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Contract between the Agricultural Fair Association of Garrett County (Maryland) and William S. Luckey for exhibition flights, April 21, 1915. One typed page.

Photographic slide of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress and other aircraft at an air base, circa 1941-1942. Inscription on slide: "46." Typed caption on accompanying document: "46. B-17 takeoff position."

Audio recording of an oral history with fighter ace Paul S. Bechtel, circa 1980s-1990s. Microcassette 1 of 2. Abstract from transcript: In this two-part oral history, fighter ace Paul S. Bechtel discusses his military service with the U.S. Army Air…

Photograph album related to the life and flying career of Julius A. Barr, documenting his personal life and his time in the United States and China, circa 1929-1931. The album contains approximately 263 photographs and has a brown decorative cover…

Grade report issued to Sergeant Fred Thibodeaux, U.S. Army Air Forces, by the B-29 Division of the Flying Fortress School, September 17, 1943. One typed page with envelope.

Certificate of technical aircraft training issued to Sergeant Fred Thibodeaux by the Boeing Flying Fortress School, September 17, 1943.

Select pages from "The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine," Volume 32, Number 5, September 1886. Contains two illustrated articles about ballooning in New England: "Amateur ballooning" by Alfred E. Moore and "Balloon experiences of a timid…

Aerial photograph of Simsbury, Connecticut, taken from a balloon by photographer John G. Doughty, September 1885.

Aerial photograph of Simsbury, Connecticut, taken from a balloon by photographer John G. Doughty, September 1885. This image is a mirrored duplicate of another photograph in the collection.

Aerial photograph of the Farmington River, Connecticut, taken from a balloon by photographer John G. Doughty, September 1885.