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Introduction

The content on this page takes two forms. The first is the real-world locations of aviation archives. The second is online accessible documents. Links to the direct catalog entry are included where available.

Airlines

Country Specific

Manuals

For more information, see Digital Aircraft Manual Sources

Specific Aircraft

Manufacturers

Manufacturer Periodicals
  • A W Affairs – Armstrong Whitworth
  • AeROHRcrafter – Rohr
  • Aeronautics Star – Lockheed Martin
  • Aero-Vought-Ics – Vought
  • Aircrafter – Canadian Car and Foundry
  • Aircraftings – Wright-Martin
  • Aircraftsman – Lockheed
  • Airview – Douglas
  • Airview News – Douglas
  • Alexander Aircrafter – Alexander
  • Ameri-Kansan – North American
  • Bee-Hive – United Aircraft Corporation
  • Beech Log – Beechcraft[1]
  • Beechcraft Bulletin – Beechcraft[1]
  • Beechcrafter – Beechcraft[1]
  • Bladesman – Curtiss-Wright
  • BMW Flugmotoren-Nachrichten – BMW
  • [Boeing] Magazine – Boeing
  • [Boeing] News – Boeing
  • Brewster Builder – Brewster
  • Bristol Quarterly – Bristol
  • Bristol Review – Bristol
  • Bulletin Technique des Avions H. Potez – Potez
  • Bulletin Walter – Walter
  • Cessna Times – Cessna
  • Cessquire – Cessna
  • Code One – General Dynamics/Lockheed Martin
  • Consolidated Vultee News – Consolidated Vultee
  • Consolidator – Consolidated[2]
  • Convairiety – Convair
  • Curtiss Fly Leaf – Curtiss
  • Curtiss-Wright Review – Curtiss-Wright
  • [Curtiss-Wright] Sales and Service Newsletter – Curtiss-Wright
  • D H Gazette – de Havilland
  • Der Condor – Focke-Wulf
  • Doak Digest – Doak
  • Douglas Airview – Douglas
  • [Douglas] News Letter – Douglas
  • [Douglas] Service – Douglas
  • Eastern Aircraftsman – Eastern
  • Engineering – Lockheed
  • FAD – Fairchild
  • Fairchild Aviation News – Fairchild
  • Fairey Affairs – Fairey
  • Fleetwings News – Fleetwings
  • Flight and Service News Letter/Field Service Bulletin – Consolidated/Consolidated Vultee[3]
  • Flight Deck – Consolidated Vultee[4]
  • Flight Sheet – Vought-Sikorsky
  • Gallaudet News – Gallaudet
  • General Dynamics News – General Dynamics
  • General Dyanmics World – General Dynamics
  • Global Service Log – Lockheed
  • Globe Beam – Globe
  • Gnome Rhone Journal – Gnome Rhone
  • Grumman Plane News – Grumman
  • Grumman World – Grumman
  • Hangar Flying – Lockheed
  • Hawker Siddeley News – Hawker Siddeley
  • Hawker Siddeley Review – Hawker Siddeley
  • Hiller Copter-News – Hiller[5]
  • Junkers Nachrichten – Junkers
  • Kaman Rotor Tips – Kaman
  • Let's Eat – Lockheed
  • Lockheed Horizons – Lockheed
  • Lockheed Southern Star – Lockheed
  • McDonnell Airscoop – McDonnell[6]
  • McDonnell Bulletin – McDonnell
  • Miles Magazine – Miles
  • Milestones – Miles
  • Mission Success – Lockheed Martin
  • Mooney Eagle – Mooney[7]
  • News Bulletin – United Aircraft Corporation[8]
  • Norcrafter – Northrop
  • North American Log – North American
  • North Ameri-Kansan – North American
  • [Northrop] Life – Northrop
  • [Northrop] News – Northrop
  • Pilatus Post – Pilatus
  • Piper Pilot – Piper
  • Plane Power – Jacobs
  • Plane-Talk – Vultee/Consolidated Vultee[9]
  • Republic Aviation News – Republic
  • Revue a Bulletin Technique de la Societe Francaise Hispano-Suiza – Hispano-Suiza
  • Revue de la Societe Generale Aeronautique – Societe Generale Aeronautique
  • Revue Technique Hispano-Suiza – Hispano-Suiza
  • Rotol and British Messier Quarterly Review – Rotol[10]
  • Ryan Reporter – Ryan
  • Service News – Lockheed[11]
  • Service News – North American
  • Short Quarterly Review – Short
  • Short Story – Short
  • Siemens Aircraft News – Siemens
  • Simpli-Facts – Lockheed
  • Sky-Gest – American Aviation
  • Skyline – North American
  • Skywriter – North American
  • Star – Lockheed
  • Stinson Plane News – Stinson
  • Tailspins – Allison
  • Take-Off – North American
  • Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical Achiever – Teledyne Ryan
  • Temco Tidings – Temco
  • The Air Box – Chandler-Evans
  • The Airscrew – Rotol[10]
  • The Armstrong Siddeley Air-Mail – Armstrong Siddeley
  • The Beechcraft Engineering Service Magazine – Beechcraft[1]
  • The Beechcraft Sales Altimeter – Beechcraft[1]
  • The Bellringer – Bell
  • The Bristol Review Engine Issue – Bristol
  • The Cub Flyer – Piper
  • The Curtiss Wright-Er – Curtiss-Wright
  • The Eagle – Consolidated Vultee
  • The Faircrafters – Fairchild
  • The Flying Reporter – Ryan
  • The Gloster – Gloster
  • The Kirkham News – Kirkham
  • The Lycoming Star – Lycoming
  • The Lycoming Starduster – Lycoming
  • The Martin Star – Martin
  • The Pegasus – Fairchild
  • The Red Seal – Continental
  • The Short Story News-Gazette – Short
  • The Tradewind – Curtiss-Wright
  • The Vultair – Vultee
  • The Waco Word – Waco
  • The Wasp Nest – Pratt & Whitney
  • This Week – General Dynamics
  • Trade Winds – Curtiss-Wright
  • Vickers & Supermarine Aviation Bulletin – Supermarine
  • Waco Pilot – Waco
  • Wingfoot Clan: Aircraft Edition – Goodyear
Reference, Reference

Parts Suppliers

Maps

Organizations

Organization Newsletters

For a list of Air Base Newspapers, see a dedicated page

Periodicals

Industry Yearbooks
  • Jane's Aviation Review
  • Jeppesen Sanderson Aviation Yearbook
  • The Aviation Yearbook (ACCA/AIAA)
  • United States Aircraft, Missiles, and Spacecraft (NAEC)

University Holdings

Other

References

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Materials in the museum's collection include "a partial set of microfiche photos and related indices from Bell" that were recovered from the basement of the Bell factory when the company closed the facility, "many Bell documents and films" and "a complete set of blueprints for the X-22".[12][13] According to a news article, the collection acquired from the plant included "a lot of its factory floor models, prototypes, archives, research and photographs".[14]
  2. ↑ Created by William Wagner, former Vice President of Public and Personnel Relations at Ryan Aeronautical Company and Vice President of the San Diego Aerospace Museum, as the Ryan Aeronautical Library following the the company's sale to Teledyne in 1969.[19]
  3. ↑ The acknowledgements page of The Spartan Story provides a good overview of sources:

    This book has been long abuilding. Some forty years ago, George Goodhead, a[n] early Spartan Student, began collecting factory photos, drawings and documents from the company archives. The restoration of two Spartan planes, the Model 12 and a C-2-60, added further to his Spartan information. I was contacted in late 1992 and agreed to write The Spartan Story, using as a starting point the volumes of material faithfully collected by George. Because of his considerable contributions to the book throughout its gestation, I am proud to name him as co-author.

    As the research went forward, many other individuals and organizations lent their assistance. Former employees such as Randy Brooks, Rex Madera and B. B. Broome generously opened their personal files to me. Dick Smith, who was a student during the "Dirty Thirties", sent photos and reminiscences of that difficult era. Neighbor and friend "Pete" Howard, a young flying cadet at Spartan in 1941, gave a personal insight into that romantic period. Mary Jones shared an hour-long taped interview given by Jess Green, containing interesting anecdotes of Spartans's early years. Another friend, Kent Faith, furnished me with reams of materials he had collected for a school writing project, including copies of the "Spartan News" from 1941 through 1945. Tulsa Historian, Beryl Ford, opened his vast archives of Tulsa lore; many of the photos and newspaper articles came from his collection.

    An international flavor was gained when the Miami, OK, Dobson Museum allowed me to peruse their extensive collection of material on the #3 British F. lying Training School, which operated there from 1941 to 1945. Through them I was able to contact the schools veteran's association, and a number of British pilots generously sent stories and photos describing their training in Oklahoma.

    Oklahoma City's Air-Space Museum opened their historical library to me, and my ever-helpful neighbor, Harold Maloy, lent 1920-1930's periodicals from his extensive collection. Vernon Foltz, Director of the Spartan Alumni Association, copied old manuals and news articles from their files.[20]
  4. ↑ A limited amount of records related to Rotol were still with the company in 1990. The author of an unofficial company history, Bruce Stait, established an archive at the county record office as part of his efforts.[10]
  5. ↑ A previous version of the periodical was published until 1955.[27]
  6. ↑ As of May 2025, the donation of the Aviation Week archives to the Cradle of Aviation Museum is pending.[28]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Parmerter, Robert K. (2004). Beech 18: A Civil & Military History. Tullahoma, Tennessee: Staggerwing Museum Foundation. pp. 462–463. ISBN 0-9748312-0-4.
  2. ↑ "Consolidator". Internet Archive. 7 October 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "Consolidated Aircraft Field Service Bulletins Vol 1 1942 43". Internet Archive. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "Consairway Flight Deck 1943 44". Internet Archive. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "Exhibits". Hiller Aviation Museum. Archived from the original on 14 November 2011. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  6. ↑ "McDonnell Airscoop Newsletters, 1963-1966 (S0758)". State Historical Society of Missouri. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
  7. ↑ Ball, Larry A. (1998). Those Remarkable Mooneys. Indianapolis, Indiana: Ball Publications. p. 148. ISBN 0-9641514-9-9.
  8. ↑ "F4U-1 Electric Starters News Bulletin, Serial No. 1, 15-July-1944". AirCorps Library. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "Plane Talk 1943 1944". Internet Archive. 28 January 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Stait, Bruce (1990). Rotol: The History of an Airscrew Company, 1937-1960. Alan Sutton Publishing. pp. ix–x, 161–164. ISBN 0 9516815 0 8.
  11. ↑ "Service News Magazine Archive". Lockheed Martin. Retrieved 19 December 2025.
  12. ↑ Jim van Oss, email, 23 February 2026
  13. ↑ Jim van Oss, email, 24 February 2026
  14. ↑ Penque, Zach (17 March 2025). "Demolition Underway for Bell Aerospace Office in Wheatfield". WBEN. Retrieved 16 July 2026.
  15. ↑ Beach, G. Dale (1985). It's a Funk! (First ed.). Terre Haute, Indiana: SunShine House. p. 51. One night in 1954, because of an apparent electrical short, the plant caught on fire. ... Most of the jigs, blue prints [sic], and stock were destroyed. ...

    Thomas McClish, from the Ohio-Pennsylvania border town of Sharon, Pennsylvania, came upon the scene. He was interested in the Funk and would like the manufacturing rights. Because of the dire need for money, they finally came to an agreement. The patents, manufacturing rights, remaining jigs, blue prints [sic] and stock were sold. ...

    By a strange coincidence, close to the same time that the fire struck the Funk plant, there was a huge storm in Texas that produced floods. All of the paperwork on the Funk was destroyed due to flooding. Since neither the government nor anyone else had the original drawings or even copies of them, all restoration of Funks are now down on a grandfather clause.
  16. ↑ Ben Guttery, email message to webmaster, 28 March 2024
  17. ↑ Spenser, Jay P. (1992). Vertical Challenge: The Hiller Aircraft Story. University of Washington Press. p. xv. ISBN 0-295-97203-3.
  18. ↑ Jim Hodgson, Facebook comment, 27 March 2024
  19. ↑ Wagner, William (1976). Reuben Fleet and the Story of Consolidated Aircraft. Fallbrook, California: Aero Publishers. dust jacket back flap. ISBN 0-8168-7950-8.
  20. ↑ Peek, Chester L.; Goodhead, George (1994). The Spartan Story. Norman, Oklahoma: Three Peaks Publishing. p. v. ISBN 0-943691-16-8.
  21. ↑ Jim Hodgson, Facebook comment, 7 March 2016
  22. ↑ Ben Guttery, email message to webmaster, 28 March 2024
  23. ↑ Joshua Stoff, Facebook comment, 8 March 2016
  24. ↑ Joshua Stoff, email message to webmaster, 27 March 2024
  25. ↑ Joshua Stoff, Facebook comment, 8 March 2016
  26. ↑ Horne, Thomas A. (March 2008). "AOPA's Big Idea" (PDF). AOPA Pilot. p. 73. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  27. ↑ Briggs, James E. (July 1963). "Foreward". Instructors' Journal. Vol. 1, no. 1. Randolph Air Force Base, Texas: Assistant Chief of Staff, Training Development, Headquarters, Air Training Command. p. 1. Retrieved 30 June 2026.
  28. ↑ Joshua Stoff, comment during Zoom meeting, 21 May 2025

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