date:
1987
Introduction:
The Smithsonian Videohistory Program, funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation from 1986 until 1992, used video in historical research. Additional collections have been added since the grant project ended. Videohistory uses the video camera as a historical research tool to record moving visual information. Video works best in historical research when recording people at work in environments, explaining artifacts, demonstrating process, or in group discussion. The experimental program recorded projects that reflected the Institution's concern with the conduct of contemporary science and technology.

Smithsonian historians participated in the program to document visual aspects of their on-going historical research. Projects covered topics in the physical and biological sciences as well as in technological design and manufacture. To capture site, process, and interaction most effectively, projects were taped in offices, factories, quarries, laboratories, observatories, and museums. Resulting footage was duplicated, transcribed, and deposited in the Smithsonian Institution Archives for scholarship, education, and exhibition. The collection is open to qualified researchers.
Descriptive Entry:
This videohistory session brought together a group of engineers, scientists, and administrators associated with Mariner to discuss the construction, launch, and operation of the country's first successful planetary probe. The interview was conducted in cooperation with the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum (NASM) and with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of a week-long series of events to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Mariner 2.

Allan A. Needell, curator at NASM, moderated the session on December 11, 1987 at the International Conference and Reception Suite, S. Dillon Ripley Center, Quadrangle Building, Smithsonian Institution. He sought to document how well the group operated as a team, specifically the process by which they -- as scientists, managers, and engineers -- worked together, even when the sense of mission and procedure differed.

This collection consists of one interview session, totalling approximately 2:40 hours of recording, and 61 pages of transcript.
Historical Note:
The Mariner 2, launched to Venus on August 27, 1962, was built at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the University of California. On December 14, 1962, the spacecraft passed within 41,000 kilometers of Venus, returning important data on the conditions of Venus and its atmosphere. This was the first successful encounter of a spacecraft with another planet. Mariner 2 also returned extremely important data on the electromagnetic and energetic particle environment of interplanetary space.

The interview group consisted of Jack Albert, Albert R. Hibbs, Lewis D. Kaplan, Jack N. James, and Oran W. Nicks. Jack Albert was born in 1923 in Dansville, New York. He attended Cornell University until 1943, prior to enlistment in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He later entered West Point and graduated in 1949 with a commission as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. In 1950 he began his career in guided missiles at Holloman Air Force Base as project officer for the X-7 Ram Jet test vehicle. He also received an M.S. degree from the University of Michigan in aeronautical engineering and eventually joined the ATLAS team at the Air Force Ballistic Missile Division in Inglewood, California. In November 1960, he directed the NASA/Agena B division which supplied the upper stage for the Mariner 2 mission.

Albert R. Hibbs was born in 1924 in Akron, Ohio. He completed a tour as an active duty ensign in the U. S. Navy before receiving a B.S. in physics from the California Institute of Technology (Cal. Tech.) in 1945. He then received an M.S. in mathematics in 1948 from the University of Chicago, and a Ph.D from Cal. Tech. in 1955. He began work at JPL in 1950 and was eventually appointed chief of the JPL Research Section.

Lewis D. Kaplan was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1917 and received a B.S. in 1939 and a Ph.D. in meteorology in 1951 from the University of Chicago. He worked for the United States Weather Bureau and then joined the Institute for Advance Study in 1953. He remained there until 1956. He received short appointments at Imperial College of the University of London and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and then accepted a joint appointment at JPL and the University of Nevada in 1961. While at JPL he was actively involved with the development of the Mariner 2 infrared radiometer. In 1970 he began teaching at the University of Chicago, where he was appointed Professor Emeritus of Meteorology.

Jack N. James was born in Dallas, Texas, in 1920 and received a B.S. in electrical engineering from Southern Methodist University. He served with the United States Navy during World War II, attended Bowdoin College and MIT, and was a naval radar instructor at Princeton University. From 1945 through 1950 he worked for General Electric and RCA, and received an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Union College. He started with JPL in 1950 and developed ground and flight radar equipment for the Corporal missile system. In 1961 he became project manager for the Mariner Venus Project. By 1967 he was appointed assistant laboratory director for Technical Divisions.

Oran W. Nicks was born in 1925 in Eldorado, Texas. He received a B.S. in mechanical engineering at the University of Oklahoma. From 1948 through 1958 he worked at North American Aviation and progressed from junior aeronautical engineer to supervisor of aerodynamics of the Navaho project to Technical Services project leader. In 1958 he was appointed project engineer at Vought Astronautics Division of Chance-Vought Aircraft, Inc. He began at NASA in 1960 as head of Lunar Flight Systems in the Office of Lunar and Planetary Programs, and became director of the Office of Lunar and Planetary Programs in 1962. He was responsible for Ranger, Surveyor, Lunar Orbiter, Mariner, and Pioneer programs.
Topic:
Astronomy  Search this
Science -- History  Search this
Technology -- History  Search this
Oral history  Search this
Interviews  Search this
Astrophysics  Search this
Genre/Form:
Videotapes
Transcripts
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9535, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Mariner 2 Videohistory Collection
Identifier:
Record Unit 9535
See more items in:
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Mariner 2 Videohistory Collection
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sia-faru9535

Vought Aircraft Heritage Foundation, 2003-2007

Collection Creator::
National Air and Space Museum. Office of the Director  Search this
Container:
Box 1 of 3
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Rights:
Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2025; Transferring office; 4/21/2011 memorandum, Wright to Frank; Contact reference staff for details.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-138, National Air and Space Museum, Office of the Director, Development Records
See more items in:
Development Records
Development Records / Box 1
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-fa11-138-refidd1e562

Other Aviation Organizations

Collection Creator:
Studenski, Paul, 1887-1961  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 9
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Permissions Requests
Collection Citation:
Paul Studenski Collection, Acc. 1989-0012, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Paul Studenski Collection
Paul Studenski Collection / Series 2: Aviation Career and Activities
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg28affac38-724b-44b3-a45b-62214df0dcae
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1989-0012-ref24
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1935 National Air Races (Cleveland), Official Program

Collection Creator:
Bendix Corporation.  Search this
Bendix Aviation Corp  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 10
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
August 30 to September 2, 1935
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection 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
Collection Citation:
Bendix Air Races Collection, Acc. NASM.1988.0115, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Bendix Air Races Collection
Bendix Air Races Collection / Series 2: Bendix Trophy Races by Year / Bendix Trophy Race, 1935
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg27f6590f9-0b9e-4d45-95d6-a4998e7b2758
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1988-0115-ref523
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National Aircraft Show (Philadelphia) Official Directory and Log

Collection Creator:
Bendix Corporation.  Search this
Bendix Aviation Corp  Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 32
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
September 3-5, 1955
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection 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
Collection Citation:
Bendix Air Races Collection, Acc. NASM.1988.0115, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Bendix Air Races Collection
Bendix Air Races Collection / Series 2: Bendix Trophy Races by Year / Bendix Trophy Race, 1955
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg26eb2cd11-bda7-4841-bca4-cfdd2469205a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1988-0115-ref590
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National Aircraft Show (Dayton, Ohio) Official Program and Log

Collection Creator:
Bendix Corporation.  Search this
Bendix Aviation Corp  Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 23
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1953
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection 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
Collection Citation:
Bendix Air Races Collection, Acc. NASM.1988.0115, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Bendix Air Races Collection
Bendix Air Races Collection / Series 2: Bendix Trophy Races by Year / Bendix Trophy Race, 1953, Publications
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg24042f5b5-f5a0-4857-ae98-5b0d7b464298
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1988-0115-ref578
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Women Flyers of America (WFA) Scrapbook

Creator:
McFadden, Mattie F.  Search this
Names:
Charles A. Lindbergh Fund, Inc.  Search this
Vought (Aircraft manufacturer)  Search this
Women Flyers of America (WFA)  Search this
McFadden, Mattie F.  Search this
Extent:
0.55 Cubic feet ((1 flatbox) (1 folder))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Newsletters
Photographs
Clippings
Correspondence
Programs
Scrapbooks
Date:
1946-1988
bulk 1946-1951
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of a scrapbook, compiled by McFadden, relating to the founding and history of the WFA, as well as with McFadden's role with the WFA. The scrapbook includes WFA convention programs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, patches, and 'The Women Flyer - Official Bulletin of the Women Flyers of America, Inc.' This donation also included a small cosmetic case with the WFA logo and McFadden's aviation pins. There is also material relating to the Charles A. Lindbergh Fund, Inc., in which McFadden participated as part of the Grants Review Panel during the 1980s.
Biographical / Historical:
The Women Flyers of America (WFA), established in July 1940, invited any women over the age of 18 to join their organization if they were interested in flying 'for sport, profession, or national emergency.' This organization helped to guide and prepare women in the various phases of aviation, and local chapters could be found in major cities across the United States. Mattie F. McFadden, an aeronautical engineer who worked for Chance Vought Aircraft Company, served as the Bridgeport, Connecticut, chapter president of the WFA and later became the national president of this organization. The organization folded in 1954.
General:
NASMrev
Provenance:
Mattie F. McFadden Estate, gift, 1998, 1998-0041, NASM
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:
Women air pilots  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Aeronautics -- Societies, etc.  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Women in aeronautics  Search this
Genre/Form:
Newsletters
Photographs
Clippings
Correspondence
Programs
Scrapbooks
Identifier:
NASM.1998.0041
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg22714296b-ae78-402f-b060-b8b5593e56cd
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-1998-0041

Vought Aircraft Heritage Foundation (VAHF) Contract, 2003

Collection Creator::
National Air and Space Museum. Space History Division  Search this
Container:
Box 5 of 10
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Rights:
Restricted for 15 years. until Jan-01-2024; Transferring office; 9/12/2018 memorandum, Johnstone to Williams; Contact reference staff for details.
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 18-267, National Air and Space Museum. Space History Division, Project Files
See more items in:
Project Files
Project Files / Box 5
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-fa18-267-refidd1e1357

Wings for the Navy, a history of Chance Vought Aircraft

Author:
United Aircraft Corporation Chance Vought Aircraft Division  Search this
Physical description:
[35] p. illus. (incl. ports., 1 mounted) plates (1 double) 21 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1943
Topic:
Airplanes, Military  Search this
Call number:
TL686.V65 U6X
TL686.V65U6X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_79338

Negative Log Book Number 18, (86-5143 to 88-15270)

Creator:
Smithsonian Institution Archives Smithsonian Photographic Services  Search this
Physical description:
Ink on paper
Type:
Logs (records)
Collection descriptions
Date:
1986
1986-1988
Topic:
Photography--History  Search this
Local number:
SIA Acc. 10-001 [SIA_10-001_NLB18]
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions. All requests for duplication and use must be submitted in writing and approved by the Smithsonian Institution Archives. Contact SIA Reference Staff for further information (email photos@si.edu)
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_367115
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Aeroplanes Vought, 1917-1977 / Gerard P. Moran

Author:
Moran, Gerard P  Search this
Subject:
Vought Corporation Systems Division  Search this
Physical description:
164 p. : ill. ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1978
C1978
Topic:
Vought aircraft  Search this
Call number:
TL686.V65 M67X
TL686.V65M67X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_121197

Vought's F-8 Crusader. Part one, Development and testing, foreign users and F8U-3 / by Steve Pace

Title:
Crusader
F-8 Crusader
Author:
Pace, Steve  Search this
Physical description:
114 p. : ill., ports. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
United States
Date:
1988
C1988
Topic:
Crusader (Jet fighter plane)  Search this
Vought aircraft  Search this
Fighter planes  Search this
Call number:
TL686.V65 P33 1988
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_983657

The Corsair, and other-- aeroplanes Vought, 1917-1977 / Gerard P. Moran

Author:
Moran, Gerard P  Search this
Subject:
Vought Corporation  Search this
Physical description:
164 p. : ill ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1991
C1991
Topic:
Vought aircraft  Search this
Corsair (Fighter plane)  Search this
Call number:
TL686.V65 M67 1991
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_960376

Chance Vought F6U Pirate / by Richard Koehnen

Title:
Vought F6U Pirate
F6U Pirate
Author:
Koehnen, Richard  Search this
Physical description:
34 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1983
C1983]
Topic:
Fighter planes  Search this
Vought aircraft  Search this
Call number:
TL686.V65 K64 1983
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_983656

Vought's F-8 Crusader. Part two, Navy and Marine RF-8 photo-recon squadrons / by Steve Ginter

Title:
Navy and Marine RF-8 photo-recon squadrons
Author:
Ginter, Steve  Search this
Physical description:
66 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1988
C1988
Topic:
Vought aircraft  Search this
Crusader (Jet fighter plane)  Search this
Call number:
TL686.V65 G555 1988
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_983592

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