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Patent documents for an airfoil control apparatus responsive to aircraft speed (patent no. 2,696,355), filed by Thorvold H. Larson, John D. Mayer, Calvin E. Pfafman, William H. Cook Jr., and John F. Kirkbride, December 7, 1954. Includes a written…

Patent documents for jettisonable fuel tanks (2,764,374), designed by Roy H. Anderson, William H. Cook, Jr., and David L. Dunn, September 25, 1956. Includes a written description of the mechanism, diagrams, and a list of related patents. Seventeen…

Engineering license for William H. Cook, Jr., issued by the Washington State Department of Licenses, January 1, 1948. Authorizes Cook to practice as a professional engineer, qualified in aeronautical engineering.

Technical report titled "Notes on the sound suppressor reverser," prepared by William H. Cook, Jr. on behalf of the Boeing Airplane Company, June 1956. Discusses possible improvements and test programs for the exit nozzle and sound suppressor…

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.…

List of personnel in the Flight and Aerodynamics Division, October 1, 1942. Notable names include Edmund T. Allen, William H. Cook, Jr., Lloyd T. Goodmanson, and George S. Schairer. Two (2) typed pages. Inscription in top-left corner: "W.H.C."

Technical drawing of the Universal Transport Model 953-326, circa 1940-1942.

Photograph of Richard "Dick" Nelson, William H. "Bill" Cook, Jr., and Wheeler Warren standing in front of Cook's Grumman G-44 Widgeon aircraft, British Columbia, circa 1950s-1960s. Inscription on verso: "1960s or 1950s. 3 Friends: (all Boeing…

Photograph of Richard L. "Dick" Rouzie, Guy M. Townsend, and William H. "Bill" Cook, Jr. posing with fish during a fishing trip at Rivers Inlet, British Columbia, circa late 1950s-1960s. Cook's Grumman G-44 Widgeon aircraft is visible behind…

Photograph of William H. Cook, Jr.'s Grumman G-44 Widgeon aircraft on the bank of an unidentified body of water, circa 1970s. The inscription notes that Cook is in the aircraft. Inscription on verso: "Circa 1970s. Bill Cook in his Grumman Widgeon."