The Ryan Firebee began as a series of target drones or unmanned aerial vehicles developed by the Ryan Aeronautical Company, beginning in 1951 (later Teledyne Ryan). It was one of the first jet-propelled drones, and one of the most successful and widely used target drones ever built, generally referred to as the Firebee I. The collection is housed in two boxes and contains photographs and articles about the Teledyne Ryan Firebee.
26 JPG and PDF files stored on the DAMS and Library Server. These files were donated to the Museum and show the history of the Consolidated B-24 Liberator "Texas Terror" which crashed on Hinchinbrook Island in 1942.
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.
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