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Chaplin, J.B.Air Cushion Development Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow [Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute 25th Anniversary Annual General Meeting]

Collection Creator:
Bertelsen, William  Search this
Container:
Box 13, Folder 7
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
May 1-3, 1979
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Collection Citation:
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection, Accession 1994-0013, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg28f8cbd19-e131-41c7-992a-2944ddd842b1
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1994-0013-ref104
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Notebook 10: Flight Tests of Arcopter GEM-2, August 21

Collection Creator:
Bertelsen, William  Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1961
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Citation:
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection, Accession 1994-0013, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection / Series 1: Notebooks, Photographs, and Writings
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg21951c055-2f80-4b4b-89d3-d1154b461178
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ead_component:sova-nasm-1994-0013-ref16
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Notebook 16: Aeromobile 250, January 22

Collection Creator:
Bertelsen, William  Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 7
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1964
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Citation:
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection, Accession 1994-0013, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection / Series 1: Notebooks, Photographs, and Writings
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2aa3dfe6c-44df-4082-9ef4-c52289fcd387
EDAN-URL:
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Notebooks, Photographs, and Writings

Collection Creator:
Bertelsen, William  Search this
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1957-1994
bulk 1960-1980
Scope and Contents:
This series, ranging in dates from 1957 to 1994, includes Bertelsen's notebooks relating to his research, inventions, experiments, and tests; photographs showing a number of his vehicles; his writings and ground effect machine documentation; as well as his business correspondence with the Canadian Ministry of Transport and Hoverlift Systems. The topics addressed in his notebooks include the aerodynamic sustentation of ground vehicles, a register of inventions, and test and experiment records for the vehicles he developed. Some notebooks include photographs, others do not.
Arrangement:
Bertelsen's notebooks are organized according to his numbering scheme, which, with a few exceptions, is in chronological order. His photographs are arranged according to their designated Smithsonian Institution (SI) Negative Number. Bertelsen's writings and documentation on his inventions are arranged chronologically and, when necessary, according to the order of their development. Folder titles appearing in brackets [ ] are the archivist's.
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Collection Citation:
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection, Accession 1994-0013, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
NASM.1994.0013, Series 1
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2a3dc2cb3-ab1d-4fda-a8de-b5a4c73eecb4
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1994-0013-ref4
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[William Bertelsen's Ground Effect Machines Documentation]

Collection Creator:
Bertelsen, William  Search this
Container:
Box 7, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
1959-1991
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Collection Citation:
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection, Accession 1994-0013, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2ec625b74-4e0c-4950-98ba-1ebcf540e6ca
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1994-0013-ref52
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[Associate Committee on Air Cushion Technology (ACACT) Technical Report 6/74 "The Caspar ACV Research Report No. 2, The Sensitivity of a Two-Fan, Single-Engine, Multicell ACV to Individual Fan Performance"]

Collection Creator:
Bertelsen, William  Search this
Container:
Box 9, Folder 11
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
September 1974
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Citation:
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection, Accession 1994-0013, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
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https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2110cbd8d-ee02-434c-8c26-7f4d75c5e7ef
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1994-0013-ref82
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[Associate Committee on Air Cushion Technology (ACACT) Technical Report 1/75 "The Caspar ACV Research Project Report No. 3 - On the Drag of Air Cushion Vehicles Overland"]

Collection Creator:
Bertelsen, William  Search this
Container:
Box 9, Folder 12
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
February 1975
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
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Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection, Accession 1994-0013, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection / Series 2: Personal Research
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg21dde5105-dba0-456d-86eb-1541e63d7a4d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1994-0013-ref83
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[Associate Committee on Air Cushion Technology (ACACT) Technical Report 4/75 "Towed Air Cushion Rafts (TACRs)"]

Collection Creator:
Bertelsen, William  Search this
Container:
Box 10, Folder 3
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
November 1975
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection, Accession 1994-0013, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection / Series 2: Personal Research
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg21ac220a8-4f12-4b73-ae8a-07ddd0d05d8d
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1994-0013-ref86
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International Hovering Craft, Hydrofoil and Advanced Transit Systems Conference Conference Papers. Brighton, England. 13-16 May 1974

Collection Creator:
Bertelsen, William  Search this
Container:
Box 10, Folder 13
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
May 13-16, 1974
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Citation:
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection, Accession 1994-0013, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection / Series 2: Personal Research
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2cbb3d112-e767-473d-9f80-032d52bc6036
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1994-0013-ref96
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Notebook 4: Aeromobile Research, Volume III, Research on the Aerodynamic Sustentation and Propulsion of Ground Vehicles, June 29

Collection Creator:
Bertelsen, William  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1959
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Citation:
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection, Accession 1994-0013, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection
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Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg260bd27f8-40c3-4d22-a1f2-56bd91f49233
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1994-0013-ref10
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1984 [Associate Committee on Air Cushion Technology] ACACT International Conference on Air Cushion Technology

Collection Creator:
Bertelsen, William  Search this
Extent:
2 Copies (derivative objects) ( There are two (2) copies of this document; one bound, one unbound.)
Container:
Box 12, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Copies (derivative objects)
Date:
September 25-27, 1984
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Citation:
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection, Accession 1994-0013, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg26a1e212f-9fd8-46f2-82b8-598b2856d6b5
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1994-0013-ref110
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Notebook 17: Aeromobile 13, June 10

Collection Creator:
Bertelsen, William  Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 8
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1967
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection, Accession 1994-0013, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection / Series 1: Notebooks, Photographs, and Writings
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg269cae24a-9a28-4713-a3a8-68e0d9dd547c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1994-0013-ref23
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Notebook 19: Progress Book, Aeromobile 13, January 28

Collection Creator:
Bertelsen, William  Search this
Container:
Box 3, Folder 2
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1968
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
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Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection, Accession 1994-0013, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection / Series 1: Notebooks, Photographs, and Writings
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg23f6d1f74-54c2-48bd-ac2a-8e950abb6d31
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1994-0013-ref25
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Notebook 36: Aeromobile 16 Twin Gimbal Air Cushion Vehicle, November 9

Collection Creator:
Bertelsen, William  Search this
Container:
Box 5, Folder 5
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1975
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
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Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection, Accession 1994-0013, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection / Series 1: Notebooks, Photographs, and Writings
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg247f9dce2-0878-43e7-afee-396abf21d64e
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1994-0013-ref44
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Other Air Cushion Vehicles [Articles and Brochures - A.C.V. Sales Inc. through Cushionfight]

Collection Creator:
Bertelsen, William  Search this
Container:
Box 8, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1966-1985
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
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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:
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection, Accession 1994-0013, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection / Series 2: Personal Research
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2d702b35d-c688-4c6a-8ec5-92a3aa3f7289
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1994-0013-ref62
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[Symposium on Ground Effect Phenomena]

Collection Creator:
Bertelsen, William  Search this
Container:
Box 8, Folder 5
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
October 21-23, 1959
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection, Accession 1994-0013, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection / Series 2: Personal Research
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2e8f8eb1d-52fc-4561-99b3-baa935b751e3
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1994-0013-ref67
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[Haywood, L.L.The History of Air Cushion Vehicles. Yeovil, England: Normalair Limited]

Collection Creator:
Bertelsen, William  Search this
Container:
Box 8, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Books
Date:
1962
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
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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:
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection, Accession 1994-0013, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection / Series 2: Personal Research
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg288fb0661-d368-419e-8475-9058eb489c9c
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1994-0013-ref68
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Notebook 3: Aeromobile Research, Volume II, Research on the Aerodynamic Sustentation and Propulsion of Ground Vehicles, November 4

Collection Creator:
Bertelsen, William  Search this
Container:
Box 1, Folder 3
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1958
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
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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:
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection, Accession 1994-0013, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection / Series 1: Notebooks, Photographs, and Writings
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2fabcff0d-40d8-4d1b-bf35-cd6aa3de78ac
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1994-0013-ref9
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["Minutes of the Fifteenth Meeting of the Associate Committee on Air Cushion Technology"]

Collection Creator:
Bertelsen, William  Search this
Container:
Box 10, Folder 10
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
April 22, 1977
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
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Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection, Accession 1994-0013, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection / Series 2: Personal Research
Archival Repository:
National Air and Space Museum Archives
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2912dbfa9-3c87-48e5-a18a-7175f70e2206
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1994-0013-ref93
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[Associate Committee on Air Cushion Technology (ACACT) Technical Report 1/76 "Air Cushion Technology in Canada 1975"]

Collection Creator:
Bertelsen, William  Search this
Container:
Box 10, Folder 4
Type:
Archival materials
Text
Date:
November 1975
Collection Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Please contact the Audio/Visual Archivist to access the VHS tape that is included in this collection.
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:
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection, Accession 1994-0013, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection
Air Cushion Vehicles [Bertelsen] Collection / Series 2: Personal Research
Archival Repository:
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GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/pg2bc9348a1-9add-4788-865e-5333fa1c5ab9
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nasm-1994-0013-ref87

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