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- Subject is exactly "Airplanes--Flight testing"
Mark Armstrong oral history interview
Born-digital video recording of an oral history with Mark Armstrong and interviewer Geoff Nunn, recorded as part of The Museum of Flight Oral History Program, October 20, 2016.
[Logbook for Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") aircraft, 1935]
![[Logbook for Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") aircraft, 1935]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/d4f476f595391d63e0f250a3d8957789.jpg "[Logbook for Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") aircraft, 1935]")
Logbook ("Log of Plane: Mod-299, MFG-1963") for the Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") aircraft, 1935. Records flight details from July 28, 1935 to October 24, 1935.
[Letter to Edward L. Wells from his son, Edward C. Wells, postmarked August 8, 1935]
![[Letter to Edward L. Wells from his son, Edward C. Wells, postmarked August 8, 1935]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/312ad9c3d44802ac64b4f22a5d4fc21f.jpg "[Letter to Edward L. Wells from his son, Edward C. Wells, postmarked August 8, 1935]")
Letter to Edward L. Wells from his son, Edward C. Wells, postmarked August 8, 1935. Notes that he has been selected as part of the test crew for the Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress aircraft. Three handwritten pages and envelope.
[Tracking chart for flight test program]
![[Tracking chart for flight test program]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/52e220ff66c6e80715b0f2766628c66f.jpg "[Tracking chart for flight test program]")
Tracking chart for a flight test program, circa 1940-1942. Tracks aircraft part installations and flights in various aircraft, including the Boeing B-17C, Boeing B-17E, Fairchild PT-19A, and Boeing XPBB. "W. Cook" [William Cook] is written on page 1.…
[Telegram to William H. Cook, Jr. from William H. Cook, Sr., March 19, 1939]
![[Telegram to William H. Cook, Jr. from William H. Cook, Sr., March 19, 1939]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/720be55aecfb24a7ba61113b3c95f859.jpg "[Telegram to William H. Cook, Jr. from William H. Cook, Sr., March 19, 1939]")
Telegram to William H. Cook, Jr. from his father, William H. Cook, Sr., March 19, 1939. Requests a response from Cook, Jr. following the crash of a Boeing 307 Stratoliner during a test flight on March 18, 1939. Cook, Jr. was supposed to be aboard the…
[Telegram to William H. Cook, Sr. from William H. Cook, Jr., March 19, 1939]
![[Telegram to William H. Cook, Sr. from William H. Cook, Jr., March 19, 1939]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/d1ce84bb18993f1dc169461ed5bce748.jpg "[Telegram to William H. Cook, Sr. from William H. Cook, Jr., March 19, 1939]")
Telegram to William H. Cook, Sr. from his son, William H. Cook, Jr., March 19, 1939. Responds to Cook, Sr.'s previous telegram about the crash of a Boeing 307 Stratoliner during a test flight on March 18, 1939. Cook, Jr. states that he is okay, as he…
[Letter to Mr. and Mrs. William H. Cook, Sr. from William H. Cook, Jr., March 27, 1939]
![[Letter to Mr. and Mrs. William H. Cook, Sr. from William H. Cook, Jr., March 27, 1939]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/685fc220de7ea9ac31f01f5e7d4da568.jpg "[Letter to Mr. and Mrs. William H. Cook, Sr. from William H. Cook, Jr., March 27, 1939]")
Letter to Mr. and Mrs. William H. Cook, Sr. from their son, William H. Cook, Jr., March 27, 1939. Addresses the crash of a Boeing 307 Stratoliner during a test flight on March 18, 1939 and describes the ongoing investigation and impact; Cook's boss,…
[Memorial program for Boeing 307 Stratoliner crash victims, March 22, 1939]
![[Memorial program for Boeing 307 Stratoliner crash victims, March 22, 1939]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/0d47b46e74da53ebb21bb731450325a9.jpg "[Memorial program for Boeing 307 Stratoliner crash victims, March 22, 1939]")
Program for a memorial service honoring the victims of a Boeing 307 Stratoliner crash, March 22, 1939. The crash occurred on March 18, 1939 during a test flight in Washington State. The program lists the ten victims: Julius Augustus Barr, Albert G.…
A brief history of airplane surface controls and the means of actuation at Boeing by W. H. Cook, August 30, 1985
Manuscript titled "A brief history of airplane surface controls and the means of actuation at Boeing," written by William H. Cook, Jr., August 30, 1985. Addresses different flight control surfaces used at Boeing and the development of new ones over…
[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 146, Folder 1 - Congratulatory correspondence regarding first flight of E-001 (N626BL), 1981 January - February]
![[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 146, Folder 1 - Congratulatory correspondence regarding first flight of E-001 (N626BL), 1981 January - February]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/18cb0f77465230a44860db9e81eb64b6.jpg "[William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 146, Folder 1 - Congratulatory correspondence regarding first flight of E-001 (N626BL), 1981 January - February]")
Items from Box 146, Folder 1 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, January - February 1981. Contains congratulatory correspondences and photographs regarding the first flight of the Lear Fan E-001 (N626BL). 54 total items.