Donald E. Heagle Flying collection, 1919-1946, and undated

Summary

Creator:

Heagle, Donald E.

Abstract:

Collection includes clippings, photographs, brochures, information about famous pilots, planes, flights, plane manufacturers, airlines, general aviation history, Grand Rapids Art Fair and airport information, Heagle's pilot log book and lessons from the Furniture Capital Air School of Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Extent:

1.25 cubic foot (in 2 boxes)

Language:

English

Authors:

Collection processed and finding aid created by E. Brilinski, M. Matyn

Background

Scope and Content:

The collection includes clippings from newspapers and magazines, photographs, brochures, and other memorabilia on Dr. Hugo, Eckener, Charles Lindberg and his flight to Paris, Admiral Byrd’s flight to the South Pole, women pilots, zeppelins, plane crashes, various companies that manufactured planes or plane parts, including Buhl Aircraft Company, Forker (GM.), Ford Motor Company, Kohler Corporation, and airlines including Detroit–Grand Rapids Airline, Furniture Capital Air Service, and Stout Air Service, Inc., and materials related to the Grand Rapids Air Fair, 1927, and airport, as well as the history of aviation, in general.

Also included are Heagle’s pilot log book, 1927-1931, and lessons from the Furniture Capital Air School, undated.

Biographical / Historical:

Biography:

Donald E. Heagle (December 8, 1911-July 10, 1997) was a pilot and a mechanic with Stout Air Services, Inc. in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (This information is from the collection and the Social Security Death Index.)

Acquisition Information:

no Acc#

Arrangement:

Arrangement is alphabetical, and then chronological.

Subjects

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Subjects:

Women air pilots.
Airships--History.
Airports--Michigan--Grand Rapids.
Transport planes--History.
Aircraft industry.
Aircraft accidents.
Air pilots--History.
Air pilots--Biography.
Transatlantic flights.
Aeronautics--Flights.

Names:

Detroit Air Lines.
Furniture Capital Air School (Grand Rapids, Mich.)
Ford Motor Company.
Kent County International Airport (Grand Rapids, Mich.)--History.
Heagle, Donald E.
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957.
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974.
Eckener, Hugo, 1868-1954.

Places:

Grand Rapids (Mich.)--History.
Kent County (Mich.)--History.