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Aircraft industry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Spartan School of Aeronautics photo album, approximately 1930s

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-061
Scope and Contents The Spartan School of Aeronautics photo album (comprised of 156 photographs pasted on 31 album pages), dates from the school's first years of operation and includes identified images of some of the pilots who trained there, including several of Mary Riddle, the first Native American woman to earn a pilot's license (1930). Others include Frank Wignall, who went on to a long career with the Federal Aviation Administration and Roy Hunt, famed stunt pilot, organizer of the Oklahoma Air Patrol...
Dates: approximately 1930s

United Business Interests of the Aviation Industry Progress Dinner, 1929

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-040
Scope and Contents

Souvenir program from the Progress Dinner of United Business Interests to the Aviation Industry, held under the auspices of the National Exchange Club at the Hotel Commodore, with accompanying speech typescripts and seating roster. The dinner celebrated pioneers in the field of aviation, including Amelia Earhart and the crew of the Question Mark aircraft.

Dates: 1929-01