Thompson, William
Person
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Douglas DC-7 Lithograph Print (National Airlines flight over Miami Beach, Florida), Circa mid to late 1950s (possibly 1958)
Item — Cabinet East Art Storage, Bay / Shelf: 5.4
Identifier: 20240017
Scope and Contents
Object Type: Graphic (Poster/Print).Purpose: Sales and marketing.Source: Company (Manufacturer).Series: Douglas Aircraft Company DC-6 and DC-7 Airline printsScope: Full-color lithographic print from an original painting by artist George Akimoto (later Chief Illustrator at McDonnell Douglas). He was a longtime illustrator for Douglas Aircraft Company creating technical and promotional works. Work was likely done in the late 1950s, as...
Dates:
Circa mid to late 1950s (possibly 1958)
Douglas DC-7B Lithograph Print (Pan American World Airways [Pan Am] "Clipper" Aircraft in flight over Paris), Circa mid to late 1950s (possibly 1958)
Item — Cabinet East Art Storage, Bay / Shelf: 5.4
Identifier: 20250012
Scope and Contents
Object Type: Graphic (Poster/Print).Purpose: Sales and marketing.Source: Company (Manufacturer).Series: Douglas Aircraft Company DC-6 and DC-7 Airline printsScope: Full-color lithographic print from an original painting by an unknown artist. Artist signed the painting, however we have yet to confirm the signature (likely Mimms). Work was likely done in the late 1950s, as similar works are from 1958....
Dates:
Publication: Circa mid to late 1950s (possibly 1958)
Douglas DC-7B Lithograph Print (South African Airways flight over Johannesburg, South Africa), Circa mid to late 1950s (possibly 1958)
Item — Cabinet East Art Storage, Bay / Shelf: 5.4
Identifier: 20240018
Scope and Contents
Object Type: Graphic (Poster/Print).Purpose: Sales and marketing.Source: Company (Manufacturer).Series: Douglas Aircraft Company DC-6 and DC-7 Airline printsScope: Full-color lithographic print from an original painting by an unknown artist. Artist signed the painting, however we have yet to decipher the signature (possibly R.G. Smith, Neal Jacobe, William Carr or Keith Meininger). Work was likely done in the late 1950s, as similar...
Dates:
Circa mid to late 1950s (possibly 1958)
"Douglas DC-8 Flying Time and Fuselage Index (Jan-Mar 1992)" [Aircraft service data document], 1992-03
Item — Box TB.S2.002, Folder: TF.S2.B.0004
Identifier: 20220231
Scope and Contents
TBD
Dates:
Publication: 1992-03
Eastern Airlines Metal Replica Advertising Sign [Depicts a Martin 404 "Silver Falcon" Aircraft, circa 1952-1961), 1993
Item — Cabinet East Art Storage, Bay / Shelf: 5.4
Identifier: 20240013
Scope and Contents
Object Type: Graphic (Sign).
Purpose: Sales and marketing.
Source: Company (Other).
Scope: Full-color rolled steel Trans-World Airlines replica advertising sign.
Contents: Depicts a Martin 404 aircraft, circa 1952-1961, with the wording: "Fly EASTERN'S Great New "Silver Falcon" -- the World's Most Advanced Twin-Engine airliner")
Dates:
1993
Jet Aircraft Power Systems (3d Edition), 1965, 1965
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 113, Call No.: TL 709 .C35 1965
Identifier: 20121108
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical)Purpose: Training and EducationAuthority: Author Expertise.Scope (from Preface):
"Even as changes and improvements are made in gas-turbine engines, so must changes and improvements be made in textbooks describing these engines. For this reason, the third edition of Jet Aircraft Power Systems has been written to bring new information on gas-turbine engines to the student of aircraft...
Dates:
Copyright: 1965; Publication: 1965
Jet Aircraft Simplified (1954 Edition), 1954 edition
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 159, Call No.: TL 709 .C5 1954
Identifier: 20121104
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).Purpose: Training & Education.Authority: Author Expertise.Scope:From dust-jacket blurb: "JET AIRCRAFT SIMPLIFIED explains in a fascinating, step-by-step manner the basic principles and practical applications of the jet propulsion of aircraft. Among the many subjects discussed and illustrated with both line drawings and photographs are the discovery of jet propulsion, simple examples of...
Dates:
Publication: 1954 edition
Jet Engine... Accident Investigation, 1959, 1959
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 183, Call No.: TL 553.5 .G4
Identifier: 20121111
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Book (Technical Reference)Purpose: Authoritative referenceAuthority: ManufacturerScope: Written in 1959 by Charles W. Myers and Gerald B. Wagner of the Service Training School, Aircraft Gas Turbine Division, General Electric Company in 1959 for students of the GE schoolhouse.From the Introduction: "This manual has been written in an endeavor to equip investigators to analyze a turbojet power plant involved in an accident, to...
Dates:
Copyright: 1959; Publication: 1959
Letter regarding donated Douglas DC-6 & DC-7 Lithograph Prints, 2024
Item — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.018.001
Identifier: 20240016.01
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Record (Business).Purpose: Business activities.Authority: Individual.Scope: Letter from William Thompson to AEHS (Kim McCutcheon) donating three DC-6 and DC-7 lithography prints to AEHS. Written circa 1924. Contents:
The donor (William Thompson) stated in this letter, "While living in Long Beach, California in the 1960s, a neighbor who worked at Douglas Aircraft [Company] gave me these...
Dates:
Existence: 2024
Maintenance and Repair of Aerospace Vehicles (3d Edition. Formerly titled Aircraft Maintenance and Repair), 1967, 1967
Item — Special collection MC-19, Book: 133, Call No.: TL 671.9 .N6 1967
Identifier: 20121107
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Textbook (Technical).
Purpose: Training & Education.
Authority: Author Expertise.
Series: Northrop Institute of Technology SeriesScope (from Preface): "Maintenance and Repair of Aerospace Vehicles, formerly titled Aircraft Maintenance and Repair, is one of the Northrop Institute of Technology series of textbooks describing the construction, inspection, operation, maintenance, and repair of structures, systems, and powerplants for aircraft and other aerospace...
Dates:
Copyright: 1967; Publication: 1967