Arthur L. Schoeni Papers

Box 1, Folder 5 titled, "Manuscripts for Articles, Undated" offers these captions:

Image 5ALS-1-5-PB1—Caption: “Chance Vought A-7 Corsair IIs and F8 Crusaders from reserve squadrons at Naval Air Station Alameda, California, fly formation over the bay area.”

Image 5ALS-1-5-PB2—Caption: “Chance Milton Vought at the controls of a Wright B biplane used at the Max Lillie school of aviation to train fliers.”

Image 5ALS-1-5-PB3—Caption: “Because of its strong downwash with its tilt wing angled, the XC-142A easily stirred up dust clouds if operated from unprepared runways.”

Image 5ALS-1-5-PB4—Caption: “XC-142A V/STOL transport makes a vertical landing on the small fight deck of the Navy amphibious transport dock, USS Ogden, during test operations at sea off the California coast.”

Image 5ALS-1-5-PB5—Caption: “XC-142A with tilt-wing slightly raised flies over Mountain Creek Lake at Vought plant in Dallas, Texas.”

Image 5ALS-1-5-PB6—Caption: “Packaged dummy cargo drops from rear ramp of XC-142A during high-altitude tests at Naval Air Station El Centro, California.”

Image 5ALS-1-5-PB7—Caption: “XC-142A hovers nearly vertically while making practice pickup and rescue of a dummy from lake near Vought plant in Dallas, Texas.”

Image 5ALS-1-5-PB8—Caption: “XC-142A takes off from the angled flight deck of the carrier Bennington during sea trials off the California coast.”

Image 5ALS-1-5-PB9—Caption: “Last of the five XC-142A V/STOLs makes a short takeoff at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as NASA pilots turned it over to the Air Force Museum.”

Image 5ALS-1-5-PB10—Caption: “With its wing at a sharp angle at low altitude, the XC-142A encountered air recirculation problems which destroyed its lift and caused an accident.”

Image 5ALS-1-5-PB11—[No description]

Typescript titles include: Schoeni, Arthur L., Chance Vought's Biplane Corsairs; Schoeni, Arthur L., Crusader. (with photograph 5ALS-1-5-PB1); Schoeni, Arthur L., The ‘Flying Pancake’.; Schoeni, Arthur L., Lillie-Vought Biplane. Chance M. Vought’s Early Designs of World War I Era. (with photograph 5ALS-1-5-PB2); Schoeni, Arthur L., Turboprop, Tiltwing Transport. (with photographs 5ALS-1-5-PB3 through 5ALS-1-5-PB11).

Schoeni, Arthur L., “Cutlass. The History of Chance Vought’s unusual USN Fighter.” Part One, Air Classics, 12, no. 6, (1976); Schoeni, Arthur L., “Cutlass: Chance Vought’s Twin-jet Fighter encounters a Number of Development Problems.” Part Two, Air Classics, Undated.; Schoeni, Arthur L., Cutlass Chance Vought’s unusual, and only partially successful, Fighter makes way for a new Generation of Jet Fighter.” Part Three, Air Classics, Undated.; Schoeni, Arthur L., “Vought XF5U-1 Flying Flapjack.” Historical Aviation Album, Volume 8.

Box 1, Folder 6 titled, "Scrapbook: Our Company's Heritage, 1971-1978" includes an incomplete list of names mentioned in the brief articles from a company newsletter or other serial publication. Subjects are listed in no particular order:

Simplex,

VE-7,

First O2U-1 float plane,

O2U Sea plane,

UO-1,

Max Lillie,

Vought's first biplane,

Lillie-Vought biplane,

Jimmy Doolittle,

Wright B,

Tractor plane,

Alouette helicopter,

V-92C Corsair,

Regulus, V-173,

VE-7,

New York-Toronto reliability race,

Waterman's biplane,

VE-10 flying boat,

Birdseye G. Lewis,

McCormick-Romme doughnut plane,

FU-1,

XF2U,

XF3U,

XO5U-1,

O3U,

SBU,

XO4U-1,

F8U-3,

V-143,

OS2U-3,

F7U,

VS-326,

SO2U,

XSB2U-3,

F4U,

Flying Pancake,

F6U Pirate,

Blue Angels,

F7U-1 Cutlass,

Kingfisher,

Zero,

PA-6,

SF4U-1,

F8U,

George Franko,

Harry Vought,

Admiral Tate,

FG-1D.

Box 1, Folders 7 and 8 titled, “Scrapbook: Magazine Articles (1 of 2), 1974-1991” and "Scrapbook: Magazine Articles (2 of 2), 1974-1991," respectively, offer lists of clippings available.

Included in Folder 7 are:

“Cutlass.” Air Classics 12, no. 6 (1976),

“The Flying Pancakes.” Air Classics 11, no. 8 (1975),

“Chance Vought Cutlass.” Aeroplane Monthly 3, no. 1 (1975),

“Short Little Ugly Fella. The unflattering Nickname above belong to the LTV A-7 Corsair II.” Aeroplane Monthly (August 1974),

“Tilt-Wing Transport.” Aeroplane Monthly 4, no. 10 (1976),

“The Flying Pancakes.” Aeroplane Monthly (November 1975),

“The Flying Pancakes.” Aeroplane Monthly (December 1975),

“Vought-Sikorsky VS-326.” Air Classics 13, no. 3 (1977),

“The Mayday Kingfisher.” Part One. Air Classics 13, no. 7 (1977),

“The Mayday Kingfisher.” Part Two. Air Classics 18, no. 8 (1977),

Table of Contents (?) American Aviation Historical Society Journal (Fall 1989),

“Kingfisher Pilot.” Air Classics (March 1978),

“Ghost Riders in the Sky. Complete Story of the Weird and Wild Regulus Series of guided Missiles.” Air Classics Quarterly Review 4, no. 2 (1977),

“Sixty Years of Vought.” Aeroplane Monthly (July 1977),

“Crusader.” Part One. Air Classics 13, no. 11 (1977),

“Crusader.” Part Two. Air Classics 13, no. 12 (1977),

“Crusader.” Part Three. Air Classics 14, no. 1 (1978).

Included in Folder 8 are:

“No Wings! What has the Chance Vought F-8 Crusader done seven times that had been done but twice since the Wright Brothers flew? Flown with its wings folded!” Air Combat 6, no. 4 (1978),

“XC-142A. The Tri- Service Turboprop Tiltwing Transport.” Air Classics 15, no. 5 (1979),

“May Day! May Day!” Aeroplane Monthly (November 1979),

“New Role for an Old Plane.” All Hands (March 1976),

“Turning the A-7 Corsair into a two-seat trainer.” All Hands (March 1975),

“The Big Guns!” Maintenance Digest (Summer 1978),

“New Role for Proven Veteran.” Maintenance Digest (Summer 1978),

“Crash. Der Bruchpilot.” Flieger Magazin (September 1978,

“Lost at Sea.” Air Classics 15, no. 6 (1979).

“Carrier Calamities.” Aeroplane Monthly (June 1978),

“The First Corsairs.” Part One. Air Classics 15, no. 9 (1979),

“The First Corsairs.” Part Two. Air Classics 15, no. 10 (1979),

“Northrop-Vought V-143.” Air Classics 16, no. 2 (1980),

“You Can't Win 'Em All--Vought's Pirate.” The Hook (Spring 1980),

“Corsairs for Two.” Air Combat 8, no. 6 (1980),

“Project One Grand.” Naval Aviation Museum Foundation, Inc. 2, no. 2 (1981),

“Pioneer Pirate.” Aeroplane Monthly (December 1981),

“Lillie-Vought Biplane, Chance M. Vought's Early Designs of World War I Era.” American Aviation Historical Society Journal (Fall/Winter 1983),

“Navy Celebrates 75 Years of Aviation, Vought Airplanes Have Key Role.” (June 1986),

“Look Ma, No Wings!” Aeroplane Monthly (August 1987),

“24 Former F-4U Pilots Hold Reunion.” (With photograph 5ALS-1-8-PC1) Profile (June 1976),

Matt, Paul R., “Chance Milton Vought, FAI-156, 1890- 1930.” Historical Aviation Album, “Chance Vought and Early Naval Aviation,” “Letting Go of a Legacy.” Dallas Times Herald, (2 June 1991),

“Corsair II Details.” American Aviation Historical Society Journal 17, no. 4 (1972),

“Card Stunts.” Naval Aviation News 69, no. 5 (1987),

“Goof Proofs.” American Aviation Historical Society Journal (Summer 1987).

Box 2, Folders 1 and 2 titled, “Photograph Negatives, 1917-1947” and “Photograph Negatives (Continued), 1949-1972” respectively, offer a detailed summary of the container list.

Folder 1 includes:

Image 5ALS-2-1-NB1 to Image 5ALS-2-1-NB39.

Aircraft factory assembly line, praying mantis, clay model of the Corsair, cartoon with Japanese script, montage of Vought military aircraft from 1917 forward, negative reproductions of “The Flying Pancakes.” Air Classics (August 1975), John Konrad landing, Crusader, model plans, Certificate of Incorporation of Lewis and Vought Corporation.

Image 5ALS-2-1-PB33, /T.

Contact print of negative 5ALS-2-1-NB34, affixed to envelope with description. Regulations for Operation of Aircraft (with a lot of corrective liquid applied).

Image 5ALS-2-1-NB36, /BR. (January 1920)

Regulations for Operation of Aircraft (with a little corrective liquid applied), blimp at the Wright Brothers National Memorial, in North Carolina.

Folder 2 includes:

Image 5ALS-2-2-NB1 to 5ALS-2-2-NB14.

Model plans.

Image 5ALS-2-2-NB15, /T

Model plans, with photos of various models of the F4U.

Image 5ALS-2-2-NB17 to 5ALS-2-2-NB26.

Table, Vought Aircraft and Missile Production, 1917-1972.

Image 5ALS-2-2-NB27 to 5ALS-2-2-NB33, /BL (1972).

Negative reproductions of an article “The McCormick-Romme Umbrellaplane, 1911.” American Aviation Historical Society Journal (Fall 1972).

Image 5ALS-2-2-NB34, /BL (1950).

Negative 31A, showing a Vought F4U-5 crashing aboard the USS Coral Sea in 1950. See Air Classics, June 1979 (Box 1, Folder 8).

Image 5ALS-2-2-NB35, /BL (1950).

Negative 32A, showing a Vought F4U-5 crashing aboard the USS Coral Sea in 1950. See Air Classics, June 1979 (Box 1, Folder 8).

Image 5ALS-2-2-NB36, /BL (14 October 1949).

Negative 33A, showing a Vought F4U-4 81100 of VMF 322 crashing aboard the USS Sicily in 1949. See Aeroplane Monthly, June 1978 (Box 1, Folder 8).

Image 5ALS-2-2-NB37, /BR (14 October 1949).

Negative 34A, showing a Vought F4U-4 81100 of VMF 322 crashing aboard the USS Sicily in 1949. See Aeroplane Monthly, June 1978 (Box 1, Folder 8).

Image 5ALS-2-2-NB38 to 5ALS-2-2-NB39, /BR.

Promotional photograph, Cutlass with enlarged praying mantis.

Image 5ALS-2-2-NB40, /BR.

Regulus II, during JATO (Jet-Assisted Take-Off) launch. Print of this negative is 5ALS-1-9-PB1.

Image 5ALS-2-2-NB41, /BR.

Regulus II, during JATO (Jet-Assisted Take-Off) launch. Print of this negative is 5ALS-1-9-PB2.

Image 5ALS-2-2-NB42, /BR.

Regulus II, during JATO (Jet-Assisted Take-Off) launch, JATO exploding. Print of this negative is 5ALS-1-9-PB3.

Image 5ALS-2-2-NB43 to 5ALS-2-2-NB48.

Shows a Navy tail section mated to a Marines body. For print of this negative (or one of the similar negatives), see 5ALS-1-4-PB3.

Image 5ALS-2-2-NB49, /BL.

Man with flight suit standing on top of airplane, view from rear of plant. Titled “Man from Mars.” For print of this image see 5ALS-1-9-PB4 and several other similar prints in the collection. The envelope in which this negative was stored also has a small print of this negative, backwards and with red crop marks.

Image 5ALS-2-2-NB50 to 5ALS-2-2-NB51, /T.

Man with flight suit standing on top of airplane, view from rear of plant.

Image 5ALS-2-2-NB52 to 5ALS-2-2-NB53, /BL.

Three Cutlasses flying in formation. The envelope in which this negative was stored also has a small print of this negative, with crop marks.

Image 5ALS-2-2-NB54, /BR.

F8U-2N, in flight, close-up of nose. Print of this negative at 5ALS-1-9-PB5.

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Record Group Code

1 = CAT/Air American Archives

2 = Doolittle Archives

3 = Lighter than Air Archives

4 = George H. Williams, Jr., World War I Aviation Library

5 = History of Aviation Archives (HAC)

6 = University Archives

7 = HAC Stacks

8 = WPRL Stacks

9 = Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Collection

10 = Belsterling Collection

11 = Closed Stacks

12 = Unidentified

13 = Chance Vought Archives

14 = Twirly Birds Archives

Image Format Code

P = Photograph/Postcard

S = Slide

N = Negative

T = Positive Transparency

B = Black and White

C = Color

Example: 13ALS-1-1-PC1

13 = Chance Vought Archives

ALS = Arthur L. Schoeni Papers

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1 = Box Number

1 = Folder Number

P = Photograph/Postcard

C = Color

1 = Image Number

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