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Katherine Cheung (1904-2003) was the first woman pilot of Chinese descent to earn a pilot's license in the United States. This collection consists of material documenting the aviation career of Katherine Cheung.
NASM.2021.0030
Cheung, Katherine
1930-2017
Dorothy Leschenko, Gift, 2021, NASM.2021.0030.
0.18 Gigabytes (7 digital images)
National Air and Space Museum Archives
This collection consists of the following material documenting the aviation career of Katherine Cheung: a photo album containing black and white photographs and negatives; newspaper articles; Cheung's 3 by 4.5 inch Stanavo Pilot's Handbook, 1932 (annotated); color snapshots; a scrapbook containing correspondence, newspaper articles, certificates, programs, photographs, and biographical information, in both English and Chinese; a DVD copy of the documentary, Aviatrix: The Katherine Sui Fun Cheung Story; a DVD copy of the documentary A Brief Flight: Hazel Ying Lee and the Women Who Flew Pursuit; eleven VHS tapes; three DVDs containing footage of Cheung; a cassette tape from a 1995 radio interview; and seven digital images.
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Katherine Cheung Collection [Leschenko], NASM.2021.0030, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Aeronautics
Women air pilots
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Gigabytes
Scrapbooks
Video recordings
Photograph albums
Digital images