Overall: 12 ft. 10 in. × 10 ft. 8 in. × 32 ft. 7 in., 14051lb. (391.2 × 325.1 × 993.1cm, 6373.5kg)
Dimensions taken by Move Contractor on behalf of CSC at the time of deinstall. Record Updated 12/15/2020. See As-Built in Media section for additional information.
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Collection Citation:
Captain Michael Gitt Papers, Acc. NASM.2003.0033, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
State of New York: Executive Department Division of Human Rights, on the Complaint of Capt. Michael A. Gitt Against Eastern Airlines and S.L. Higgenbottom, Vice President Operations Group
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Collection Citation:
Captain Michael Gitt Papers, Acc. NASM.2003.0033, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
This collection consists of approximately 1.44 cubic feet of material pertaining to Clinton A. "Clint" McHenry, Jr.'s career including log books; photographs; correspondence; news clippings; and aviation event posters. The log books are from McHenry's time at Eastern Airlines and date from 1950 through 1968. There are twenty photographs in the collection, both black and white and color prints, that range in size from 8 by 10 inches up to approximately 11.5 by 15 inches. Some are mounted or matted, and many are signed by various pilots. Aircraft pictured in the photographs include the Extra EA230; Sukhoi Su-26; Extra 300S; Mudry CAP 231; Christen Eagle I; de Havilland (Canada) DHC-1A Chipmunk; Taylorcraft BC (BC-65); Loudenslager Laser 200; Pitts S-1T Special; Extra 260; Fouga CM 170 Magister (Schoolmaster); Bücker Bü 133 C Jungmeister, Beverly "Bevo" Howard; Panavia Tornado F.Mk.2 (RAF ADV); and the Pitts S-2A Special. In addition to McHenry, other pilots in the photographs include Patricia "Patty" Rosalie Kearns Combs Wagstaff; Kermit Weeks; Henry Haigh; Deborah Jean Rihn-Harvey; Don Taylor; Rick Bastian; Greer Parramore; Bob Abernathy; George Zimmerman; Chipper Melton; Leonard "Leo" Loudenslager; Bill Thomas; Betty Stewart; Bob Carmichael; Bob Cole; Duane and Judy Cole; Beverly E. "Bevo" Howard; Brigitte de Saint-Phalle; Linda Meyers-Morrissey; Patti Johnson-Nelson; James "Jim" Roberts; Bill Witt; Ray Williams; Dave Wood; Herb Cox; Ben Lowell; Terry Tubb; Charlie R. Hillard; Thomas Poberezny; John Eugene "Gene" Soucy; Art Scholl; Ian Groom; Bob Herendeen; Ellen Dean; and Harley Lawrence. Also in the collection are magazine covers (some enlarged) featuring images of Clint McHenry and posters or promotional materials from various aviation events and of various aerobatic teams from around the world, many of which are autographed.
Biographical / Historical:
Clinton A. "Clint" McHenry, Jr. is a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran, commercial airline pilot, flight instructor, and aerobatic pilot who is best known as a three-time National Aerobatic Champion (1986, 1987, 1989). McHenry began flying aerobatics as a young man and served in varying leadership roles for the Aerobatic Club of America and the International Aerobatic Club from 1970 to 1990. He served as a National and International Aerobatic Judge and was also a well-respected instructor and air show pilot whose students included Patty Wagstaff and other champions. McHenry was a captain and instructor pilot for Eastern Airlines for his "day" job from 1950 to 1968, flying a range of aircraft such as the Douglas DC-3, including the example in the National Air and Space Museum's collection; the Martin (Glenn L.) Model 404 (4-O-4); Convair 440 Metropolitan; Lockheed Model 1049 Super Constellation; Douglas DC-7; and the Boeing Model 727. He joined Pompano Air Center (PAC) as Chief Aerobatic Instructor in 1976. McHenry was inducted into the International Aerobatic Hall of Fame in 1993.
Provenance:
Clinton A. McHenry, Jr., Gift, 2016
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
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This collection consists of approximately 15 linear feet of material relating to the aviation career of Dan Beard. This material includes the following types of archival material: correspondence, corporate reports, publications, equipment manuals, notebooks, booklets, and photographs. Besides the technical engineering material, there are also reports on airport planning, bomb detection on passengers airplanes, and cloud seeding in the southwest.
Biographical / Historical:
Myron Gould "Dan" Beard (1896-1974) was born in Foochow, China, the son of American missionaries. Beard learned to fly at Kelly Field in 1918, and then went to the University of Michigan where he received an engineering degree in 1925. Beard was a diesel engineer for Ingersoll Rand Company for 1925-1927, before joining Fairchild Caminez Engine Company (later Fairchild Aviation Corporation) from 1927 until 1930, first as an Installation Engineer and then as a test pilot. In 1930, Beard joined American Airways (predecessor of American Airlines) and rose to the rank of chief test pilot, before his retirement from the airline in 1964. Beard accumulated over 6200 hours in all types of airplanes, most of them in engineering and experimental testing. Beard played a key role in the development of the Douglas DC-3, DC-4, DC-6 and DC-7 as test and acceptance pilot for American Airlines. During World War II, he served as Chief Military Engineering Pilot of American Airlines' Military Operations Department and he worked with teams surveying the North Atlantic routes. In 1943, Beard took a leave of absence from American Airlines to go to Brazil as a member of the Defense Supply Corporation mission, which had the mission to Americanize the Brazilian airlines which previously had been part of the German aerial network of South America.
Provenance:
Mona Beard, Gift, 2004
Restrictions:
No restrictions on access.
Rights:
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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:
Ruth Law Collection, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0387, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
