Precision Flight Demonstration with Bob Hoover Flying the Shrike Commander (open access)

Precision Flight Demonstration with Bob Hoover Flying the Shrike Commander

Pamphlet for an aerial demonstration of a Shrike Commander plane being flown by Bob Hoover. The pamphlet gives information on Hoover's life and the historical significance of the aircraft.
Date: May 1972
Creator: North American Rockwell Corporation
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Pamphlet: Parachute Sense] (open access)

[Pamphlet: Parachute Sense]

Booklet created by the Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics discussing parachute safety, such as when and how to bail out, procedure during descent, and landing technique.
Date: May 1943
Creator: Bureau of Aeronautics
System: The Portal to Texas History
Miss Ziggy Hunter: Her Accomplishments in the Field of Aviation (open access)

Miss Ziggy Hunter: Her Accomplishments in the Field of Aviation

A compilation of the many achievements of Women Airforce Service Pilot flight instructor, Ziggy Hunter, as a pioneer in aviation. Notes on the cover page indicate that the author, Nettie Moore, was a WASP control tower operator and that her attempts to gain national honor for Hunter have gone unsuccessful as of 1980.
Date: May 10, 1975
Creator: More, Nettie D.
System: The Portal to Texas History