Aero Club of America.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
George I. Hockensmith Papers
Collection
Identifier: L050-84
Abstract
George I. Hockensmith worked mainly as a Superintendent for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company building hangars such as the Wingfoot Lake airfield, southeast of Akron, Ohio. He also helped build bridges like the Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C. and the the Trinity River Bridge in Dallas, Texas to name only a few. In South America, he built airfields and the British Guiana Air Base at Georgetown, British Guiana, for which he received the Ordem Do Cruzeiro...
Dates:
1917 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1944
Charles W. Penry Collection
Collection
Identifier: H013-84
Abstract
Charles W. Penry was an Aeronautical Engineer working for the Chance Vought Aircraft, Inc. company. The collection contains clippings, photographs, military records, ephemera, memorabilia, narratives, reports, and charts.
Dates:
1915 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1918 - 1956