151 results for: Aerospace
Photograph
Eddie Hubbard delivering air mail from Canada, circa 1920
In March 1919, airplane manufacturer William Boeing and pilot Eddie Hubbard carried a sack of mail from Vancouver to Seattle by seaplane. This demonstration flight was the first known international air mail trip, and it inspired regular mail flights between Seattle and Victoria, British Columbia.In this photo, taken around 1920, pilot Eddie Hubbard delivers a sack of mail after landing…
ID Number:1983.10.10901.2
Date:Circa 1920
Photograph
Eddie Hubbard's plane landing in Lake Union, Seattle, circa 1919
In March 1919, airplane manufacturer William Boeing and pilot Eddie Hubbard carried a sack of mail from Vancouver to Seattle in Boeing's private seaplane. This demonstration flight was the first known international air mail trip. It took the two men three hours each way, including stops. At the time, it took much longer for the mail to travel between the…
ID Number:1983.10.11080
Date:Circa 1919
Photograph
Portrait of aviator Herb Munter, circa 1920
The flying career of legendary pilot Herbert A. Munter (1895-1970) began early as he built his first plane from a bed sheet, wooden struts, wires from market baskets and a 40-horsepower engine. Teaching himself to fly it in 1912, he went on to barnstorming and test piloting for the Boeing Company. He opened Seattle's first passenger carrying service in 1920…
ID Number:1983.10.11249
Date:Circa 1920
Photograph
The men who flew around the world, 1924
In 1924, United States army pilots became the first to fly around the world. At that time, there were no trained ground crews to make any needed repairs, so each plane also carried a mechanic. In this photo, seven of the eight pilots and mechanics of the 1924 world air race stand by one of their four planes at Sand…
ID Number:1983.10.11531.1
Date:1924
Photograph
Returning officer of the Round the World Flight, Seattle, 1924
In 1924, four Douglas World Cruisers, each manned by an Army Air Corps pilot and mechanic, took off from Seattle’s Sand Point Field to fly around the world. Some 175 days later, on September 29, 1924, three of the planes arrived back in Seattle. Some 40,000 excited people greeted the flyers as they landed. The crowds were expected to be…
ID Number:1983.10.11721
Date:1924
Photograph
Boeing airplane and Kenworth truck, 1937
For many years, Boeing and Kenworth have been important Seattle-area industries. In this 1937 photo, a United Air Lines Boeing Model 247 and a Kenworth gasoline truck sit on the tarmac at a Seattle airport. The twin-engine transport plane carried ten passengers, their luggage, and 400 pounds of mail on routes along the west coast and between San Francisco and…
ID Number:1983.10.13696.1
Date:1937
Photograph
Boeing airplane and Kenworth truck, 1937
For many years, Boeing and Kenworth have been important Seattle-area industries. In this 1937 photo, a United Air Lines Boeing Model 247 and a Kenworth gasoline truck sit on the tarmac at a Seattle airport. The twin-engine transport plane carried ten passengers, their luggage, and 400 pounds of mail on routes along the west coast and between San Francisco and…
ID Number:1983.10.13696.3
Date:1937
Photograph
Kenworth workers posing with airplane part, Seattle, June 15, 1944
The Kenworth Motor Truck Company got its start building heavy-duty trucks for the timber industry. During World War II, the company participated in many war-related production contracts. Beginning in 1943, Kenworth began making components for the Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortress" bomber and the B-29 "Super Fortress" at its Seattle plant. Three shifts of workers carried out subassembly work on the…
ID Number:1983.10.14851.16
Date:1944
Photograph
Ferry "Kalakala" on Seattle waterfront, July 5, 1935
The ferry "Kalakala" began service in 1935. Its streamlined design made it internationally famous and popular with visitors and residents alike. The ferry made six daily runs between Seattle and Bremerton, and made summer evening excursions around Puget Sound. Unfortunately, the ferry vibrated badly; it was difficult to handle and expensive to repair. Service ended in 1967, and the ferry…
ID Number:1983.10.17698.2
Date:1935
Photograph
Air mail plane at Boeing Field, Seattle, circa 1933
In the 1920s, King County voters passed a bond issue to buy land for a commercial airport south of Seattle. Low lying land was graded with fill dredged from the Duwamish Waterway. The new airport, Boeing Field, was dedicated in July 1928. By 1938, the field served three major airlines, passenger planes and airborne freight carriers. Boeing Field is also…
ID Number:1983.10.17984.8
Date:Circa 1933