Search Digital Records
Limit your search
Item Type- Text (8)
- England (1)
- correspondence (8)
- envelopes (1)
- negatives (photographs) (1)
- In copyright (7)
- Copyright undetermined (1)
- Airplanes--Flight testing (4)
- Boeing Aircraft Company (4)
- Cook, William Hough, Jr., 1913-2012 (4)
- Aircraft accidents (3)
- Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner Family (3)
- Cook, William Hough, Sr. (3)
- Doyle, William (2)
- Aces (Fighter pilots) (1)
- Air pilots, Military (1)
- Airplanes--Motors (1)
- Boeing Model 707 Family (1)
- Drew, Donald R. (1)
- Egtvedt, Clairmont L., 1892-1975 (1)
- Guillonard, Pieter (1)
- Howard, Benjamin Odell, 1904-1970 (1)
- Menasco Motors Company (1)
- Menasco, Albert S., 1897-1988 (1)
- Sise, A. F. (1)
- Stewart, Clara (1)
- Stewart, James Clarence, 1919-2004 (1)
- Tandy, Clara (1)
- United States. Army Air Forces (1)
- Von Baumhauer, Albert Gillis (1)
- Wells, Edward C., 1910-1986 (1)
8 results
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.
Letter to Clara Stewart from her son, fighter ace James C. Stewart, July 3, 1944. Contains personal news written while Stewart was stationed in England. Discusses daily life, the status of the war, and family news. Two handwritten pages.
Part of a disassembled scrapbook containing World War II and post-war materials, circa 1943-1956.
Letter to A. F. Sise from William H. Cook, February 19, 1959. Addresses employment opportunities at Boeing and job prospects for a Mr. Opel. References the Boeing 707 and flight testing. One (1) typed page.
Letter (photographic reproduction) to A. S. Menasco, President of the Menasco Manufacturing Company, from Ben Howard, President of the Howard Aircraft Corporation, April 20, 1937. Discusses the reliability and performance of the Model B6 engines. One typed page on Howard Aircraft Corporation letterhead.
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 plane and did not notify his parents when he was bumped from the flight. Record includes the Western Union telegram received by Cook, Jr. and the…
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 was not on the flight, but that his boss, William Doyle, was killed. He also references two "KLM men" that took his spot on the flight, likely…
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, William Doyle, died in the crash. Other topics including his work at Boeing, his continuing education, and other personal news. Three (3) handwritten…
Letter to Donald R. Drew, care of William E. Boeing, from Gordon S. Williams, Assistant Manager, Boeing News Bureau, March 1, 1949. Forwards a February 15, 1949 memo written by C. L. Egtvedt, Chairman, Boeing Airplane Company, about the early days of the Boeing Company, focusing specifically on the B & W seaplane and the Boeing Model C. One typed page.