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SNAC: Social Networks and Archival Context
VIAFrevised2015-09-21machineCPF merge programMerge v2.0revised2016-08-11T22:38:16machineSNAC EAC-CPF ParserBulk ingest into SNAC Databaserevised2016-08-11T22:38:16humanSystem Service (system@localhost)created2024-03-29machineSNAC EAC-CPF SerializerSNAC Identity Constellation serialized to EAC-CPFpersonUdet, Ernst, 1896-1941presumedUdet, Ernstpresumedウーデツト, エルンストpresumed1896-04-261941-11-17Miller, John M., 1905-2008Pohl, William.Udet, Ernst, 1896-1941Miller, John M., 1905-2008. Oral history interview with John M. Miller, 2002 May 10.Miller, John M., 1905-2008Marcello, Ronald E.Pioneers of Aviation Oral History Project.University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.Oral history interview with John M. Miller, 2002 May 10.116, [8] leaves : facsim. ; 29 cm.Interview with John M. Miller, a pioneer aviator, concerning his reminiscences from his career in aviation, 1920-63. Influence of the early aircraft designer Glenn Curtiss; his meeting with the aviatrix Ruth Law; influence of the book "Aerobatics" by Horatio Barber; his meeting with barnstorming pilot "Swanee" Taylor; Taylor's gift of his aircraft to Miller; teaching himself to fly without formal instruction and his solo flight on December 15, 1923; college at Pratt Institute of Technology and graduation with a degree in mechanical engineering, 1927; meetings of aviators at a speakeasy, New York City, 1923-27; origins of the organization "Quiet Birdsmen"; obtaining his aircraft mechanic's license, 1927; his eye-witness account of Charles Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight , May 20, 1927; influence of Harold Stark's "1-2-3 System"; employment with Gates Flying Circus, 1927-29; his career as a barnstormer, 1929; his joining the Marine Corps Reserve, 1929; comments about German pilot Ernst Udet; his cross-country flight in a Pitcairn autogiro, May 14-28, 1931; making 3,000 flights as an airmail pilot; employment for twenty-five years as a pilot for Eastern Airlines; employment as a test pilot for Columbia Aircraft Corporation during World War II; test work on the Grumman J2F-6 amphibian; comments about various aircraft he flew for Eastern. Appendix consists of a memoir tilted, "UFO: United Flying Octogenarians," (seven leaves). University of North Texas Library, UNTPohl, William. Papers, 1919-1972.Pohl, William.Pohl, LaVera, 1901-1981.Papers, 1919-1972..40 cubic ft.Description: William Pohl was the president of the Kepec Chemical Corporation. His wife, LaVera, was a director of the Milwaukee Art Institute. Their papers include lecture notes, magazine articles, photographs, and newspaper clippings about the Pohls. Also poster, pamphlet, newspaper clippings and postcards on Siegburg's (Germany) 900-year celebration. In addition, there are letters, photographs, airplane sketches, corporate records, and newspaper clippings from or about Ernst Udet, technical chief of the German Air Force and Reich Marshall Hermann Wilhelm Goering's right hand man. EnglishGermanLibrary Council of Metropolitan Milwaukee