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Aeronautics, Commercial

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Air France Menu Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10002
Abstract

This collection contains menus from Air France flights between Paris and Los Angeles and between Paris and Buenos Aires during the 1980s.

Dates: 1933 - 1970

Caroline JFK Campaign Aircraft

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10023
Abstract

This collection details the technical life of President John F. Kennedy’s campaign aircraft, the Caroline, which was the first private aircraft used exclusively for campaigning by an American presidential candidate. The collection includes correspondence and notes kept by the Caroline’s second chief pilot, Captain Robert Griscom.

Dates: 1959 - 1967

Hoffman-Russell Parachute Co. Corporate Records

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10074
Abstract

The Hoffman-Russell Parachute Company was founded by James M. Russell and Major Edward L. Hoffman, both of whom helped design first parachute at McCook Flying Field in Dayton, Ohio, which was adopted by the Army Air Corps.

Dates: 1926 - 1942

Manuscript Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10193
Abstract

The collection contains 92 manuscripts, written/compiled between the early twentieth century and early twenty-first century. These manuscripts range from television and movie scripts to flight logs, accident report, personal recollections, and biographies/memoirs. Subjects include (but are not limited to) early flight, World War I, World War II, women avioators, air ships, and flight testing.

Dates: 1919 - 2012

I.E. Quastler Digitized Image Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-30020
Abstract

355 35mm slides that were loaned for digitization in 2010. Most taken at Lindbergh Field, LAX and other California Airports.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1970 - 2005

Howard Waldorf Personal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SDASM-SC-10152
Abstract

The Howard Waldorf Personal Papers containns materials relating to and/or written by Waldorf. He was a prominent aviation journalist in the San Francisco Bay area following his service as a test pilot in World War I.

Dates: 1916 - 1992