MS-402: Aircraft Slide Collection Collection Number: MS-402 Title: Aircraft Slide Collection Dates: 1970-1998 Creator: Wayne and Karen Pittman Summary/Abstract: The Aircraft Slide Collection is an assortment of 35mm color slides of aircraft in numerous operational locations, as well as air museums, static displays, and air shows. Quantity/Physical Description: 1 linear foot (3 flat storage three-ring binder boxes) Language(s): English Repository: Special Collections and Archives, Paul Laurence Dunbar Library, Wright State University, Dayton, OH 45435-001, (937) 775-2092 Restrictions on Access: There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection. Restrictions on Use: Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder. Preferred Citation: (Box Number, Folder Number), MS-402, Aircraft Slide Collection, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio Acquisition: The Aircraft Slide Collection was donated to Wright State University Special Collections and Archives in September 2008. Revisions: Revised by Jeremy Katz (February 2011) Processed by: Ryan Qualls Arrangement: The collection is arranged into three series and four subseries: Series I: Air Shows and Aero Teams Subseries 1A: Air Shows Subseries 1B: Aero Teams 1 Series II: Museums and Static Displays Subseries IIA: United States Subseries IIB: Foreign Series III: Gate Guards and Individual Aircraft Biographical/Historical Note: The Aircraft Slide Collection was compiled by Wayne and Karen Pittman during their travels to various air shows and museums throughout the North America and Europe. Scope and Content: The Aircraft Slide Collection is an assortment of color slides produced by Wayne and Karen Pittman on their travels to various air shows and museums around North America and Europe. Each series is housed in its own flat storage, three-ring binder box. For all of the materials within the collection, items were first divided into subject matters then arranged chronologically or alphabetically. Each slide is sleeved in plastic pages containing twenty slides per sheet. Slides are arranged left to right, top to bottom. Series I, Air Shows and Aero Teams, is arranged into two subseries: Subseries IA: Air Shows, and Subseries IB: Aero Teams. Each of these subseries is organized chronologically. Within each file, slides are organized alphabetically according to manufacturer. Series II, Museums and Static Displays, is arranged into two subseries: Subseries IIA: United States, and Subseries IIB: Foreign. Each of these subseries is organized alphabetically according to the name of the city or air base that the museum is located. Within each file, slides are organized alphabetically according to manufacturer. Series III, Gate Guards and Individual Aircraft, contains slides of various aircraft that have been mounted on a plinth and used as a static display near the main entrance to museums. This series also contains slides of miscellaneous aircraft. Within each file, slides are organized alphabetically according to manufacturer. Subject Terms Persons/Families Wayne Pittman Karen Pittman Organizations/Corporate Names Boeing Cessna Convair Curtiss Douglas Lockheed McDonnell Douglas 2 Northrop Rockwell Sikorsky Places Army Aviation Museum, Middle Wallop, UK Andrews AFB, MD Armament Museum, Eglin AFB, FL Bealeton, VA Brize Norton, UK Cape Canaveral, FL Chanute AFB, IL College Park, MD Curtiss Factory, Buffalo, NY Dayton, OH Deutsche Museum, Munich Dutch Air Force Museum, Soesterburg, Holland Eastleigh, UK Fairford, UK Farnborough Air Show, UK Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton, UK Frankfort, Germany Fredricksburg, VA Fort Bragg, NC Fuenen, Denmark Grand Forks AFB, ND Greek War Museum, Athens Glenn Curtiss Museum, Hamondsport, NY Hampton Aerospace Park, Hampton, VA Harlingen, TX Hermeskeil, Germany History & Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, TX Hulburt Field, FL Imperial War Museum, Duxford, UK Kelly Field, TX Lasham, UK Lashenden, UK Lone Star Museum, Galveston, TX Maxwell AFB, AL Memphis Belle, Memphis, TN Minnesapolis, MN Mosquito Museum, UK Musee de l’Aire, Paris Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL Newark Air Museum, UK New Garden, PA 3 Norfolk, VA Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, Rhinebeck, NY Overloon, Holland Patuxet NAS, VA Peterson Air & Space Museum, Peterson Field, Co Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, AZ Ontario, CA Portsmouth, OH RAF Museum, Cosford RAF Museum, Hendon Rammstein AB, UK Richmond, VA Science Museum, Wroughton, UK Shannon Air Museum, Fredericksburg, VA South Hampton, UK St. Mare Eglise, France Strathallan Museum, Scotland Stuttgart, Germany Swiss AF Museum Swiss Transportation Museum, Lucerne Tangmere, UK Technical Museum, Berlin Technical Museum, Elsinore, Denmark Technical Museum, Stockhom Technical Museum, Vienna Torbay, UK USA Aviation Museum, Ft. Rucker, AL USAF Academy, CO US Air & Trade Show USA Transportation Museum, Ft. Eustis, VA USAFA, CO USMC Air/Ground Museum, Quantico, VA USS Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, AL USS Yorktown, SC West Malling, UK Wings & Wheels Museum, Santee, SC Zaragoza AB, Spain Subjects (General) Aero Teams Air Museums Air Shows Aviation Material Types 35mm color slides 4 Occupations Pilot Aviator Collection Inventory Series I: Air Shows & Aero Teams Subseries IA: Air Shows Box File Description Date 1 1 College Park, MD (4 slides) (Boeing PT-17, 1976 Pitcairn Mailwing, SPAD VIII, STOL UC-1) 2 Bealeton, VA (54 slides) (Wing Walker) 1976 3 NAS Patuxet River, VA (43 slides) (Grumman F4F 1976 Wildcat, Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, RAF Nimrod, Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod, Lockheed S-3A Viking, McDonnell Douglas AV-8, Mitsui A6M Zero, Northrop F-18, Northrop P-51, Northrop AT-6, Ryan PT-22, Stearman PT-17, Parachutist) 4 Andrews AFB, MD (38 slides) (Cessna A-37B, 1977 Douglas VC-9C, Douglas M-2, General Dynamics F-16A, Grumman F-14A, Hawker-Siddeley AV-8, Lockheed C-5A, Lockheed AC-130, Lockheed VC- 140B, Lockheed S-3A, McDonnell F-15A, Northrop F-5A, North American Rockwell OV- 10A, Republic A-10A, Ryan AQM-34L, Vertol CH-Y7 5 Fredericksburg, VA (15 slides) (Boeing B75N1, De 1977 Havilland DH-60 Gypsy Moth, Pitts Special, SPAD VII, Stearman N2S-3, Vultee V1-A, UNK) 6 New Garden, PA (Colonial Flying Corps) (43 1977 slides) (Aeronca 7BCM, Bensen, Boeing A75N1, Cessna 190, De Havilland DH60, De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth, Dimascio Pietenpol, Fairchild PT-23, General Motors FM-2, Howard P6-A 15P “Big Red”, T-6, Piper PA-28, Pitts Special, Ryan PT-25, Short SC-7, Smith Miniplane DSA-1, Starduster A-300, Thompson Boxmoth) 7 NAS Norfolk, VA (8 slides) (Douglas EA-4F, 1977 Grumman , Hawker-Siddeley, Lockheed C-5A, Sikorsky RH-53, A7E) 5 1 8 Richmond, VA (54 slides) (Wingwalker, Boeing 1977 PT-17, Curtiss, Douglas, Fokker D.VIII, Grumman, Lockheed, North American P-51, Republic P-47, Ryan NYP (Replica), Sopwith Pup, Stinson, Supermarine Spitfire, Swallow Mail Plane, Vought F40, Vultee, UNK) 9 Harlington, TX (Confederate Air Force) (98 slides) 1979 (Navy, Archi DSA (Replica), Douglas, Boeing, Curtiss, Fieseler Fi-156, Focke Wulf FW-YYJ, Junkers Ju. 87, Me 110, North American, Mitsubishi, Supermarine Spitfire) 10 Zaragoza AB, Spain(25 slides) (Aerospatiale 1980 Alouette III, Aerospatiale SA-340, CASA C-212, Lockheed T-33, Powered Glider) 11 Dayton Air Show, OH (36 slides) (Vulcan, Brech, 1980-1984 Boeing, Curtiss, Douglas, Junkers, Lockheed, McDonnell, North American, Swallow Mail Plane, WACO, Blue Angels, Snowbirds, Thunderbirds 12 Zaragoza AB, Spain (30 slides) (Bell, Canadair, 1982 CASA, Dassault Mirage, McDonnell, Northrop, Parachutists) 13 Paris Air Show (37 slides) (Blimp, Aero Spaceline 1983 Guppy, Aerospatiale, Airbus, Boeing, Dassault, 747/Shuttle) 14 Ramstein AB, Germany (Flugtag) (24 slides) 1983 (Dassault, BAC Lightning F6, General Dynamics, Hawker-Siddeley, Lockheed, McDonnell, Northrop, Saab, Red Arrows) 15 RAF Fairford, UK (Intnl Air Tattoo) (90 slides) 1985 (Aero Vulcan B2, Boeing, BAC Concord, BAe Hawk T1, Bae Victor K2, De Havilland, Douglas, Eng. 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Conberra, Gloster Meteor, Hawker- Siddeley, Lockheed, Pitts S2 Special, Saab, Westland) 16 West Malling, UK (Warbirds) (74 slides) (Boeing, 1985 Gloster Meteor, Consolidated, Hawker, Douglas, Supermarine Spitfire, Vought) 17 Eastleigh, UK (7 slides) (Spitfire) 1986 18 RAF Brize Norton, UK (16 slides) (Avro 1986 Lancaster, Boeing, De Havilland, Lockheed, Vought, North American, Supermarine Spitfire) 19 Farnborough, UK (15 slides) (Airbus, Concord, 1986 Eurofighter) 20 South Cerney, UK (World Aerobatic 1986 Championships) (11 slides) (Pitts, Zlin) 21 RAF Fairford, UK (Open Day) (24 slides) 1986 6 (Hawker-Siddeley, Boeing, Breguet, Douglas, Lockheed, ME, Vought) 1 22 RAF Fairford, UK (Intnl Air Tatoo) (48 slides) 1987 (Aermacchi, Avro Lancaster, CASA, De Havilland, Lockheed, Supermarine Spitfire) 23 Portsmouth, OH (34 slides) (CASA, Grumman, 1990 North American, Stearman, Stinson) 24 Dayton, OH (US Air & Trade Show) (32 slides) 1990 (Beech, Boeing, Doulgas, Consolidated, Grumman, Lockheed, North American) 25 Dayton, OH (US Air & Trade Show) (15 slides) 1991 (De Havilland, Douglas, Lockheed, McDonnell, 26 Dayton, OH (US Air & Trade Show) (9 slides) 1993 (McDonnell, Northrop, Wright B Replica) 27 Dayton, OH (US Air & Trade Show) (18 slides) 1994 (Paratroops, Boeing, De Havilland, Lockheed, Douglas, Northrop, Snowbirds) 27 Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (Wings Across 1995 America) (12 slides) (Beech, Douglas, Lockheed,