86 results for: Aerospace
Boeing "Kaydet" model airplane, ca. 1934
The Boeing "Kaydet" was the first completely standardized primary training plane used by both the Army and Navy.
ID Number:1963.2899.1
Date:Circa 1934
Handmade cane from the first flight around the world, 1924
On April 6, 1924, four aircraft, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, and New Orleans, took off from Sand Point in Seattle and headed for Alaska as the first stop in the first round the world flight. The lead aircraft, Seattle, was flown by Major Frederick L. Martin (1882-1956). Unfortunately, on April 30, the Seattle crashed in dense fog into a mountainside near…
ID Number:1966.3882.5
Date:1924
City of Seattle medallion honoring aerospace pioneers, 1967
This medallion was commissioned by Mayor James d'Orma Braman, who served in the office from 1964-1969, and the City Council of Seattle on the occasion of the Boeing Company's 50th Anniversary in 1966. The artist was Seattle sculptor Ray Jensen (1929-2019).
ID Number:1966.3968.2
Date:1967
Model, Boeing 2707 Supersonic Transport (SST) airplane, ca. 1965
The Boeing SST project was hampered by design and environmental concerns. Though the U.S. government eventually cut funding to the project and prototypes were never completed, contributing to massive Boeing layoffs, this project was the first of its kind in the United States and was part of a supersonic transport technology race against the Soviets during the Cold War years,…
ID Number:1971.5158.1
Date:Circa 1965
Model of the first Boeing 747 long-range transport jet airliner, ca. 1968
Boeing began building its first 747 in September 1967. Malcolm Stamper, General Manager of Boeing's 747 program put together a group of 50,000 engineers, administrators, secretaries and construction workers he called "The Incredibles." They were incredible for producing the world's largest civil airplane in only 16 months. The first 747 rolled out of Boeing's Everett plant on September 30, 1968.…
ID Number:1971.5158.3
Date:Circa 1968
Mock up model of Boeing Lunar Landing Module, ca. 1965
During the space race of the 1960s, several aerospace companies were inventing and mocking up model lunar landing modules, including engineers at Boeing. This is a Boeing model of a lunar module that was never built. For the 1969 Apollo moon landing, Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp. built the Lunar Excursion Module (LEM), and Boeing later designed and built the Lunar…
ID Number:1979.6767
Date:Circa 1965-1968
Boeing 747 medal, 1968
This bronze medal commemorates the first roll out of the Boeing 747 on September 30, 1968. Boeing began building its first 747 in September 1967. Malcolm Stamper, General Manager of Boeing's 747 program put together a group of 50,000 engineers, administrators, secretaries and construction workers he called "The Incredibles." They were incredible for producing the world's largest civil airplane in…
ID Number:1979.6799.1
Date:1968
Handmade Seattle flag made by Dr. Willard Goff, 1968
Since the 1930s, the Seattle City Council made many attempts to adopt a city flag. This flag, designed by Dr. Willard Goff in 1968, was offered up to the council, but was rejected as too contemporary with its images of the Space Needle and the SuperSonic Transport (SST). The council eventually adopted a city flag designed by Councilmember Paul Kraabel…
ID Number:1982.109.710
Date:1968
Flight computer chart for the Model B-17F, used by Bessie Dempsey while working for Boeing, 1950
While Helen Holcombe is recognized as the earliest female employee in Boeing's drafting department (joining the team in 1917), Bessie Hall Dempsey (1914-1971) is credited as Boeing's first female aeronautical engineer hired in 1946. She had moved to Seattle as a child with her mother and older sister, attending Broadway High School and then Cornish School of Fine Arts. She…
ID Number:1982.172.27
Date:1950
Flag used in Charles Lindbergh parade in Seattle, 1927
On September 13, 1927, aviator Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-1974) landed the Spirit of St. Louis at the Sand Point Naval Air Station and was honored in a ticker-tape parade through downtown Seattle. This flag was on one of the cars in the parade and the donor's father was the driver. Lindbergh’s stop in Seattle was one of 80 he made…
ID Number:1983.46.1
Date:1927