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North American XB-70-1

Creator:
North American Aviation, Inc.  Search this
Names:
American Supersonic Transport Program  Search this
North American Aviation, Inc.  Search this
Extent:
0.36 Cubic feet ((1 letter document box))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Drawings
Reports
Date:
1970
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of drawings and reports relating to XB-70 Wind Tunnel Model, 1970.
Biographical / Historical:
The XB-70 was conceived in 1954 as a subsonic bomber capable of short supersonic dashes. In December of 1957, North American won a competition with Boeing for development of the new bomber. The government decided to build only two of this aircraft, and they were to be used purely for high-speed research. During the testing program, the second Valkyrie was lost in a midair collision. The first Valkyrie was then re-instrumented and served as a flying laboratory for the American Supersonic Transport program and in 1969 it was delivered to the US Air Force Museum.
General:
NASMrev
Provenance:
Found in collection, unknown, unknown, 1996-0059, unknown
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
Wind tunnel models  Search this
Aircraft industry -- United States  Search this
Aircraft industry  Search this
Supersonic bombers  Search this
Supersonic transport planes  Search this
Supersonic planes  Search this
Aircraft industry -- United States  Search this
Airplanes -- Design and construction  Search this
North American XB-70A (RS-70) Valkyrie  Search this
North American XB-70A (RS-70) Valkyrie Wind Tunnel Model  Search this
Aeronautics, Military -- Research  Search this
Aeronautics, Military  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Aeronautical laboratories  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Reports
Identifier:
NASM.1996.0059
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg252550581-f8f0-4c2e-8fe6-0ab588db1e8c
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-1996-0059

Frederick K. Gampper, Jr. Airship Collection

Creator:
Gampper, Frederick K., Jr.  Search this
Names:
Commerical Airship Syndicate, Ltd.  Search this
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company  Search this
Gampper, Frederick K., Jr.  Search this
Extent:
0.45 Cubic feet ((1 legal document box))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Drawings
Manuals
Photographs
Clippings
Date:
1917-1925
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of blueprints, a manual, newspaper articles, brochures and photographs of airships and balloons during the early part of the 20th century, usually relating to Gampper's career. The airships included are the Roma, the Wingfoot Express, and the Pony Blimp at Commercial Air Syndicate.
Biographical / Historical:
Frederick K. Gampper, Jr., began his aviation career in 1917. During the late 1910s and early 1920s, Gampper worked for the dirigible department at Goodyear Rubber Company where he was a supervisor of dirigible construction in Key West, an airship pilot, and trained other pilots for Goodyear. After his stint at Goodyear, Gampper helped raise stock for the Commercial Airship Syndicate, LTD., which would have been the first commercial airship airline in the United States. The night before the commencement of the company's schedule began, however, a storm destroyed the airship. Gampper's dirigible balloon pilot's license was no. #53, his Spherical Balloon Aero Club of America license was no. #655.
General:
NASMrev
Provenance:
James M. Gampper and Frederick K. Gampper III, gift, 1993, 1993-0062, NASM
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
Goodyear Wingfoot Express (Airship)  Search this
Goodyear Pony Blimp (Airship)  Search this
Roma (Italian SCA T.34) (Airship)  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States  Search this
Aeronautics, Military  Search this
Airships  Search this
Genre/Form:
Drawings
Manuals
Photographs
Clippings
Identifier:
NASM.1993.0062
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg22831f0f7-b32c-4ea9-9510-4d631e4f4e4b
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-1993-0062

Correspondence and newspaper clippings

Collection Creator:
Brooks, Arthur Raymond, 1895-1991  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 19
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
April-July 1920
Scope and Contents:
Brooks, Banks, and Smith Corporation.
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Collection Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Arthur Raymond Brooks Collection, NASM.1989.0104, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
See more items in:
Arthur Raymond Brooks Collection
Arthur Raymond Brooks Collection / Series 1: Professional Materials / 1.2: Correspondence
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2cb595413-692a-4869-8a87-88b1703f469a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1989-0104-ref85
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Fred Wiseman Scrapbook

Creator:
Wiseman, Frederick J., 1875-1961  Search this
Names:
Early Birds of Aviation (Organization).  Search this
Wiseman-Peters (Fred Wiseman and J. W. Peters) (Aircraft manufacturer)  Search this
Extent:
0.59 Cubic feet (1 flatbox)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Tickets
Correspondence
Clippings
Date:
1909-1968
bulk [ca. 1910s, 1950s]
Summary:
Fred Wiseman, along with J. W. Peters and D.C. Prentiss, built a biplane named the Wiseman-Peters. During July 1910, both Peters and Wiseman flew the Wiseman-Peters and the following year Wiseman entered the 1911 Aviation Meet at Selfridge Field, Michigan. On February 17, 1911, Wiseman made the first airplane-carried mail flight officially sanctioned by any local U.S. post office and made available to the public when he carried mail, a bundle of newspapers and a sack of groceries from Petaluma, CA, to Santa Rosa, CA. After the 1911 season, Wiseman gave up flying.

This collection consists of a large scrapbook. Inside the scrapbook are newspaper clippings, correspondence, 1st Day Covers, race tickets, and photographs chronicling both Wiseman's automobile and aviation careers.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of a large scrapbook. Inside the scrapbook are newspaper clippings, correspondence, 1st Day Covers, race tickets, and photographs chronicling both Wiseman's automobile and aviation careers.

Note: The digital images in this finding aid were repurposed from scans made by an outside contractor for a commercial product and may show irregular cropping and orientation in addition to color variations resulting from damage to and deterioration of the original objects.
Arrangement:
Materials are in the order the donor attached them to the scrapbook. Correspondence is often located within the envelope that is attached to the scrapbook. Some materials are loose and have been left in the arrangement in which they were found, unless a portion of a newspaper article could be matched to its other parts.
Biographical / Historical:
Fred Wiseman (1875-1961) was born in Santa Rosa, California, and after attending local schools he engaged in both the bicycle and automotive businesses. Wiseman won considerable fame racing Stoddard-Dayton cars on the West Coast as well as in the Chicago area. He became interested in aviation after attending the Wright brothers' homecoming celebration in 1909 and the first Los Angeles aviation meet at Dominguez Field in 1910.

After these two events, Wiseman was convinced he wanted to learn to fly and so he returned to his home in Santa Rosa and persuaded Ben Noonan to put up $10,000 to build a plane. Wiseman, along with J. W. Peters and D.C. Prentiss, built a biplane named the Wiseman-Peters. During July 1910, both Peters and Wiseman flew the Wiseman-Peters and the following year Wiseman entered the 1911 Aviation Meet at Selfridge Field, Michigan.

On February 17, 1911, Wiseman made the first airplane-carried mail flight officially sanctioned by any local U.S. post office and made available to the public when he carried mail, a bundle of newspapers and a sack of groceries from Petaluma, CA, to Santa Rosa, CA. (The first air mail flight sanctioned by the U.S. Post Office in Washington, D.C., took place on September 23, 1911, when Earle Ovington carried mail from Garden City, Long Island, to Mineola; and the first continuously scheduled U.S. air mail service began on May 15, 1918, with routes between Washington, Philadelphia, and New York.)

During 1911, Wiseman had an active season of exhibition work, including flying for one week at the California State Fair. However, after this season Wiseman gave up flying because he thought there was no future in it. He sold his plane and returned to the automobile business. He later worked for Standard Oil Company of California. Wiseman was a member of the Early Birds of Aviation, an organization of pilots who flew solo in an aircraft prior to December 17, 1916.

Weldon Cooke, another pioneer aviator from California, bought and modified the Wiseman-Peters aircraft, renaming it the Wiseman-Cooke. Cooke flew the Wiseman-Cooke for exhibition and air mail flights. The Wiseman-Cooke aircraft is currently part of the Smithsonian Institution's collections.
Provenance:
No donor information, Gift?, unknown, XXXX-0618, unknown
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
Automobile racing  Search this
Air mail service  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Aeronautics -- Exhibitions  Search this
Airplane racing  Search this
Aeronautics -- Competitions  Search this
Aeronautics -- 1903-1916  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Air pilots  Search this
Wiseman-Peters #2 Biplane (1910)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Tickets
Correspondence
Clippings
Citation:
Fred Wiseman Scrapbook, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0618, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.XXXX.0618
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2b1a6ef9c-06ed-414f-adc3-98f31de066e0
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-0618
Online Media:

L'aviation et son impact sur le temps et l'espace [dirigé par] Dominique Faria, Alan Dobson, António Monteiro et Luís Nuno Rodrigues

Editor:
Faria, Dominique  Search this
Dobson, A (Alan)  Search this
Monteiro, António  Search this
Rodrigues, Luís Nuno  Search this
Physical description:
425 pages illustrations 22 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2019
Topic:
Space and time  Search this
Aeronautics--History  Search this
Aviation psychology  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Transports ǎriens--Dans la litťrature  Search this
Transports ǎriens--Dans l'art  Search this
Transports ǎriens--Influence  Search this
Civilisation  Search this
Transports ǎriens--Histoire  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1114990

Sovereign skies the origins of American civil aviation policy Sean Seyer

Title:
Origins of American civil aviation policy
Author:
Seyer, Sean 1979-  Search this
Physical description:
viii, 299 pages illustrations, map 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Place:
United States
États-Unis
Date:
2021
Topic:
Aeronautics, Commercial--Law and legislation--History  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial--Government policy--History  Search this
Aeronautics and state  Search this
Transports aériens--Politique gouvernementale--Histoire  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial--Government policy  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial--Law and legislation  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1158751

Denver Congress on Air Age Education. [proceedings]

Title:
[Proceedings]
Author:
Denver Congress on Air Age Education  Search this
University of Denver Social Science Foundation  Search this
Physical description:
v. : plates, ports. ; 24 cm
Type:
Periodicals
Congresses
Date:
1945
[c1946-
Topic:
Aeronautics and civilization  Search this
Education  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Call number:
LB1841.D4 D4X
LB1841.D4D4X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_130087

The use of airspace and outer space for all mankind in the 21st century : proceedings of the International Conference on Air Transport and Space Application in a New World held in Tokyo form 2-5 June 1993 / edited by Chia-Jui Cheng

Author:
International Conference on Air Transport and Space Application in a New World (1993 : Tokyo, Japan)  Search this
Cheng, Jiarui  Search this
Physical description:
xxiii, 353 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Type:
Congresses
Forecasts
Date:
1995
C1995
Topic:
Aeronautics, Commercial--Law and legislation--Forecasting  Search this
Space law--Forecasting  Search this
Twenty-first century  Search this
Call number:
JX5810 .I61 1993
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_486182

From airships to airbus : the history of civil and commercial aviation

Author:
International Conference on the History of Civil and Commercial Aviation (1992 : Lucerne, Switzerland)  Search this
Leary, William M (William Matthew) 1934-  Search this
Trimble, William F. 1947-  Search this
Physical description:
2 v. : ill., charts, plans ; 24 cm
Type:
Congresses
Date:
1995
C1995
Topic:
Aeronautics, Commercial--History  Search this
Private flying--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_476400

Airline mergers and cooperation in the European Community / edited by P.D. Dagtoglou and T. Soames

Title:
European Air Law Association papers
Author:
Dagtoglou, P. D (Prodromos D.)  Search this
Soames, T (Trevor)  Search this
Physical description:
122 p. ; 25 cm
Type:
Congresses
Place:
European Economic Community countries
Date:
1991
C1991
Topic:
Aeronautics, Commercial--Law and legislation  Search this
Call number:
KJE6920 .A89 1990
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_453576

Correspondence, 1965-2019

Creator:
National Air and Space Museum (U.S.) Aeronautics Department  Search this
Subject:
National Air and Space Museum (U.S.) Aeronautics Division  Search this
National Air and Space Museum (U.S.) Department of Aeronautics  Search this
Physical description:
34.5 cu. ft. processed holdings
15 cu. ft. unprocessed holdings
Type:
Manuscripts
Clippings
Newsletters
Picture postcards
Color photographs
Black-and-white photographs
Drawings
Compact discs
Electronic records
Electronic mail
Date:
1965
1965-2019
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Aeronautical museums  Search this
Museum curators  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial--History  Search this
Aeronautics--History  Search this
Museum exhibits  Search this
Aeronautics, Military  Search this
Local number:
SIA RS00700
See more items in:
Correspondence 1965-2019 [National Air and Space Museum (U.S.) Aeronautics Department]
Data Source:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_arc_219826

Pan American Airways (Pan Am) Promotional Color Slides Collection

Creator:
Pan American World Airways, Inc.  Search this
Extent:
0.07 Cubic feet (2 folders, One 16 x 20 inch black and white print photograph, 59 color slides (35 mm color transparencies))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Slides (photographs)
Photographs
Place:
Bahamas
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Jamaica
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
United Kingdom -- England
Date:
1930-1965
bulk 1946-1955
Summary:
This collection consists of 59 Pan American Airways (Pan Am) promotional 35 mm color slides from Howard V. Norton, a Pan Am Sales Representative in Washington, D.C., from 1942-1965 where his duties included promoting Pan Am to travel agents and organizing round the world tour groups. Collection also includes an oversized print of Pan American International Airport in Miami, Florida, taken in 1930.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of 59 color slides used in Pan American Airways (Pan Am) promotional presentations, and one 16 x 20 inch black and white aerial photograph of Pan American International Airport in Miami, Florida taken in 1930. The slides include Pan Am route maps and in-flight, group, and interior views of Pan Am aircraft including Curtiss C-46, Douglas DC-4, Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas, and Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser airliners. Specific themed groups promote tourist travel via Pan Am to the Caribbean (Cuba, Bahamas, Haiti, Dominican Republic, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Jamaica) circa 1946-1950 (22 slides in Pan Am mounts), travel on the Stratocruiser circa 1949-1955, and tourist travel to England (UK) in the same period. The collection also includes three color slides of photographs taken by Howard V. Norton of various travel groups posed with Pan Am Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas airliners (circa 1956-1965).
Arrangement:
Collection is arranged by content type. Oversized photograph and slides are housed and stored separately. Slides are grouped by thematic content.
Biographical / Historical:
Pan American Airways (Pan Am) was active in the airline industry from 1927, when it established a regular scheduled international service, to its bankruptcy in late 1991. Pan Am was the first American airline to operate a permanent international air service. From its first route between Key West and Havana, Pan Am extended its routes into the rest of the Caribbean, Central America and South America. In 1936, Pan Am inaugurated passenger service in the Pacific, and began service in the Atlantic in 1939. Pan Am started around-the-world commercial air service in 1947. Besides setting many "firsts" with routes, Pan Am also established "firsts" in the aircraft technology they chose, such as being the first to use Boeing Model 747s in regular scheduled services. Howard V. Norton was a Pan Am Sales Representative in Washington, D.C. from 1942-1965 where his duties included promoting Pan Am to travel agents and organizing round the world tour groups.
Provenance:
Robert H. Norton, Gift, 2009, NASM.2009.0013
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Aeronautics -- Flights  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Airlines  Search this
Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser Family  Search this
Douglas DC-4  Search this
Douglas DC-7  Search this
Tourism  Search this
Genre/Form:
Slides (photographs)
Photographs
Citation:
Pan American Airways (Pan Am) Photographic Collection, Accession 2009-0013, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.2009.0013
See more items in:
Pan American Airways (Pan Am) Promotional Color Slides Collection
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2fd62b7d4-cecd-441b-8784-4b7bce75d08f
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-2009-0013
Online Media:

Glenn L. Martin Scrapbook and Certificates Collection

Creator:
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences  Search this
Names:
Wright-Martin Aircraft Co.  Search this
Martin, Glenn L., 1886-1955  Search this
Extent:
1.82 Cubic feet ((2 flatboxes))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Certificates
Scrapbooks
Clippings
Photographs
Date:
1910-1920
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of one large format scrapbook of photographic-quality photocopies of clippings relating to the life and career of Glenn L. Martin presented to him by the Institute of Aeronautical Sciences. Also included are 30 certificates and two oversized photographs: a signed photo of G.C. Marshall and one featuring a group of 22 men on the wing of a Martin JRM Mars.
Biographical / Historical:
Glenn L. Martin (1886-1955) was an early aviator and aircraft designer. Beginning in 1910, he quickly broke many flight records and designed and manufactured aircraft for both governments and private individuals. In 1916, he formed Wright-Martin Aircraft Aircraft Co., which included ownership of the Simplex Automobile Co. Moving his aircraft from Los Angeles to Cleveland, he continued to design and manufacture aircraft. Later, he moved his plant to the Baltimore area, where maintained the largest privately owned aircraft business in the world.
General:
NASMrev
Provenance:
Delia Martin, gift, unknown, XXXX-0018, unknown
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
Martin JRM Mars Family  Search this
Aircraft industry -- United States  Search this
Aircraft industry  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Genre/Form:
Certificates
Scrapbooks
Clippings
Photographs
Identifier:
NASM.XXXX.0018
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg26639c033-ca1c-43fa-be3c-44ede44f3fe6
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-0018

John Matthew Miller III Collection

Creator:
Miller, John Matthew, III, 1896-  Search this
Names:
Kellet Autogiro Corp  Search this
Miller Aviation Corp (John Matthew Miller III) (Aircraft manufacturer) (1927-1929)  Search this
New Brunswick (NJ) Aero Club  Search this
Pitcairn (Pitcairn-Cierva)  Search this
Pitcairn Autogiro Co, Inc.  Search this
Pitcairn Aviation  Search this
Johnson, Robert Woods  Search this
Miller, John Matthew, III, 1896-  Search this
Extent:
0.8 Cubic feet (1 legal document box, 1 slim legal document box, 1 map folder (18 x 48 inches))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Financial records
Correspondence
Clippings
Pamphlets
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Logs (records)
Date:
1910-1973
Summary:
John Matthew Miller III (born June 3, 1896) was active in aviation throughout his life, as a naval aviator, air mail pilot, transport pilot, autogiro pilot, flight instructor, aircraft manufacturer, airport operator, agricultural pilot, and helicopter test pilot, working at different times for the United States Navy, the U.S. Aerial Mail Service, Pitcairn Aeronautical Corporation, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture; from 1927-1929 Miller operated his own business, the Miller Aviation Corporation of New Brunswick, New Jersey. The collection includes Miller's pilot licenses and log books, scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings and assorted ephemera, predominantly from the 1914 to 1939 period of Miller's life.
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains both original materials and photocopies of materials loaned by the donor for copying. Original materials include Miller's United States Navy Naval Aviator Certificate, an aircraft log book for the Curtiss Seagull "Jacques Cartier" (owned by The Chicago Tribune), a photo album entitled "The Miller Corporation, New Brunswick Airport" featuring images of the Miller (Corp) MCA-1 Amphibian Biplane, assorted loose photographs, correspondence from Robert Woods Johnson (of Johnson & Johnson), two panoramic group photographs of the US Navy Flight A Naval Aviation detachment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1917, newspaper clippings (several covering James G. Ray's autogiro flight over Washington, DC in 1934), assorted ephemera relating to Miller's aviation career, and two bound books: Flying Officers of the U.S.N. (US Navy): 1917-1919 and Saga of the US Air Mail Service: 1918-1927, (Air Mail Pioneers, Inc., 1962). Photocopied materials include two of Miller's pilot log books, two of Miller's pilot licenses, a scrapbook, and selected pages from additional scrapbooks from which individual photographs were copied by the National Air and Space Museum in 2001. The collection also includes Smithsonian Institution numbered copy prints of these selected photographs.
Arrangement:
Materials in this collection are grouped into Series by type; materials within a series are generally arranged chronologically, grouped by subject.
Biographical / Historical:
John Matthew Miller III was born June 3, 1896, at Tacoma, Washington. As a teenager, Miller came east to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and found summer employment with the Burgess Company aircraft manufacturers at Marblehead, Massachusetts. In 1917, following the entry of the United States into World War I, Miller was accepted into the Massachusetts School for Naval Air Service (Flight A Naval Aviation detachment at MIT), and, after two months, moved on to elementary flying instruction at Hampton Roads, Virginia, and then advanced instruction at Pensacola, Florida. He was commissioned into the United States Naval Air Service as an Ensign on March 16, 1918, and stationed at Naval Air Station Rockaway Beach, New York, where he performed patrol and convoy work off New York harbor, until ordered to inactive duty on December 15, 1918. Miller promptly joined the US Aerial Mail Service; after training in Dayton Wright DH-4 air mailplanes at Belmont Park, Long Island, Miller was posted to Bustleton, Pennsylvania, as station manager. Following his two years of air mail service, Miller worked at a number of aviation jobs, including time with the America Trans Oceanic Company (Miami, Florida, 1920), survey flights in Quebec (Canada, 1922), and managing operations for Pitcairn Aeronautical Corporation at their base adjacent to Hadley Field in South Plainfield, New Jersey (the New York terminal for the New York to Chicago and New York to Atlanta air mail routes). Miller was an active member of the New Brunswick (NJ) Aero Club, owners of a Pitcairn PA-3 Orowing based at Pitcairn's field. On August 1, 1927, Miller organized the Miller Aviation Corporation, operating out of New Brunswick Airport (a.k.a. "Miller Field"), a short-lived airfield located southwest of the city of New Brunswick. Miller Aviation offered flying instruction, local sightseeing flights, and charter passenger flights in the mid-Atlantic seaboard region. In 1928-1929, the Miller Aviation Corporation designed, constructed, and tested the Miller (Corp) MCA-1 Amphibian Biplane; sadly, the aircraft crashed during its first ground landing. After his company failed, Miller returned to Pitcairn Aeronautical as an autogiro pilot, making a number of flights through the 1930s for Pitcairn, the US Department of Agriculture, and others. During World War II, Miller temporarily rejoined the Navy as a Lieutenant Commander, serving as a helicopter test pilot at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland. Miller later worked for the Department of Agriculture until his retirement in 1956.

NOTE: John Matthew Miller III (born 1896, died circa 1980s), the subject of this collection, should not be confused with fellow air mail and autogiro pilot John McDonald "Johnny" Miller (1905-2008), occasionally referenced in this collection. Johnny Miller was more closely associated with the Kellett Autogiro Corp (Philadelphia, PA), and was famous for being the first to land an aircraft on the roof of a building.
Provenance:
Lee M. Gunther-Mohr, Gift, 2001, NASM.2001.0036.
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
Burgess Aircraft Family  Search this
Autogiros  Search this
Aircraft industry -- United States  Search this
Aircraft industry  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Aeronautics -- Societies, etc.  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Pitcairn PCA-2 Autogiro  Search this
Miller Corp MCA-1 Amphibian Biplane  Search this
Kellett Autogiro Family  Search this
Pitcairn PA-3 Orowing  Search this
Waco 10 Family (Aircraft)  Search this
Genre/Form:
Financial records
Correspondence
Clippings
Pamphlets
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Logs (records)
Scrapbooks
Citation:
John Matthew Miller III Collection, Acc. NASM.2001.0036, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.2001.0036
See more items in:
John Matthew Miller III Collection
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2a83059ef-9c92-493a-968b-5c76acd10a91
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-2001-0036
Online Media:

"An Album of International Air Liners"

Creator:
John Player & Sons  Search this
Extent:
0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Albums
Date:
Circa 1935
Summary:
This collection consists of "An Album of International Air Liners" issued by John Player & Sons, circa 1935. The album was designed to house "Player's cigarettes" cards collected from packages and this example contains all fifty cards in the series.
Scope and Contents:
This collection consists of "An Album of International Air Liners" issued by John Player & Sons, circa 1935. The album was designed to house "Player's cigarettes" cards collected from packages and this example contains all fifty cards in the series. Airlines represented in the album include Imperial Airways (UK); SABENA (Belgium); Czechoslovak Airline (ČLS) (Czechoslovakia); Air France (France); Lufthansa (Germany); Deruluft (Germany); KLM (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij) (Netherlands); Malert (Hungary); Ala Littoria (Italy); Aero Transport (A B AeroTRANSPort) (Sweden); SwissAir (Switzerland); Aeroput (Yugoslavia); American Airlines (USA); Braniff International (USA); Central Airlines, Inc (USA, 1934); Delta Air Lines (USA); Eastern Air Lines (Eastern Air Transport) (USA); Northwest Airlines (USA); Pan American Airways (Pan Am) (USA); Pennsylvania Airlines (USA); Trans World Airlines (TWA) (USA); United Air Lines (USA); and Qantas Airways (Australia). Aircraft represented in the album include the de Havilland D.H.86A; Short S.23 Empire Boat (C-Class Flying Boat); Armstrong Whitworth A.W.27 Ensign; Handley Page H.P.42; Short S.17/L (L.17) (Scipio Landplane); Fokker F.VIIA-3m; Junkers Ju 52/3m (Three Engine); Savoia-Marchetti S.73; Fokker F.XVIII; Dewoitine D.333; Lioré et Olivier LeO H.24-2 (H.242); Potez 62; Wibault-Penhoët 282 T.12; Dornier Do 18; Heinkel He 70 Blitz (Lightning); Heinkel He 111; Junkers G 38; Junkers Ju 86; Junkers Ju 160; Tupolev ANT-9; Douglas DC-2; Fokker F.XX; Fokker F.XXII; Fokker F.XXXVI; Cant (CRDA) Z.506; Savoia-Marchetti S.74; Fokker F.XII; General Aviation GA-43 (Pilgrim 150, Clark GA-43); Lockheed Model 9 Orion; de Havilland D.H.89 Dragon Rapide; Spartan (UK) Cruiser; Douglas (DC-3) DST (Douglas Sleeper Transport); Lockheed Model 10 Electra; Stinson (Aircraft) Model A Tri-Motor; Martin (Glenn L.) Model 130 China Clipper; Boeing Model 247D; and the Douglas DC-3. The album also includes cards that have images of scenes onboard various aircraft including airline personnel preparing food, passengers in their seats, and a view of the controls of a de Havilland D.H.86.
Arrangement:
Collection is a single item.
Biographical / Historical:
Tobacco manufacturers first issued cigarette cards in 1875 as trade cards to stiffen cigarette packaging and advertise cigarette brands. They initially featured images such as prominent athletes or animals, but later cards included images of aircraft. John Player & Sons, also known simply as Player's, is a British tobacco and cigarette manufacturer that is now part of the Imperial Tobacco Group.
Provenance:
Alex Massin, Gift, 1965, NASM.XXXX.1035.
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Topic:
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Airlines  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Genre/Form:
Albums
Citation:
"An Album of International Air Liners", NASM.XXXX.1035, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.XXXX.1035
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2518ed31d-33cf-47d0-870a-5c2fa88ac85a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-1035
Online Media:

Paul H. Wilkinson Papers

Topic:
Aircraft Engines of the World (Monograph -- series)
Creator:
Wilkinson, Paul Howard, 1895-1975  Search this
Names:
Wilkinson, Paul Howard, 1895-1975  Search this
Extent:
42.51 Cubic feet ((39 records center boxes) (1 flatbox))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Publications
Financial records
Pamphlets
Manuscripts
Photographs
Correspondence
Date:
1944-1984
Scope and Contents:
Wilkinson's papers consist of files of information gathered on various engines for preparation of his books, business and personal correspondence, photographs of engines, records of litigation against 'Jane's All the World's Aircraft', manuscripts of various 'Aircraft Engines of the World' volumes, pamphlets, financial records, address card files of various military operations, industries, schools and libraries, and bookstores, and books (including 'Aircraft Engines' and 'Jane's').
Biographical / Historical:
Paul H. Wilkinson, (1895-1975), aviation writer and publisher, is perhaps best known as the writer and publisher of 'Aircraft Engines of the World'. This series served as a standard reference tool to specifications for aircraft engines produced throughout the world beginning in 1941. The 34th edition was in preparation at the time of Wilkinson's death. He also published three other books pertaining to diesel aviation engines prior to beginning this series, as well as numerous articles for aeronautical publications.
General:
NASMrev
Provenance:
Eleanor Dies Wilkinson Estate, Gift, 1985, XXXX-0051, unknown
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
Aeronautics, Military  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Airplanes -- Motors  Search this
Airplanes -- Jet propulsion  Search this
Airplanes  Search this
Genre/Form:
Publications
Financial records
Pamphlets
Manuscripts
Photographs
Correspondence
Identifier:
NASM.XXXX.0051
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2900ef47c-855d-4f53-bf01-a8b3c2835264
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-0051

Hawthorne Flying School (Beverly "Bevo" Howard) Collection

Creator:
Howard, Beverly E. "Bevo,", 1914-1971  Search this
Names:
Hawthorne Flying Schools  Search this
Howard, Beverly E. "Bevo,", 1914-1971  Search this
Extent:
3.13 Cubic feet ((1 slim legal document box) (1 slim letter document box) (3 legal document boxes) (3 letter document boxes) (1 flatbox))
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Date:
1943-1960
Scope and Contents:
This collection contains material primarily relating to the Hawthorne Flying Schools. It consists of class books from the Air Force cadets that were trained at Hawthorne facilities in North and South Carolina, a scrapbook of the 1943-45 issues of Hawthorne Prop Wash, the company newsletter, and photos used in Prop Wash.
Biographical / Historical:
Beverly "Bevo" Howard (1914-1971) was an aviation promoter and aerobatic pilot. He soloed in 1931 at age 16 and, in 1932, joined Hawthorne Aviation as a line boy. By 1936 he was the President of Hawthorne and joined Eastern Air Lines (1936-38), at 21 the youngest air line pilot in the United States. In the 1940s and 1950s the Hawthorne Aviation Schools trained approximately ten thousand pilots from thirty-two countries, including military pilots from the United States, France, and Pakistan. Best known as a stunt pilot, Howard was the first to perform an outside loop in a light aircraft (1938), succeeding in a 37 1/2 horse power Piper Cub. He won the National Lightplane Aerobatic Championship for three years in a row (1939, 1940, 1941) and the International Aerobatic Championship three times (all classes 1946, 1947, 1949; second place 1948, 1950). While flying at a show in Greenville, NC, on October 17, 1971, Howard had a fatal accident.
General:
NASMrev
Provenance:
unknown, gift, unknown, XXXX-0414
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access
Rights:
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Topic:
Aeronautics  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States  Search this
Flight training  Search this
Aeronautics -- Exhibitions  Search this
Periodicals  Search this
Genre/Form:
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Identifier:
NASM.XXXX.0414
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2acac837c-49e5-4e30-84fe-65caa6677d27
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-nasm-xxxx-0414

British Airways 100 years of aviation posters Paul Jarvis, curator, British Airways Heritage Collection ; foreword by Margaret Timmers

Author:
Jarvis, Paul 1946-  Search this
Author:
Timmers, Margaret  Search this
British Airways  Search this
Physical description:
1 volume (unpaged) color illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés
History
Bildband
Place:
Great Britain
Date:
2018
20th century
20e siècle
Topic:
Travel posters, British  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial--Marketing--History  Search this
Affiches touristiques britanniques  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial--Marketing  Search this
Werbeplakat  Search this
Plakatwerbung  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1147874

Energy efficiency in air transportation Arturo Benito, Gustavo Alonso

Author:
Benito, Arturo  Search this
Alonso, Gustavo  Search this
Physical description:
vi, 235 pages illustrations 23 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2018
Topic:
Aeronautics, Commercial--Energy conservation  Search this
Airplanes--Fuel consumption  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial--Environmental aspects  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1153405

FAA safety briefing

Title:
Safety briefing
Federal Aviation Administration safety briefing
Author:
United States Federal Aviation Administration  Search this
Subject:
United States Federal Aviation Administration  Search this
Physical description:
volume illustrations (some color) 28 cm
Type:
Periodicals
Place:
United States
Date:
2010
Topic:
Aeronautics--Safety measures  Search this
Aeronautics  Search this
Aeronautics, Commercial  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1155074

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