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[44-W4 Time Schedule]
Memo from Group Commander E. A. Parker to Flight Commanders discussing the schedule for the 44-W4 class of Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas.
Date:
March 7, 1944
Creator:
Parker, E. A.
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Advanced Instructor's Syllabus: Instrument Flying Radio Range-Radio Compass
Instruction booklet created by the Air Force on how to use the radio range-radio compass for flight navigation.
Date:
March 15, 1944
Creator:
United States. Air Army Forces. Air Service Command.
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sweetwater's Municipal Airport Hangar Building #2]
Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport hangar, a large, metal building with the hangar's name in large letters on the front. There is a metal tower to the right of the hangar, and a long road going past the right of the building. Text at the bottom of the photo indicates the location and date of the photo. A note can be seen written on the back of the photo: "Sweetwater Municipal Airport- The first hangar built in 1929 on South side of the field. Photo taken in 1941".
Date:
March 29, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sweetwater's Municipal Airport Hangar Building #4]
Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport hangar, a large, metal building with the hangar's name in large letters on the front. There is a metal tower to the right of the hangar, and a long road going past the right of the building. Text at the bottom of the photo indicates the location and date of the photo.
Date:
March 29, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Sweetwater's Municipal Airport Hangar Building #3]
Photograph of Sweetwater's Municipal Airport hangar, a large, metal building with the hangar's name in large letters on the front. There is a metal tower to the right of the hangar, and long road going past the right of the building. Text at the bottom of the photo indicates the location and date of the photo.
Date:
March 29, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Student Pilot Handbook
Handbook for student pilots, detailing procedures, maneuvers, and judgement criteria for learning how to fly planes. The book includes numerous illustrations, some humorous and others instructional, to aid the student. There are several handwritten notes on the front page from grateful students of the WASP class 44-W-3.
Date:
March 1943
Creator:
Hunt, Jack & Fahringer, Ray
Object Type:
Book
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Transcontinental and Western Air Incorporated to Suzette Van Daell, March 1, 1945]
Letter from Director R. C. Oberdaun of the Industrial Relations division of Transcontinental and Westtern Air, Inc to Suzette Van Daell offering her a job at the company.
Date:
March 1, 1945
Creator:
Oberdahn, R. C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Easy Ways to Determine Compass Headings]
Pamphlet entitled "Easy Ways to Determine Compass Headings" belonging to Suzette Van Daell from the Ground School at Avenger Field. The pamphlet contains instructions and worksheets related to navigation.
Date:
March 1944
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Pamphlet
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[War Department Message Forms]
Seven blank War Department message forms.
Date:
March 12, 1943
Creator:
United States Department of War
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Inter-Office Communication from R. E. Olin to Charles A. Prince, March 17, 1943 #2]
Inter-Office Communication from R. E. Olin to Charles A. Prince discussing the attached original estimates from Alston Construction Company
Date:
March 17, 1943
Creator:
Olin, R. E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Inter-Office Communication from R. E. Olin to Charles A. Prince, March 17, 1943 #1]
Inter-Office Communication from R. E. Olin to Charles A. Prince discussing two applications for contract work to construct expansion facilities for Plosser-Prince Air Academy, one from Alston Construction Company and the other from Carl Harvey.
Date:
March 17, 1943
Creator:
Olin, R. E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter to Landon E. McConnell, March 15, 1943]
Letter to Major Landon E. McConnell discussing the request for additional facilities at the Academy in Sweetwater, Texas. Specifically, the need for an underwater gasoline storage tank, a concrete washrack, and a new asphalt paved road.
Date:
March 15, 1943
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegraph from B. E. Meyers to Plosser-Prince Air Academy, March 26, 1943]
Telegram from Commanding General B. E. Meyers to Plosser-Prince Air Academy rescinding all provisions within a previous letter dated February 26, 1943 signed by Colonel W. F. Volandt.
Date:
March 26, 1943
Creator:
Meyers, B. E.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles A. Prince to R. C. Hoppe, March 27, 1942]
Letter from Charles A. Prince to City Manager R. C. Hoppe discussing the lease between the City of Sweetwater, Texas and the Plosser-Prince Air Academy.
Date:
March 27, 1942
Creator:
Prince, Charles A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Standard Oil Company of California to Aeronautical Training Center, Inc., March 25, 1941]
Letter from Standard Oil Company of California to Aeronautical Training Center, Inc. discussing a recent contract signed five days prior.
Date:
March 25, 1941
Creator:
Standard Oil Company of California
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from H. M. Renaud to Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince, March 18, 1943]
Letter from H. M. Renaud of the British Air Commission to Joe B. Plosser and Charles A. Prince Plosser-Air Academy discussing overdue payments owed to the British Air Commission totaling $20,000.
Date:
March 18, 1943
Creator:
Renaud, H. M.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Telegram from R. C. Hoppe to Charles A. Prince, March 27, 1942]
Telegram from City Manager R. C. Hoppe to Charles A. Prince discussing the proposed lease on the Sweetwater Municipal Airport.
Date:
March 27, 1942
Creator:
Hoppe, R. C.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Inter-Office Memo Regarding the Salary Cost from Corsicana]
Plosser-Prince Air Academy memo regarding salary costs from Corsicana.
Date:
March 19, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Preliminary Cost Estimate for an Expansion of Plosser-Prince Air Academy]
Preliminary cost estimate for an expansion of Plosser-Prince Air Academy in Sweetwater, Texas. There is a handwritten note at the bottom of the page explaining how the estimate was based on a revised barracks plan.
Date:
March 16, 1943
Creator:
Harvey, Carl
Object Type:
Text
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from G. F. Buskie to Plosser-Prince Air Academy, March 24, 1943]
Letter from G. F. Buskie to Plosser-Prince Air Academy discussing the appointment of a Defense Plant Corporation engineer to the Plosser-Prince Air Academy to oversee the expansion program approved by the Defense Plant Corporation Board of Directors two days previous. The bottom of the letter is initialed by J. B. Plosser.
Date:
March 24, 1943
Creator:
Buskie, G. F.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Contract between Standard Oil Company of California and Aeronautical Training Center, Inc., March 20, 1941]
Contract between Standard Oil Company of California and Aeronautical Training Center wherein the Standard Oil Company is the seller and the Aeronautical Training Center is the buyer.
Date:
March 20, 1941
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to Landon E. McConnell, March 1, 1943]
Letter from Plosser-Prince Air Academy to Major Landon E. McConnell discussing a request to expand the Academy at Avenger Field.
Date:
March 1, 1943
Creator:
Plosser-Prince Air Academy
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Providing for the Appointment of Female Pilots and Aviation Cadets of the Army Air Forces
House of Representatives Report No. 1277 of the 78th Congress' 2nd Session. It was submitted to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed. It proposes admitting female civilian pilots into the armed forces.
Date:
March 22, 1944
Creator:
Stimson, Henry L.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Letter from Charles A. Prince to George Cribbett, March 27, 1942]
Letter from Charles A. Prince to George Cribbett discussing specifications for Sweetwater Municipal Airport.
Date:
March 27, 1942
Creator:
Prince, Charles A.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The Portal to Texas History