NASM.1990.0043

Federal Aviation Administration

1926-1970

bulk [ca. 1920s-1930s]

Aeronautics Department, Transfer, 1990, 1990-0043, Public Domain

0.9 Cubic feet ((2 legal document boxes))

National Air and Space Museum Archives

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.

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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

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Application forms

Correspondence