CAA/FAA Aircraft Registration Files Celebrity Aircraft
Identifier
NASM.1990.0043
Creator
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Federal Aviation Administration
Date
1926-1970
bulk [ca. 1920s-1930s]
Provenance
Aeronautics Department, Transfer, 1990, 1990-0043, Public Domain
Extent
0.9 Cubic feet ((2 legal document boxes))
Restrictions
No restrictions on access
General
NASMrev
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Application forms
Correspondence
Scope and Contents
These are the original Aeronautics Branch, Department of Commerce (later Civil Aeronautics Administration and Federal Aviation Agency) aircraft registration files on sixteen (16) historically significant aircraft or pilots. Aircraft include the following: first aircraft registration issued; Curtiss Robin J NX9243 (Douglas Corrigan); Lockheed 10-E NR-16020 (Amelia Earhart); Travel Air Monoplane NX-869 (Woollaroc of Art Goebel); Hughes Flying Boat (HK-1) NX37602; Ryan NYP NX-211 (Charles Lindbergh); Lockheed 10-E NR-16059 (Dick Merrill); Cessna 180 N1538C (Jerry Mock); Lockheed Vega 5-C NR-105W (Wiley Post); Standard J-1 #249 (E. A. Ocklander); Laird LTR-14 NX263Y (Roscoe Turner); Wedell Williams 109 NR-61Y (Roscoe Turner). These files contain registration and license applications, modification documents, and correspondence relating to the aircraft. There are also pilot files on the following: James Doolittle, Douglas Corrigan and Charles Lindbergh.
Genre/Form
Application forms
Correspondence
Rights
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Creator
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Federal Aviation Administration
Names
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Federal Aviation Administration
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis"
Corrigan, Douglas, 1907-
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937
Goebel, Arthur C. "Art"
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974
Merrill, Dick, 1897-
Mock, Jerrie.
Ocklander, E. A.
Post, Wiley, 1898-1935.
Turner, Roscoe, 1895-1970
Topic
Curtiss Robin J-1 (Model 50H)
Lockheed Model 10-E Electra
Travel Air 5000
Hughes H-4 (HK-1) Hercules
Cessna 180 Skywagon
Lockheed Model 5C Vega
Standard J-1
Laird ("Matty") LTR-14 Pesco Special
Wedell-Williams Model 44 (44 III)
Aeronautics
Airplanes -- Registration and transfer
Air pilots
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
