Thaddeus Kerns was born in Santa Ana, California on June 5, 1894, and died in a plane crash on July 15, 1913. At a very young age, he built a full-sized plane with his own hands, with the exception of the engine, based on the Curtiss model. He taught himself how to fly with determination and courage. He even obtained a patent for a ?flexible rib? in 1911, when he was only 17 years old.
The collection contains items reflecting the history of the San Diego Ford Building, including many articles on its history, news clippings, proposals, correspondence, and photocopies of photographs.
“The Lockheed Star” was a newsletter that was published every two weeks or monthly. The issues in this collection range from February 1946 to December 1994. The size of the newsletters varies per year.
The collection contains various records of multiple media types including letters, documents, books, maps, and photographs. The majority of the records are personal correspondence of Louis Hector III and photographs that were taken of him and other subjects during World War II. Restricted items include some photographs depicting nudity and insurance records. Nitrate negatives were included in the original donation and have been reformatted.
This collection contains 4 large boxes which contain both original and photocopied documents, articles and book excerpts. The collection focuses on individuals, aircraft, conflicts and units related to Mexican civil and military aviation.
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