[Answer Sheet for Theory of Flight Quiz] (open access)

[Answer Sheet for Theory of Flight Quiz]

Answer sheet to a multiple choice quiz over the theory of flight with questions 9-11 crossed out, and questions 1-8 and 12-20 are filled in. The name, date, and class number of Solange D'Hooghe are handwritten at the top.
Date: June 17, 1943
Creator: D'Hooghe, Solange
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Answer Sheet for Theory of Flight Quiz #2] (open access)

[Answer Sheet for Theory of Flight Quiz #2]

Answer sheet to a multiple choice quiz over the theory of flight with questions 9-11 crossed out, and questions 1-8 and 12-20 are filled in. The name, date, and class number of Solange D'Hooghe are handwritten at the top.
Date: June 3, 1943
Creator: D'Hooghe, Solange
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
AT-6 Cockpit Procedure (open access)

AT-6 Cockpit Procedure

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
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
Attitude (open access)

Attitude

Pamphlet published by the Airlines War Training Institute to help flight crew members how to work together efficiently and safely, and the proper behavioral response to various emergency situations.
Date: 1943
Creator: Airlines War Training Institute; Lederer, Jerome & Damon, William
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bell Serviceman, Volume 1, Number 19, October 1, 1943 (open access)

Bell Serviceman, Volume 1, Number 19, October 1, 1943

Instructions from the Bell Aircraft Corporation with cartoon illustrations meant to teach pilots about plane operation and safety. The issue covers synchronized engine and propeller control and how to properly and safely use and aircraft's firepower.
Date: October 1, 1943
Creator: Bell Aircraft Coorporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bell Serviceman, Volume 1, Number 20, October 15, 1943 (open access)

Bell Serviceman, Volume 1, Number 20, October 15, 1943

Instructions from the Bell Aircraft Corporation with cartoon illustrations meant to teach military pilots about plane operation and safety.
Date: October 15, 1943
Creator: Bell Aircraft Coorporation
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Blank Itinerary Chart] (open access)

[Blank Itinerary Chart]

Blank booklet of itinerary charts for 1943.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Blue Bonnet Hotel Receipt] (open access)

[Blue Bonnet Hotel Receipt]

A receipt from the Blue Bonnet Hotel in Sweetwater, Texas, totaling at $2.50 for a room.
Date: March 22, 1943
Creator: Blue Bonnet Hotel
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
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
BT 15 Cockpit Procedure (open access)

BT 15 Cockpit Procedure

Instructions for take-off, flight, and landing in a BT-15 aircraft. The initials, "S. D'H." are written in the top write corner in blue pen ink.
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

Civil Aeronautics Administration Federal Airways Communication Stations

Two maps printed on the front and back of a sheet of paper, the first of which is a Civil Aeronautics Administration map of federal airway communication stations. The second is an Army Air Forces student weather map with instructions for the student to fill in missing weather information. The map is filled in with blue lines and both yellow and blue highlighted areas. The student's name is Solange D'Hooghe, Squadron R, Section 1, dated to October 5.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
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
[Class Notes with Lipstick Marks] (open access)

[Class Notes with Lipstick Marks]

Handwritten class notes and questions on aviation with lipstick marks on the page.
Date: 194X
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: 2 Women Fliers Killed In Texas Plane Crash] (open access)

[Clipping: 2 Women Fliers Killed In Texas Plane Crash]

Newspaper clipping describing the death of Mrs. Helen J. Severson and Margaret Seip which occurred in a plane crash at Avenger Field, Sweetwater.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: An Aviator in an Airplane Coming Out of a Dive Sometimes Weighs More Than a Ton!] (open access)

[Clipping: An Aviator in an Airplane Coming Out of a Dive Sometimes Weighs More Than a Ton!]

Newspaper clipping describing the weight of a pilot's body in an airplane leveling off at a high speed.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Atlanta Plane Crash Blamed On Pilot Error] (open access)

[Clipping: Atlanta Plane Crash Blamed On Pilot Error]

Newspaper clipping describing the details of a plane crash that occurred in Atlanta, Georgia due to a misinterpretation of the altimeter readings.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cloud Formation Information Sheet #2] (open access)

[Cloud Formation Information Sheet #2]

Document providing information regarding various types of cloud formation and how they affect aviation. A note is handwritten at the top of the first page on cumuliform and stratiform clouds and the initials, "S. D'H" are written in red int he top right corner. Notes are also found on illustrations in the document.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cloud Type Information Sheet] (open access)

[Cloud Type Information Sheet]

One page of a worksheet set on cloud types with questions six through nine, all which are answered in pencil.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
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
[Description of Army Decisions] (open access)

[Description of Army Decisions]

Page #3 from a larger set that explains General Arnold's decision to employ Major Krick and why the Army felt the need have a way to predict weather patterns.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History