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Photograph of William S. "Bill" Brock, a Gates Flying Circus pilot, in front of aircraft, circa early 1920s.Inscription on verso: "Billy Brock; William S. (Bill) Brock; Pilot - 'Gates Flying Circus.' (Joined in New Orleans). Joined [blank]. Left…

Photograph of Tommy Thompson, a Gates Flying Circus pilot, sitting in the cockpit of an airplane, circa 1923-1924.Inscription on verso: "Tommy Thompson. He is up around Salt Lake now I think. He left us a year ago. With Gates Flying Circus 1923-1924.…

Song lyrics, "The Copilot's Lament," circa 1940s. One typed page on United Air Lines Communications stationery.

Newspaper clipping, "Soirs de Paris: Le Capitaine Lindbergh au théâtre," from unidentified French-language newspaper, circa May 1927. Reports on Lindbergh's visit to France and the gala being held in his honor at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées.

Vietnam War veteran Roy Church is interviewed about his service with the United States Marine Corps and his careers as a corporate and contract pilot. He discusses his experiences as a Marine aviator during the 1960s, including his time stationed at…

Photograph of Rosalie Gordon's rescue after her parachute became entangled in the landing gear of a Standard J-1 aircraft, Houston, Texas, March 1924. Gordon hangs beneath Clyde Pangborn and Milton Girten's plane while a second J-1, piloted by Freddy…

Photograph of pilot Royal Leonard in China, circa 1934-1937. Photo from album page 63.Inscription on album page: "Pilot Royal Leonard."Part of the Julius A. Barr photograph album containing three hundred and thirty-nine (339) black-and-white…

Photograph of Julius A. Barr (left) and Dr. Miller standing next to pigskin rafts on the bank of the Yellow River in Lanzhou, China, circa 1934-1937. Photo from album page 73.Inscription on album page: "Pilot Barr + Dr. Miller."Part of the Julius A.…

Photograph of Olen Honberger, a Gates Flying Circus stuntman, leaning on the propeller of an airplane, circa 1920s.Inscription on verso: "Olen Honberger. He learned wing-walking with me. You saw him at Spokane when those two fellows were killed."

Cookbook titled "Northwest 99 Stove Pilot Cookbook," created by the Northwest chapter of the Ninety-Nines (International Organization of Women Pilots), 1958. Cover includes a hand-drawn illustration of states from the Northwest region of the…