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 Summary

A banquet program, souvenir program, and photograph related to the OX5 Aviation Pioneers circa 1981.

 Biographical / Historical

The OX5 Aviation Pioneers is a nonprofit organization founded in 1955 to honor pilots, mechanics, and aviation enthusiasts who flew or worked with the Curtiss OX-5 engine. Originally established as the OX5 Club of America in Pennsylvania, the organization continues to preserve and promote the history of airmen and their accomplishments and contributions to the development of civil aviation.

 Identifier

NASM.2025.0001

Date

1981

Provenance

Anonymous, Gift, 2024, NASM.2025.0001

Extent

.01 Cubic feet (1 folder)

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of material related OX5 Aviation Pioneers circa the early 1980s. Items include a 1981 banquet program signed by Anna Chennault with an accompanying photograph of Anna Chennault and a OX5 souvenir program containing the 1981 Hall of Fame Inductees with sigatures from Mae Post (Wiley Post's widow) and Fred Austin.

Arrangement note

Itemized.

Rights

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Citation

OX5 Aviation Pioneers Materials, NASM.2025.0001, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Aeronautics

Women in aeronautics

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials