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[Women standing outside Pancake Kitchen, Mineola, New York]
Photograph of several women standing outside the Pancake Kitchen restaurant, Mineola, New York, October 1963. Inscription on verso: "Oct 1963. Outside Pancake Kitchen, Mineola. Freida, Isabelle, Didi (Grandma McGeary). Children – Don - Freida, Isabelle and [illegible]."
Ranking aces of World War to be entertained today by old commander in luxury dawn patrol over city
Press release, "Ranking aces of World War to be entertained today by old commander in luxury dawn patrol over city," from the American Legion Army-Navy Club (New York, New York), November 11, 1938. Describes a reunion of First Pursuit Group members, hosted by former commander Colonel Harold E. Hartney. The event included a banquet and commemorative flight over New York.
[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute diploma for William Hough Cook, Jr.]
Diploma for William Hough Cook, Jr., issued by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, June 16, 1934. Awards Cook a degree in mechanical engineering.
[Pangborn, Herndon, and Acosta with Bellanca Skyrocket "Miss Veedol"]
Photograph of Clyde Pangborn (right), Bert Acosta (center), and Hugh Herndon (left) shaking hands in front of "Miss Veedol," a Bellanca Skyrocket CH-400 aircraft (tail number NR796W), at Roosevelt Field, New York, circa 1931.Typed caption on verso: "Herndon-Pangborn Round-The-World-Flight. 138 – Bert Acosta, noted flyer, wishes Hugh Herndon, Jr. (left) and Clyde E. Pangborn, 'Happy Landings',…
[Window display featuring Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon's trans-Pacific flight]
Photograph of a Great Northern Railway window display featuring Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon's trans-Pacific flight, New York, New York, circa 1930s. The display includes photographs of Pangborn and Herndon and a poem about visiting Wenatchee, Washington, where the pair landed at the end of their flight. Poem: "An apple falling from a tree, / Made Newton think of gravity: / The apple then is…
[Burnelli (Upperçu-Burnelli) UB-14]
Photograph of a Burnelli (Upperçu-Burnelli) UB-14 aircraft (wing number X-15320) in flight over New York City, New York, circa 1930s. Stamped on verso: "Burnelli Aircraft Ltd. Keyport, N.J."
Around the World Night of the Circumnavigators Club
Booklet titled "Around the World Night of the Circumnavigators Club," Ford Motor Company, June, 27, 1940. Souvenir passport and program for an event at the New York World's Fair. Includes a list of guests and speakers, a menu, and lyrics for the Circumnavigators Club Song. Fourteen (14) pages.
[Invitation to Clyde E. Pangborn Testimonial Dinner]
Invitation to the Clyde E. Pangborn Testimonial Dinner, held at the Hotel Manhattan in New York City, New York, March 20, 1958.
[Adventurers' Club Inc. of New York membership card]
Membership card issued to Clyde Pangborn by the Adventurers' Club Inc. of New York, December 31, 1936.
[Footage from American Airlines flights between New York, Michigan, and Massachusetts, circa 1940s]
Film footage taken during American Airlines flights between New York City (New York), Detroit (Michigan), and Boston (Massachusetts), including travel footage in those cities, circa 1940s. The footage begins with shots of American Airlines Douglas DC-3 aircraft (visible tail numbers NC17334, NC16018, NC16109) at an unidentified airport and shots of flight attendants and pilots in their uniforms.…