Airplanes, Home-built
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Karl Baur Papers
Collection
Identifier: H060-01
Abstract
Karl Baur is most known for having been the chief test pilot for the Messerschmitt Company, in Germany in the late 1930s until the end of the Second World War. He test piloted such famous aircraft as the Me-109, the Me-262 jet fighter, and the Me-163 rocket plane. After a brief stay in United States in the later part of 1945, Baur returned to Germany. In 1954, Baur accepted a position as an engineer at the Chance Vought Aircraft Corporation in Dallas, Texas, where he worked until his death...
Dates:
1921 - 1982; Majority of material found within 1931 - 1946
Tony Page Papers
Collection
Identifier: H011-81
Abstract
Tony Page, whose given name was Ellen Antoinette Mills, began her writing career in 1940. Her interest in aviation let her to the decision to pursue a career as an aviation journalist. Hagmann started working for Flight Magazine, owned by George Haddaway in Dallas, Texas using the male name Tony Page. Page acquired the Cross Country News magazine located at Meacham Field in Fort Worth, Texas. She was the publisher and editor for this...
Dates:
1906 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1980
Charles R. Tennstedt Collection
Collection
Identifier: H027-83
Abstract
Charles Russell Tennstedt was a barnstormer and airline pilot working for Eastern Air Lines. He flew numerous airplanes and jet transport planes throughout his career.
Dates:
1914 - 1966; Majority of material found within 1935 - 1937
Burrell Tibbs Papers
Collection
Identifier: H001-66
Abstract
Burrell Tibbs is well known for his contributions to the early aviation period in the United States. Having been an apprentice to Benoist and working with Lester Miller on building an airplane, Tibbs was also a barnstormer and a pilot instructor in Oklahoma before and during World War II. He worked at the Boeing plant in Wichita, Kansas and celebrated the 50th anniversary of powered flight by flying a World War I Jenny from Bloomington, Illinois to Grand Prairie, Texas in seven days.
Dates:
1860 - 2005; Majority of material found within 1909 - 1965
Harry Weddington Collection
Collection
Identifier: H005-03
Abstract
Harry Weddington was an early aviator and flight instructor.
Dates:
1914 - 1943; Majority of material found within 1931 - 1939
Joseph A. Weisberg Papers
Collection
Identifier: H038-94
Abstract
From his early life on, Joseph A. Weisberg was interested in journalism and especially in photo journalism with the focus on aviation topics, which also sparked his interest in flying. During World War II, Weisberg trained on and served as a crew member on Consolidated B-24 Liberators. After the war, he settled in Fort Worth, Texas to assume a position at an advertising agency. Shortly thereafter, he established his own marketing company before deciding in 1973 to go back to his initial...
Dates:
1892 - 2001; Majority of material found within 1973 - 1980