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Errold G. Bahl (EGB, October 26, 1894 – October 26, 1930) was one of the early birds of aviation, an aircraft pilot, mechanic, barnstormer, and entrepreneur. He attended the School of Military Aeronautics, flew in Latin America, was a mentor to Lindbergh, and formed the Harding, Zook and Bahl Airplane Corporation. This collection includes material relating to his life in aviation, as well as the Harding, Zook and Bahl Corporation.

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The collection contains materials collected by and related to Lillian Boyer during her time as an aerial exhibitionist in the 1920s. The material includes personal and biographic history from this time. The collection includes documents, correspondence, news articles and clippings, photographs, and audiovisual material.

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Carter Buton was a Barnstormer who was active in Kansas and Ohio during the 1920s. These images are from scrap books which were loaned to SDASM for digitization. These images show his flights and newspaper clippings advertising them.

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Joseph J. Dunkel was a veteran parachute jumper and pilot, flying various aircraft from gliders to four-engine bombers. This Collection includes photos documenting Dunkel's life in Aviation.

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Burdett Fuller was a naval reserve flyer who started a flying school and passenger service that grew into an active operation known as Burdett Airport and Burdett Airline.

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The collection contains individual and group photographs, racing event photographs of planes, equipment, and exhibits of the National Air Races from 1928 to 1938. Documents include a scrapbook, an autograph book from the 1934 races, and a three-ring binder of committee personnel and meeting records of the Cleveland National Air Race and Show Corporation relating to the 1929 races.

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James Harvey Hester was a Stunt Flyer who was associated with the famous Hollywood Black Cats. He served in the USAAS at Kelly Field, TX briefly during WWI then returned to Venice. He was a test and stunt pilot in the southern California area between 1919 and 1925

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Frederick A. Hoover was an early stunt flyer.

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Thaddeus Kerns was born in Santa Ana, California on June 5, 1894, and died in a plane crash on July 15, 1913. At a very young age, he built a full-sized plane with his own hands, with the exception of the engine, based on the Curtiss model. He taught himself how to fly with determination and courage. He even obtained a patent for a “flexible rib” in 1911, when he was only 17 years old.

Abstract This is a collection of movie and television screenplays, which were in the possession of Frank Tallman, a stunt pilot who worked in Hollywood during the 1960s and 1970s, and miscellaneous articles and brochures. In 1961, Tallman formed Tallmantz Aviation with Hollywood stunt pilot Paul Mantz, based at Orange County Airport (now John Wayne Airport) in Southern California. They provided pilots, camera planes, and a small fleet of antique and historic aircraft (along with...