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Former Ryan Chief Test Pilot to Head Boeing Flight Section [ clipping] (Item)

Newspaper clipping, "Former Ryan Chief Test Pilot to Head Boeing Flight Section," from an unknown publication, circa 1940s. Discusses Fornasero's promotion to chief of the flight test section at Boeing.Part of a dissembled scrapbook of items from John Fornasero's career at the Ryan Company, 1928-1937.

[Test pilots Marvin Michael and John Fornasero at airfield] (Item)

Photograph of Boeing test pilots Marvin Michael (left) and John Fornasero (right) at an airfield, circa 1940s-1950s. Part of a dissembled scrapbook of items from John Fornasero's career at the Boeing Company, 1944-1953.

[John Fornasero and others seated at table] (Item)

Photograph of John Fornasero (fourth from left) and others seated at a table, circa 1940s-1950s. Part of a dissembled scrapbook of items from John Fornasero's career at the Boeing Company, 1944-1953.

[Boeing flight crew with Boeing XB-29 Superfortress aircraft] (Item)

Photograph of a Boeing flight crew with a Boeing XB-29 Superfortress aircraft (designation "Flying Guinea Pig"), circa 1944. Identified individuals: Bob Robbins (seated, far right) and John Fornasero (seated, second from right). The aircraft's nose art depicts a guinea pig with wings.Inscription on verso: "About 1944 / Boeing Flight Test men / Bob Robbins was first man ever to fly a 'B-47' bomber.…