Institute of Aerospace Sciences Archives 1783-1962

Grey, C. G. 1875-1953.

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Trippe, J. T. 1899-1981

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Baldwin, Thomas S.

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Thomas Baldwin was born ca. 1800. He appears in the Pa. Septennial Census for 1828 and 1835 in West Bradford Township, Chester Co. as a storekeeper. From the description of Ledgers and daybooks, 1824-1854. (Chester County Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 20476647 ...

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Martin, James V. 1885-1956.

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Selfridge, T. O. 1836-1924.

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Bleroit, Louis.

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Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1729-1807

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British general. From the description of Autograph letters signed (27) and letters signed (3) : Barham Court, Sheerness, etc., to Sir James Murray-Pulteney, 1797 May 19-1799 June 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270507400 From the description of Instructions from Sir Charles Grey, Commander-in-Chief of the southern district, to Lieut. Generals Sir Robert Laurie and Cuyler : [Canterbury?] : manuscript copy, [1798?]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270509932 From the...

Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912

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Wilbur Wright, born April 16, 1867 in Indiana, and his brother, Orville, were inventors of the airplane. The brothers were in the printing and bicycle business in Dayton before they became interested in solving the problems of powered flight. After a series of kite and glider experiments at Kitty Hawk, N.C., the brothers built and successfully flew the first heavier-than-air powered machine on Dec. 17, 1903. The Wrights spent the next years improving their invention and in 1909, formed a company...

Wright, Orville, 1871-1948

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Orville Wright was a pioneer aviator. He was born in Dayton, Ohio, on Aug 19, 1871. He was a son of Bishop Milton and Susan Catherine (Koerner) Wright. In 1903, with his brother Wilbur Wright, he devoted much of his time to Wright Brothers' flying machine. He died on January 30, 1948, in Dayon, Ohio....

Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974

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Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25 in 1927, he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize for making a nonstop flight from New York City to Paris. Lindbergh covered the ​33 1⁄2-hour, 3,600-statute-mile (5,800 km) flight alone in a purpose-built, single-engine Ryan monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis. While the first non-...

Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937

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Amelia Mary Earhart (AE) was born on July 24, 1897, in Atchison, Kansas, the first daughter of Amy (Otis) Earhart and Edwin Stanton Earhart. Her sister, Grace Muriel, was born three years later. The family moved several times (to Kansas City, Kansas; Des Moines; St. Paul; Chicago) during AE's childhood as her father tried unsuccessfully to establish a profitable legal career. AE graduated from Chicago's Hyde Park High School in 1916. ESE's increasing reliance on al...

Genet, Edmond-Charles, 1763-1834

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Edmond Charles Genet, often refered to as "Citizen Genet," was born in France in 1763 and followed his father into governement service. In 1793, he was appointed as France's minister plenipotentiary to the United States, but his political activities caused the American government to demand his replacement. He was, however, permitted to remain in this country. He lived near Jaimaica on Long Island for a few years, before moving to upstate New York. His first wife was Cornelia Tappen Cl...

Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973

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Edward Vernon "Eddie" Rickenbacker, also known as "Fast Eddie" or "Rick" (October 8, 1890 – July 23, 1973) was an American fighter ace in World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient. With 26 aerial victories, he was the United States' most successful fighter ace in the war and is considered to have received the most awards for valor by an American during the war. He was also a race car driver and automotive designer, a government consultant in military matters and a pioneer in air transportation,...

Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950

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Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (June 25, 1886 – January 15, 1950) was an American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps (1938–1941), Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces, the only U.S. Air Force general to hold five-star rank, and the only officer to hold a five-star rank in two different U.S. military services. Arnold was also the founder of Project RAND, which evolved into one of the wo...

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Wellman, Walter, 1858-1934

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Journalist, explorer, adventurer and air enthusiast. First man to attempt a flight across the Atlantic Ocean (in a dirigible designed by him) Oct. 1910. From the description of Papers, 1904-1973. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 13871050 Journalist and polar airship pioneer; led five attempts to reach North Pole. From the description of Letter to S.S. McClure, 1911 January 5. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 62383399 ...

Stevens, A. Leo (Albert Leo), 1877-1944

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Blériot, Louis, 1872-1936

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French aviation pioneer. First pilot to fly over the English Channel. Mortane was an author known for writing about aviation. From the description of Letter, 1928 May 2. (Denver Public Library). WorldCat record id: 55151979 ...

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

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Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president, served 1901-1909. From the description of DS, 1904 March 1. : Washington, D.C. Homestead Certificate. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 15210791 26th president of the United States, 1901-1909. From the description of Theodore Roosevelt letters, 1917, 1918. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 213408920 Roosevelt was then Governor of New York. Chapman was one of the founders of the New York St...

Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885

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Victor Hugo, French poet, novelist and playwright. From the description of Victor Hugo collection, 1816-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702159680 From the description of Victor Hugo collection, 1816-1876. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84010646 French writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : place not specified, to M. Cassin, 1831 Dec. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 759121359 French poet, novelist, dramatist. ...

Chamberlin, Clarence D. (Clarence Duncan), 1893-1976

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Aviator. From the description of Reminiscences of Clarence Duncan Chamberlin : oral history, 1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122512821 ...

Knabenshue, Roy, -1960

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Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993

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James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American military general and aviation pioneer who received the Medal of Honor for his daring raids on Japan during World War II. He also made early coast-to-coast flights, won many flying races, and helped develop instrument flying. Born in Alameda, California, Doolittle studied as an undergraduate at University of California, Berkeley, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1922. He also earned a doctorate in aero...

Mack, Johnny, 1881-

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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

Lowe, T. S. C. (Thaddeus Sobieski Coulincourt), 1832-1913

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Martin, Glenn L. (Glenn Luther), 1886-1955

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Pioneer aviator, airplane manufacturer, and businessman. From the description of Papers of Glenn L. Martin, 1910-1955. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455656 ...

Sikorsky, Igor Ivan, 1889-1972

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Engineer and inventor. From the description of Papers of Igor Ivan Sikorsky, 1913-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80153906 A renowned aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, Russian-American Igor Sikorsky immigrated to the United States in 1919 and founded the Sikorsky Aero Engineering Corporation in 1923 (now the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation). By the 1930s, he had developed the "flying boats" of Pan American Airways. He continued his work with he...

Santos-Dumont, Alberto, 1873-1932

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Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) was an important early pioneer of aviation. Born in Saõ Paulo, Brasil, he moved with his family to Paris in 1891. His studies led him to learn to fly, then build dirigibles and airplanes. After a grave accident in 1910, he became ill with multiple sclerosis. Very depressed, he returned to Brazil in 1928, and died in 1932. From the description of Letter to a friend, 1826 Aug. 14, Val-Mont sur Territet. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: ...

Byrd, Richard Evelyn Jr., 1888-1957

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Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. Byrd claimed that his ex...

Warner, Edward Pearson, 1894-1958

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Edward Pearson Warner (1894-1958) was professor of aeronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From the description of Edward Pearson Warner correspondence, 1923-1927. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 144652259 From the guide to the Edward Pearson Warner correspondence, 1923-1927, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) ...

Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878

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Joseph Henry (1797-1878, APS 1835), a physicist, was the first secretary and director of the Smithsonian Institution, a post he retained for over three decades. Henry was a leading experimental scientist whose contributions include several discoveries in the field of electromagnetics. He has been credited with the invention of the electromagnet and the telegraph, among other things. Henry was born in 1797 in Albany, New York, the son of William Henry, a teamster, and his wife An...

Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930

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Glenn Hammond Curtiss (1878-1930) was an aviator and businessman. He developed the first practical amphibious airplane, as well as testing ship-based take-offs and landings. From the description of Glenn Hammond Curtiss photographs of early aviation, circa 1900s-1930s. (Brigham Young University). WorldCat record id: 231717817 Glenn Curtiss (1878-1930), a successful motorcycle manufacturer in Hammondsport, New York, became legendary in the aviation world. Curtiss...

Baldwin, Thomas S.

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Kingsford-Smith, Charles Edward, Sir, 1897-1935

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Kingsford-Smith, aviator, served in the A.I.F. and later the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War, made the first Trans-Pacific flight, U.S.to Australia in 1928. From the description of Papers of Charles Kingsford-Smith. 1917-1935. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 221125070 ...

Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976

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Hazen, Henry Allen, 1849-1900

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Henson, William S. (William Samuel), 1805?-1888

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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892

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Walt Whitman (1819-1892), poet and author. From the description of Walt Whitman collection, 1842-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702172830 Poet, journalist, essayist. From the description of Letter, 1863 July 27-1863 Sept. 9. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 477038304 American author. From the description of Letter to Mary E. Van Nostrand, 1890 November 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49377819 America...

Post, Wiley, 1898-1935

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Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872

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Meade was a US Army officer, most noted for his route of Gen. Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg in July of 1863 during the U.S. Civil War. From the description of [Document and photograph] / Geo. M. Meade. [1863] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 287187126 ...

Holland, Maurice, 1891-

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Hawks, Frank, 1897-1938

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De Seversky, Alexander P. (Alexander Procofieff), 1894-1974

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Aeronautical engineer. From the description of Alexander P. De Seversky papers, 1939-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 153602064 ...

Trippe, J. T. (Juan Terry), 1899-

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American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

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The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics was formed in 1963 by the merger of the Institute of Aerospace Sciences and the American Rocket Society. These records constitute the historical aeronautical archives of the Institute of Aerospace Sciences. From the description of Institute of Aerospace Sciences archives, 1783-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71065827 ...

Stanton, Edwin McMasters, 1814-1869

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American jurist and politician. From the description of Letter signed : "War Department," to William Pitt Fessenden, 1862 May 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580939 U.S. secretary of war 1862-1868. From the description of Telegram (draft) : ms. : Washington, D.C., to Ulysses S. Grant, Appomattox C.H., Va., 1865 Apr. 9. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122380613 Secretary of War; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. ...

Jeffries, John, 1745-1819

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Jeffries was a Boston physician, surgeon, scientist, and the first man (with Jean-Pierre Blanchard) to fly a balloon across the English Channel between England and France. From the description of John Jeffries papers, 1768-1819. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612364982 From the guide to the John Jeffries papers, 1768-1819., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Physician and meteorologist of Boston. From the descripti...

Chanute, Octave, 1832-1910

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Civil engineer and aviation pioneer. From the description of Octave Chanute papers, 1807-1955 (bulk 1860-1910). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980023 A native of Paris, Chanute emigrated from France to the U.S. with his parents in 1838. He worked as an engineer, primarily in constructing railroads and railroad bridges, but is best remembered as a pioneer in aerial navigation and glider flight, and wrote two influential books on flight. From the description of P...

Institute of the Aerospace Sciences. Institute of the Aerospace Sciences archives.

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Selfridge, T. O. (Thomas Oliver), 1836-1924

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American naval officer. From the description of Autograph dispatch signed : U. S. S. Conestoga off Morganza, to Admiral Porter, 1864 Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270662025 Naval officer and explorer. From the description of T.O. Selfridge papers, 1852-1926 (bulk 1858-1880). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80938763 Biographical Note 1804, Apr. 24 ...

Mitchell, William, 1879-1936

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William Lendrum Mitchell (December 29, 1879 – February 19, 1936) was a United States Army general who is regarded as the father of the United States Air Force. Mitchell served in France during World War I and, by the conflict's end, commanded all American air combat units in that country. After the war, he was appointed deputy director of the Air Service and began advocating increased investment in air power, believing that this would prove vital in future wars. He argued particularly for the...

Grey, C. G. (Charles Grey), 1875-1953

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Graf Zeppelin (Airship)

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Martin, James V. (James Vernon), 1885-1956

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Klemin, Alexander, 1888-1950

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Alexander Klemin was born in London, May 15, 1888; BS, London Univ, 1907; immigrated to the US, 1914; MS, MIT, 1915; became a US citizen while head of the Aeronautics Dept. at MIT, 1917; Officer-in-charge of the Research Dept, Army Air Service, at McCook Field, Dayton, OH during WWI; head, Guggenheim School of Aeronautics at NYU College of Engineering, 1925-45; author of Textbook of aeronautical engineering, If you want to fly, Simplified aerodynamics, and Airplane stress analysis; technical edi...

Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont), 1834-1906

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Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834-1906) was the third Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He also served as the director of the Allegheny Observatory and a professory of astronomy at the Western University of Pennsylvania (now known as the University of Pittsburgh). While at the Smithsonian he founded the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory....