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A brief history of airplane surface controls and the means of actuation at Boeing by W. H. Cook, August 30, 1985 (Item)
A brief history of airplane surface controls and the means of actuation at Boeing by W. H. Cook, August 30, 1985
Manuscript titled "A brief history of airplane surface controls and the means of actuation at Boeing," written by William H. Cook, Jr., August 30, 1985. Addresses different flight control surfaces used at Boeing and the development of new ones over the course of Cook's career. References a number of aircraft, including the Lockheed Constellation, the Boeing 307 Stratoliner, the Boeing 707 and 727,…
Universal Transport Model 953-326 [Technical drawing] (Item)
Universal Transport Model 953-326 [Technical drawing]
Technical drawing of the Universal Transport Model 953-326, circa 1940-1942.
[Brochure for Learadio Model T30-R3AB aircraft transmitter-receiver] (Item)
[Brochure for Learadio Model T30-R3AB aircraft transmitter-receiver]
Brochure for the Learadio Model T30-R3AB aircraft transmitter-receiver, circa 1939.
[Brochure for Learadio Model UT-6 radio transmitter] (Item)
[Brochure for Learadio Model UT-6 radio transmitter]
Brochure for the Learadio Model UT-6 radio transmitter, circa 1939.
Proposal for Retrofit of the W. P. Lear Supercritical Wing Design on Learjet Models 24 and 25 "Lear Superwing" (Item)
Proposal for Retrofit of the W. P. Lear Supercritical Wing Design on Learjet Models 24 and 25 "Lear Superwing"
Typed proposal related to a retrofitting project of the Lear Superwing, 1972-1974. Contains technical data, illustrations, and clippings.
[Letter to Edward L. Wells from his son, Edward C. Wells, postmarked August 8, 1935] (Item)
[Letter to Edward L. Wells from his son, Edward C. Wells, postmarked August 8, 1935]
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.
[Obituary for Earl A. Ferguson] (Item)
[Obituary for Earl A. Ferguson]
Newspaper clipping from unidentified newspaper, circa March 1939. Photograph and brief obituary for Boeing test pilot and engineer Earl A. Ferguson, who died in a test flight crash of a Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner on March 18, 1939
[Newspaper clippings about Julius Barr] (Item)
[Newspaper clippings about Julius Barr]
Newspaper clippings about Julius A. Barr glued to a piece of board, circa 1938-1939. Articles include two obituaries and a clipping about the first flight of the Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner.
Stratoliner in 1st test flight [Newspaper clipping] (Item)
Stratoliner in 1st test flight [Newspaper clipping]
Newspaper clipping, "Stratoliner in 1st Test Flight," from unidentified newspaper, circa December 1938 or January 1939. The article describes the first test flight of the Boeing Model 307 Stratoliner, piloted by Edmund "Eddie" Allen with Julius Barr, Earl Ferguson, Harry West, and Arthur Gaylord as crewmembers.
[Cirrus 3002 logbook #2, October 1932-September 1933] (Item)
[Cirrus 3002 logbook #2, October 1932-September 1933]
Aircraft engine maintenance logbook for the American Cirrus engine (serial number 3002) used in Dorothy Hester's Great Lakes Model 2T-1A aircraft (NC315Y), October 1932-September 1933.