Student Notebook: Air Navigation (open access)

Student Notebook: Air Navigation

Student booklet with handwritten notes on air navigation by Solange D'Hooghe
Date: unknown
Creator: D'Hooghe, Solange
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flight Notes Wichita Falls - Mineral Wells] (open access)

[Flight Notes Wichita Falls - Mineral Wells]

Handwritten travel directions for flights between Wichita Falls and Mineral Wells, including landmarks and distance traveled.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
BT Cockpit Procedure (open access)

BT Cockpit Procedure

Take-off, flight, and landing instructions for a BT-15 aircraft. Solange D'Hooghe's name is printed in the top right of each page, with her WASP class number, 43-w-5, included on the first page.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
BT-15 Cockpit Procedure (open access)

BT-15 Cockpit Procedure

Instructions for take-off, flight, and landing in a B-15 aircraft.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[D'Hooghe Flight School Class Notes] (open access)

[D'Hooghe Flight School Class Notes]

Flight school class notes handwritten by Solange D'Hooghe, including hand-drawn illustrations.
Date: unknown
Creator: D'Hooghe, Solange
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memo from William H. Turner, June 4, 1943] (open access)

[Memo from William H. Turner, June 4, 1943]

Memo from William H. Turner discussing the significance of filling out forms 1 and 1A along with instructions of how to properly fill out the forms.
Date: June 4, 1943
Creator: Turner, William H.
Object Type: Letter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Class Notes] (open access)

[Class Notes]

Flight school class notes drawn and handwritten in pencil by Solange D'Hooghe.
Date: unknown
Creator: D'Hooghe, Solange
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Mathematics Work Book (open access)

Mathematics Work Book

Mathematics work book with math problems relating to aviation and answers to those problems handwritten written in pencil.
Date: 1943~
Creator: Army Air Forces Preflight School (Pilot)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flight Notes] (open access)

[Flight Notes]

Notes on various flights between different Texas towns, with information such as landmarks, time, and distance listed.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
AT-6 Cockpit Procedure (open access)

AT-6 Cockpit Procedure

Photostat copy of instructions for take-off, flight, and landing in an AT-6 aircraft.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[D'Hooghe Graph Notes] (open access)

[D'Hooghe Graph Notes]

Flight school notes with graphs and calculations drawn in pencil by Solange D'Hooghe.
Date: unknown
Creator: D'Hooghe, Solange
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Graded Math Problems] (open access)

[Graded Math Problems]

Page of math problems handwritten in pencil by Solange D'Hooghe. Som problems have grades and correctionsin red, and a red check is marked on the page.
Date: 194X
Creator: D'Hooghe, Solange
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Partial Flight School Test] (open access)

[Partial Flight School Test]

Questions 46 through 84 of a quiz covering navigation in relation to aviation.
Date: 194X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flight School Class Notes] (open access)

[Flight School Class Notes]

Flight school class notes on various aviation topics handwritten by Solange D'Hooghe.
Date: 1941-04-09/1943-06-16
Creator: D'Hooghe, Solange
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Love Note Between "Hoogie" and Roger/Kramer] (open access)

[Love Note Between "Hoogie" and Roger/Kramer]

Love note passed back and forth between "Hoogie", possibly Solange D'Hooghe, and Roger/Kramer, possibly full name Roger Kramer, in which the latter is trying to woo D'Hooghe.
Date: unknown
Creator: D'Hooghe, Solange & Kramer, Roger
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Daily Flight Inspection Record (open access)

Daily Flight Inspection Record

Blank form from the Civil Aeronautics Administration for inspecting aircraft with a check list of tasks and evaluations to complete before taking off for flight.
Date: unknown
Creator: United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flight Notes Landmarks] (open access)

[Flight Notes Landmarks]

Handwritten pencil notes of landmarks for flights between Sweetwater and Brownwood, and Brownwood and Wichita Falls.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Flight Notes Mineral Wells - Avenger Field] (open access)

[Flight Notes Mineral Wells - Avenger Field]

Travel notes for a flight between Mineral Wells and Avenger field including distance traveled and key landmarks.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Travel Notes from Two Flights] (open access)

[Travel Notes from Two Flights]

Travel notes from two flights with landmarks, distances and a possible flight path drawn.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Handbook of Operation and Flight Instructions for the Models AT-6C and SNJ-4 Advanced Training Airplanes (open access)

Handbook of Operation and Flight Instructions for the Models AT-6C and SNJ-4 Advanced Training Airplanes

Manual for the flight and operation of two advanced military training planes manufactured by North American Aviation, Inc., the AT-6C and SNJ-4. Several notes on aviation are handwritten on the back of the booklet.
Date: June 25, 1942
Creator: Air Service Command
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[D'Hooghe Flight School Class Notes] (open access)

[D'Hooghe Flight School Class Notes]

Flight school class notes handwritten by Solange D'Hooghe, including hand-drawn diagrams.
Date: 194X
Creator: D'Hooghe, Solange
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Local Radio Procedure for Avenger Field #2 (open access)

Local Radio Procedure for Avenger Field #2

Procedural text for operating the local radio for Avenger Field. It gives instructions on how "to leave line," what to do during take off, what to do on a forty-five degree entry, and important tips.
Date: May 24, 1943
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
AT-17 Cockpit Procedure (open access)

AT-17 Cockpit Procedure

Cockpit procedure for an AT-17 aircraft with a note on single engines handwritten on the back. S. D'Hooghe is written in the top right corner along with some calculations.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Graduation Dance Invitation] (open access)

[Graduation Dance Invitation]

Invitation for guests to attend the Women Airforce Service Pilots graduation dance for the class of 43-W-5 at the Avengerette Club.
Date: September 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History