The Personal Collection of Charles Harding Babb 1920-2001

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The Personal Collection of Charles Harding Babb 1920-2001

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This collection contains correspondence, prototypes, blueprints and other documents from Charles Harding Babb, founder of The Babb Company.

0.8 Linear feet; 2 manuscript boxes

San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6662139

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The Babb Company.

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De Havilland Aircraft Co Ltd

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Babb, Charles Harding, 1899-1952

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Biographical/Historical note Charles Harding Babb was born in Eugene, Oregon in 1899 and went on to study at the University of Oregon. Though injured as a youth in a hunting accident that took his right forearm, in 1919 Babb learned to fly in Venice, California, receiving FAI pilot certificate number 5074 and expert aviator certificate 302. However, it would not be as a pilot that Babb would leave his mark in aviation. In the 1920s, Charlie c...

Conquistadores Del Cielo.

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Conquistadores Del Cielo (Conquerors of the Sky) was formed in 1937 and is a national organization of aviation executives. From the description of Records, 1940-1975. (University of Wisconsin, Superior). WorldCat record id: 31020710 ...