Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Accession 23-007 Eight Eddie Rickenbacker Inaugural Flight glasses, El Paso, TX - Eastern Airlines, ca. , 1980
Accession
Scope and Contents
This accession contains eight Eddie Rickenbacker Inaugural Flight glasses. Donor worked for Eastern Airlines in the early 1980s when Eastern Airlines opened service at the El Paso,Texas airport. A female passenger gave the glasses to the donor and she kept them for many year until donating them to AU Special Collections and archives.
Dates:
1980
W. David Lewis Papers
Collection
Identifier: 0529
Scope and Contents
This collection is made up of materials created and collected by Dr. W. David Lewis. Much of the contents relate to Captain Eddie V. Rickenbacker, the subject of Lewis' book Eddie Rickenbacker: An American Hero in the Twentieth Century (2005). Other materials include personal and professional correspondence, materials from teaching classes, and research materials on topics inlcuding the history of aviation, the history of technology, and World War...
Dates:
1910 - 2009
