Papers, 1916-1968.

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Papers, 1916-1968.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28286999

Collection contains 16 items of correspondence (1928-1961); articles by or about Courtney (1955-1962); diaries (1923-1942); pilot's logs (1930-1938); photograph albums (1916-1941); manuscripts for Courtney's history of aviation, "The Eighth Sea"; 6 reel-to-reel audio tapes of an interview with Courtney on the evolution of the fighter plane (1968); blueprints of the Armstrong Whitworth Siskin II fighter and the Courtney-Curtiss-Wright amphibian airplane; and miscellaneous memorabilia.

2.25 cubic ft. (5 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7256651

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Courtney, Frank T.

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Frank T. Courtney was born in London in 1914. He started his career with an apprenticeship at the Grahame-White Aircraft Company in 1913 and attained his pilot's certificate in Aug. 1914 flying primitive box-kite airplanes. He attained the rank of Captain while serving in the Royal Flying Corps in World War I while flying in a Morane-Saulnier "Parasol." After the war Courtney became a test pilot for De Havilland and in between testing planes he was an avid air racer. The early 1920s saw Courtney...