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News clippings, photocopies, manuscripts, and other materials maintained by Captain William B. Voortmeyer.
NASM.2010.0006
Voortmeyer, William B.
bulk 1927-1952
Carol Voortmeyer Nickisher, Gift, 2009, NASM.2010.0006.
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National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the following items documenting the career of Captain William B. Voortmeyer: newspaper clippings; photocopies of four photographs; a CD copy of Voortmeyer's unpublished manuscript, "The Rise of Air Power Over the Pacific," 1941; Air Navigation, textbook for the Air Training Center by Voortmeyer; manuscript of "The Modern Air of Pilotage;" manuscript of a Navy Address, by Lt. W. B. Voortmeyer, 1936; manuscript of talk given on Oakland radio station KYA by Voortmeyer to Junior Birdmen, 1935; promotional flyer for "A Practical Course of 12 Lessons in Aerial Navigation and Meteorology" by Captain W. B. Voortmeyer, 1933; a card of the flag signaling system developed by Voortmeyer, signed July 1, 1927; and Oakland City Resolution No. 2337 in honor of Voortmeyer.
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Captain William B. Voortmeyer Papers, NASM.2010.0006, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Navigation (Aeronautics)
Navigation -- History
Aeronautics
Transpacific flights
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