[Flight Report Operations Form] (open access)

[Flight Report Operations Form]

Flight report operations form for Suzette Van Daell's flights at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. Stamped near the top of the form are "25631 AAF Base Unit," "AT-6C," and "Advanced."
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Map Documents]

Two documents related to various types of maps. On the first page are four diagrams and a sample image to show the distortion of the four various types of maps. On the second page is a chart describing the identifying features of the maps. The diagrams and charts are printed in black ink, and there are a few marks in pencil on the first page.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Instrument Cockpit Check] (open access)

[Instrument Cockpit Check]

Checklist for the instruments inside the cockpit of an aircraft. Each piece of equipment named is underlined and printed in capital letters.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Guidebook to Rifle Marksmanship (open access)

The Guidebook to Rifle Marksmanship

The Guidebook to Rifle Marksmanship prepared by the National Rifle Association exclusively for O. F. Mossberg and Son, Inc., New Haven, Conn. Some of the chapters have illustrations and diagrams.
Date: 1942
Creator: O. F. Mossberg and Son, Inc.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[E-6B Computer Instructions #1] (open access)

[E-6B Computer Instructions #1]

Instructions for finding time, speed, and distance with an E-6B computer. There is a practice exercise at the bottom of the page with 20 practice questions.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weather for Aircrew Trainees (open access)

Weather for Aircrew Trainees

Textbook titled "Weather for Aircrew Trainees" or "Air Forces Manual No. 6" belonging to Suzette Van Daell. It contains general weather information, as well as specific information regarding temperature, pressure, and thunderstorms.
Date: February 14, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[War Department Message Forms] (open access)

[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
[E6-B Computer - Page 2] (open access)

[E6-B Computer - Page 2]

Document regarding the radius of action for returning to an alternate base. At the top of the page is "E6-B Computer - page 2" and a formula, followed by a list of instructions with 10 entries labeled with letters.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Army Air Forces Student Weather Map #3, January 2]

Army Air Forces student weather map #3 for January 2, 1944, Time 0700C. There are questions on the back of the map.
Date: January 2, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Army Air Forces Student Weather Map #4, January 2]

Army Air Forces student weather map #4 for January 2, 1944, Time 1900C. There are questions and diagrams on the back of the map.
Date: January 2, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Student Notebook Air Navigation (open access)

Student Notebook Air Navigation

Student notebook of Suzette Van Daell focusing in air navigation. The majority of the notebook is completed in pencil.
Date: unknown
Creator: van Daell, Suzette
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Meteorology Exam #1] (open access)

[Meteorology Exam #1]

Meteorology exam with a total of twenty-five questions.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Weather Exam #1] (open access)

[Weather Exam #1]

Weather exam with a total of ten questions and a diagram illustrating a typical frontal system.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Weather Midterm Exam] (open access)

[Weather Midterm Exam]

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Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Arrival Report] (open access)

[Aircraft Arrival Report]

Aircraft arrival report for the Army Air Forces. The Operations Office is 2563rd AAF Base Unit, Avenger-Field, Texas.
Date: unknown
Creator: Army Air Forces
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flying: Air Traffic Rules (open access)

Flying: Air Traffic Rules

Military text describing the rules of air traffic and instrument flight.
Date: May 25, 1943
Creator: United States. Army Air Forces.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Army Air Forces Student Weather Map #1, January 1 #2]

Army Air Forces student weather map #1 for January 1, 1944, Time 0700C. There are questions on the back of the map. The instructions read: "Draw in missing isobars - Color: fronts, hazards, precipitation, air masses and pressure center letters."
Date: January 1, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
BT-15 Cockpit Procedure (open access)

BT-15 Cockpit Procedure

Text detailing the cockpit procedure, as it was given to the Women Airforce Service Pilots.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suzette Van Daell Scrap Paper #2 (open access)

Suzette Van Daell Scrap Paper #2

Piece of scrap paper belonging to Suzette Van Daell. It includes the following text: "Place arrow on distance traveled--opposite distance off course read degree of correction on inside scale--this gives parallel to TC." It also includes line segments and calculations.
Date: unknown
Creator: van Daell, Suzette
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Physics Exam] (open access)

[Physics Exam]

Physics exam partially completed by Suzette Van Daell. It includes vocabulary, fill-in-the-blank, true/false, and calculation questions based on basic physics concepts like the relationships between velocity, time, distance, mass, and acceleration. Several sections are left blank. There are two sketches of rabbits on the front of the first page and the back of the last page.
Date: unknown
Creator: Army Air Forces
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Weather Exam, September 28, 1944] (open access)

[Weather Exam, September 28, 1944]

Weather exam containing ten weather-related questions. There is a 2x and an 80 circled in the upper left corner of the page.
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Clipping: Scarsdale Home News] (open access)

[Clipping: Scarsdale Home News]

Newspaper clipping from No. 11 of the Scarsdale Home News. The main article is titled "A Family Affair," which discusses the swearing in of Dorothy Jean Leslie as a member of the WAVES or Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service. Other articles center around the local weather phenomenon, post-war plans, the returns of local veterans, wedding announcements, and obituaries.
Date: October 7, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Clipping
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Suzette vanDaell Scrap Paper #4] (open access)

[Suzette vanDaell Scrap Paper #4]

Piece of scrap paper belonging to Suzette Van Daell. It includes math and calculations.
Date: unknown
Creator: van Daell, Suzette
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Army Air Forces Student Weather Map #1, January 1 #1]

Army Air Forces student weather map #1 for January 1, 1944, Time 0700C. There are questions on the back of the map. The instructions read: "Draw in missing isobars - Color: fronts, hazards, precipitation, air masses and pressure center letters."
Date: January 1, 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History