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[Pangborn, Herndon, and Acosta with Bellanca Skyrocket "Miss Veedol"] (Item)

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] (Item)

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…

[Invitation to Clyde E. Pangborn Testimonial Dinner] (Item)

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] (Item)

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] (Item)

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.…

[Aviation activities at Mitchel Field, New York, 1927] (Item)

Film footage of aviation activities at Mitchel Field, Garden City, New York, 1927. The footage depicts several well-known aviation events and activities by famous aviators, such as Charles Lindbergh taking off in the "Spirit of St. Louis" for his transatlantic flight; the christening of "America," Richard E. Byrd's Fokker C-2; and James Doolittle performing aerobatic maneuvers. More general…

[Audio recording of William P. Lear discussing his life story (Part 3 of 3)] (Item)

Audio recording of William P. Lear discussing his life story, Geneva, Switzerland, circa 1960s. Part 3 of 3. Handwritten label on reel: "Tape 3 and 4 - 7-62. Digital preservation 7-27-99. Bio 30-40s. AIFF-Format. WPL audio." Inscription on back of box: "'Re-housed.' [several crossed out notes]."

[Audio recording of William P. Lear discussing his life story (Part 2 of 3)] (Item)

Audio recording of William P. Lear discussing his life story, Geneva, Switzerland, circa 1960s. Part 2 of 3. Handwritten label on reel: "Digital 7/99. Side 1. Lear story, tape two." Handwritten label on box: "Tape 1 and 2, 7-62. Digital preservation 7-26-99. Bio 10-20s. AIFF-Format. WPL audio."