Fighter ace Rex T. Barber is interviewed by historian Bruce T. Porter about his military service with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Barber describes his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot and his time with the 449th…
In this two-part oral history, fighter ace Marshall U. Beebe is interviewed about his military service with the United States Navy. In part two, he continues to discuss the various stages of his military career, including his wartime experiences as a…
Stereograph, "Lieut. LeMaitre of French Aviation Forces in America, Explaining Mechanism of 'Nieuport' Aeroplane. Fortress Monroe, VA," Keystone View Company, circa 1914-1918. Image features Lieutenant LeMaitre explaining a mechanism on a Nieuport 17…
Photograph of several men working on a Wright (Co) Model A aircraft, Fort Myer, Virginia, July 1909. Inscription on album page: "First Wright plane purchased by U.S. government. Ft. Myer; VA, July 1909."Item from the William Preston Mayfield Wright…
Photograph of an unidentified boy holding a model rocket at the Sixth National Association of Rocketry Annual Meet (NARAM-6), Wallops Island, Virginia, 1964.
Photograph of several people weighing model rockets at the Sixth National Association of Rocketry Annual Meet (NARAM-6), Wallops Island, Virginia, 1964. Identified individuals are: Gordon Mandell (lower right).
Photograph of Tally Guill holding two model rockets at the Sixth National Association of Rocketry Annual Meet (NARAM-6), Wallops Island, Virginia, 1964.
Photograph of two young men holding a model rocket at the Sixth National Association of Rocketry Annual Meet (NARAM-6), Wallops Island, Virginia, 1964.
Photograph of an unidentified man speaking in front of a chalkboard during the Sixth National Association of Rocketry Annual Meet (NARAM-6), Wallops Island, Virginia, 1964.
Photograph of Gordon Mandell speaking in front of a chalkboard during the Sixth National Association of Rocketry Annual Meet (NARAM-6), Wallops Island, Virginia, 1964.