National Air and Space Museum. 1999 Calendar: Milestones of Flight., c1998

Item — Box: 4, Folder: 18

Identifier: Subseries 1.3:

Staff Only

Contents:

Photographs of the following exhibits in the National Air and Space Museum:

Wright Brothers' 1903 flyer.

Fokker T-2, in which Lts. Oakley G. Kelley and John A. Macready made the first nonstop transcontinental flight, 1923.

Douglas World Cruiser "Chicago", in which Lts. Lowell H. Smith and Leslie Arnold made the first round-the-world flight, 1924.

Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis", in which Charles A. Lindbergh made the first solo transatlantic flight, 1927.

Lockheed Vega 5B, in which Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly nonstop solo across both the Atlantic and the United States, 1932.

Boeing 247-D, the first modern airliner, 1933.

Bell XP-59A Airacomet, the United States' first jet aircraft, 1942.

Bell X-1 "Glamorous Glennis", the first aircraft to fly faster than the speed of sound, 1947.

Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, first U.S. jet fighter in service to fly at Mach 2, 1954.

North American X-15A-1, first winged aircraft to reach speeds of Mach 4, 5, and 6, and to fly at altitudes well above 100,000 feet, 1959-1967.

Gemini IV, that carried James A. McDivitt and Edward H. White II in 1965 when White became the first American to "walk" in space.

Apollo 11 command module "Columbia", that carried Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. Aldrin into lunar orbit and back to Earth when Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon, 1969.

Dates

Creation: c1998

Creator

From the Collection: Hoxsey, Arch (Archibald) (Creator, Person)
From the Collection: Carruthers, John Franklin Bruce (Collector, Person)

Access

The collection is open to researchers when Special Collections is open, and at other times by appointment. There are no access restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 16.25 Linear Feet ( (13 archive boxes, 6 archive half-boxes, 8 clam-shell boxes, 3 shoe boxes, 15 oversize print boxes))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Physical Description

1 calendar : color ; 12 x 13.25 in.

Note:

Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, c1998.

Physical Storage Information

Box: 4, Folder: 18 (Graphic Materials)

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the 01 - Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library Repository

https://library.claremont.edu/scl/

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