City of Fort Worth Aviation Department Collection

Historical Note

The Fort Worth Aviation Department housed a large collection of archival and exhibit materials related to aviation history, and included three personal collections from Henry Newman, Paul Hill, and Colonel Frank O'Brien. In 2014 the City of Fort Worth needed to move these materials during a major renovation of the Meacham Airport Main Administration Building. At this time, the City of Fort Worth chose to donate the collection to the Tarrant County Archives.

Scope and Contents

The City of Fort Worth Aviation Department Collection features a variety of types of materials including documents, newsletters, magazines, photographs, posters, artifacts, A/V materials, microfilm, books, directories, and more. The three personal collections mentioned above were incorporated into the organization of the main collection to allow ease of use. The collection is broken up into five series: Documents, Publications, Images, Audio/Visual Materials, and Artifacts. Materials in this collection date from 1911 to 2014.

The collection consists of the following materials:

Documents

• Aircraft Serial Number Conversion, 1969
• Air Show correspondence - Alan Bean, 1995
• Air Show ticket and brochures, 1991-2002
• Boeing B-29 Superfortress and McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger publications and documents, undated
• Clippings related to air shows, 1993, 2000
• Clippings related to Fort Worth aviation, 1911-1996, undated
• Confederate Air Force World War II Airplane Show program, 1970
• Consolidated Vultee Summary of Designs B-24J, C-87, B-32, XB-36, XC-99; Engine design page; General Dynamics Fort Worth plant layout page, 1944, 1967, undated
• Convair Christmas dance invitation, 1957
• Fort Worth Aviation Heritage Association correspondence and recognitions, 1993-2003
• Fort Worth maps and World Aeronautical Chart, 1955-1972
• General Dynamics Fort Worth Telephone Listings, 1966, 1968
• General Dynamics documents related to F-111 program, 1967-1981
• General Dynamics 1981 Year-End Review, Fort Worth Division Impact, and Overview of Aircraft Produced by General Dynamics, Fort Worth, 1980-1982
• General Dynamics documents related to F-16 program, 1982
• General Dynamics Management Association Board of Directors recognition for service meeting program, 1987
• Governor George W. Bush Fort Worth Aviation Wall of Honor dedication speech, 1998
• Henry L. Newman awards, recognitions, and membership certificates, 1955-1990
• International Air Show, Fort Worth Alliance Airport programs, 1995-2005
• Invoice and letter from National Aeronautic Association, 1973, undated
• Oversize certificates, proclamations, and awards, 1930-1993, undated
• Preventative Maintenance Schedule for the SUU-16/A Gun Pod, General Electric, facsimile, 1966
• Profile of Aeronca booklet, letter, and drawing of Aeronca C-3, 1967
• Toyota Air Sports correspondence and information regarding air show, 1999
• Various publications and articles: Airships, F-111, Military Aircraft Directory, newsletter, 1977-1995
• Welcome to General Dynamics! Fort Worth Division informational, 1968

Images

Images in this collection are in various formats including photographs, negatives, illustrations, posters, oversize mounted prints, and more. A list of image subjects is provided. For more information, please contact the Archives.

Aerial performers; Aircraft manufacturing and maintenance; Aviation Heritage Museum; Aviation Wall of Honor; Bell 47D1; Bell P-39 Airacobra; Boeing B-17 Fortress; Boeing B-52; Boeing KC-135; Boeing 747; Breitling Orbiter 3; Carswell Air Force Base; Cessna 550 Citation-II; Cleveland National Air Show, 1999; Consolidated B-24A/LB30 Liberator; control panels for various aircraft; Convair 340; Convair 880; Convair B-36, B-36D, RB-36, XB-36 Peacemaker; Convair B-58 Hustler; Convair employees; Convair C-131 Samaritan; Convair YB-60; Convair XC-99; Cosmosphere; Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver; Curtiss P-40 Warhawk; DFW Airport; Douglas DC-6; Douglas DC-8; Elmira Air Show, 1998; Flying Pancake; Fort Worth skyline; General Dynamics Convair assembly and testing plant; General Dynamics F-16, YF-16, f-16 XL Fighting Falcon; General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark; General Dynamics RF-4X; Grumman F4F-3; Golden Knights; International Air Show at Alliance Airport; jump training; Lockheed C-130 Hurcules; MIG-17F; Mitchell B-25J "Show Me"; NASA's Aerovan traveling exhibit, 1993; North American P-51 Mustang; Ora W. Young and "Ace of Shades"; Patty Wagstaff; Piper Pawnee Brave; Red Arrows; Republic P-47 Thunderbolt; Republic F-105 Thuderchief; Snowbirds; Southwest Region FAA staff, 1975, 1979; Strategic Air Command Museum; Thunderbirds; unidentified aircraft

Publications

Local

• 7th Bombardment Wing, Carswell Air Force Base yearbook, 1964
• Aeronautical Charts, 1974
• American Airlines publications, 1944, 1969, circa 1970
• Attack Radar,  F-111, General Dynamics, circa 1964
• Bell Helicopter Textron calendars, 1984, 1985
• Building the Best: A 40-Year Tradition at General Dynamics Fort Worth Division, 1982
• Convair General Dynamics training manuals: Special fasteners; blueprints, drilling, riveting; B/RB-58 electrical installations, 1957, 1959, undated
• Convariety and General Dynamics World newsletters, 1955-1986
• Dallas Fort Worth Airport Opening Official Commemorative Dedication Program, 1973
• Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Register Advisory Circular Checklist and Status of Regulations, 1974-1978Douglas Aircraft Company report and enclosures: Analysis of Time Consuming Factors in Replacement of a C-54B Complete Power Plant Unit, 1944
• DFW People newspaper, 1993, 2007
• Douglas Aircraft Company Service Information Summary, 1962
• Federal Aviation Agency (Administration) Advisory Circulars, 1962-1986
• Federal Aviation Agency, various publications on safety, 1965-1981
• General Dynamics Annual and Quarterly Reports, 1968-1982, 1982-1983
• General Dynamics guides on the F-111, 1960s
• General Dynamics publications and guides on the F-16 Fighting Galcon, 1980s
• General Dynamics Eglin Air Force Base F-111 Flight Test Facilities booklet, 1960s
• Government publications related to aircraft inspection, safety, materials, radio manual, nuclear safety, military, etc., 1940-1998
• A Handbook for General Dynamics Employees, 1982
• Lockheed Fort Worth Company Telephone Directory, 1994
• Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules Data, circa 1975
• Love Field Pilots Association Membership Directory, 1985
• McDonnell Douglas Corporation Annual Report and Nine Months Report, 1982, 1983
• Meacham Field Aviation Ground School publications, circa 1970
• Totin' Tiger Tales magazine of the 916th Troop Carrier Group, Carswell Air Force Base, 1964
• Vance Air Force Base Class 74-01, yearbook, 1973

Books/Directories

Other various guidebooks and manuals not listed are included in the collection related to computers, aircraft maintenance and materials, aircraft buying, pilot's manuals, and more.

• Aircraft in Profile, vols 1 part 2, 5, 6, 14, Profile Publications Ltd, 1965-1974
• Air Force Association Directory of Members, 2001
• Aeroplane (or flying machine) Scrap Book, vols 1-3, 1910-1941, 1971-1976
• Airlines of the United States since 1914, R. E. G. Davies, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1972
• Aircraft Markings of the World, 1912-1967, Bruce Robertson, Harleyford Publications Ltd, 1967
• Air Force Association 50th Anniversary Directory of Members, 1996
• Air Force Colors vols 1 & 2, Dana Bell, Squadron/Signal Publications, 1979-1980
• Aircraft Camouflage and Markings, 1907-1954, Bruce Robertson, Harleyford Publications Ltd, 1961
• The Air Officer's Guide, 9th Edition, The Military Service Publishing Company, 1956
• The Aircraft Year Book for 1941, 1947, 1953, Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of American Inc., 1941-1953
• Airliners from 1919 to the Present Day, Kenneth Munson, Peerage Books, 1972
• The Airman's Almanac, ed. Francis Walton, Farrar and Rinehart Inc., 1945
• Directory of U. S. Army Forts, Camps, & Airfields (1789 to 1945), Tom Kneitel, CRB Research Books, Inc., 1992
• Elugren Girls I-II (pin-up girls), Artist Archives, 1999
• Japanese Naval Air Force Camouflage and Markings World War II, Donald W. Thorpe, Aero Publishers, Inc., 1977
• The Official Guide to the Army Air Forces, U. S. Army Air Forces and Society, Pocket Books Inc., 1944
• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge, Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, 1971
• Pin-Up Nudes, Artist Archives, 2001
• National Aeronautic Association 1997 Membership Directory, Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company, Inc., 1997
• Beyond the Horizons: The Lockheed Story, Walter J. Boyne, St. Martin's Press, 1998
• Color Schemes and Markings U. S. Navy Aircraft 1911-1950, Bill C. Kilgrain, Meridian Printing, 1983
• Reuben Fleet and the Story of Consolidated Aircraft, William Wagner, Aero Publishers, Inc., 1976
• Swimsuit Sweeties (pin-up girls), Artist Archives, 1999
• USAF Colors & Markings in the 1990s, Dana Bell, Greenhill Books, 1992
• United States Navy Aircraft Since 1911, Gordon Swanborough and Peter M. Bowers, Funk & Wagnalls, 1968
• World Aviation Directory, Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1976
• U. S. Naval Institute Membership Directory 1997, 2000, Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company, Inc., 1997, 2000

Newsletters

• Aero Pioneer Times newspaper reproduction, August 1911, undated
• Antique Airplane Association newsletter, Jan/Feb 1969, Jan/Feb 1971
• The Aviation Consumer newsletter, January 1975
• Cross Country News, Meacham Field, undated
• FAA General Aviation News newsletter, August 1978-September 1978
• Focal Point Air Force Association Newsletter, Sept/Oct 1996, Jun 1997
• News National Aeronautic Association newsletter, May 1973-Aug/Sep 1974
• News National Pilots Association newsletter, January 1973-October 1974
• Upfront LTV newsletter, April 1981, Mar/Arp 1985

Journals

Journals with one or two issues list the individual date of those journals. All other titles have date ranges. All issues within a date range may not be represented within the collection, so please contact the Archives to see if a specific issue is present.

• Air Force Journal, (facsimiles) January 1943-June 1943, 1992 (original) April 1944-May 1945
• American Aviation Historical Society Journal, Fall 1973-Winter 1977
• Aviation Graphic Journal of the National Aeronautic Association, 1968
• Aviation Quarterly journal, first quarter, 1979
• Ballooning journal, Spring 1968
• Flight journal, December 1999-April 2014
• Friends Journal, The Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc., Spring 1992-Winter 1992
• The Koku-Fan journal, (Japenese) September 1968
• Shell Aviation News journal, 1969
• Skyways: The Journal of the Airplane 1920-1940, July 1996-April 2003
• Soaring: The Journal of the Soaring Society of America, February 1963-February 1979
• Southern Wings: The Aviation Journal of the Southern Region, September 1969-June 1976
• Warbirds Worldwide: The Journal of the Warbirds Industry, October 1996

Magazines

Magazines with one or two issues list the individual date of those magazines. All other titles have date ranges. All issues within a date range may not be represented within the collection, so please contact the Archives to see if a specific issue is present.

• Aero: Aircraft Owner's Magazine, October 1972-August 1977
• Aero Album, Spring 1968-Winter 1972
• Aero News Photo, September 1984
• Aerophile, Jan/Feb 1977
• The Aeroplane and Commercial Aviation News, December 1965-February 1968
• Aerospace Maintenance Safety, August 1965-February 1970
• Aerospace Safety United States Air Force, November 1961-August 1970
• Air Aces, October 1978
• Air & Space Smithsonian magazine, March 2001-March 2014
• Air and Space Age, October 1968-February 1969
• Air Classics, September 1966-October 1986
• Air Combat, 1969-Fall 1985
• Aircraft Accident and Maintenance Review, U. S. Air Force, January 1952-February 1952
• Airfacts: The Magazine for Pilots, December 1960-October 1974
• Air Force and Space Digest, December 1965-January 1971
• Air Force Magazine, February 1971-July 2003
• Air International, February 1984
• Airline Pilots: The Magazine of Professional Flight Crews, September 1970-October 1976
• Airliners International, Summer 1973-Winter 1974
• Airport Services Management, May 1973
• Airpower: A Sentry Magazine, November 1971-January 1980
• Air Progress, Spring 1960-Summer 1985
• Air Progress, special titles: Aviation Review, October 1980; Sport Aircraft, 1969-1973; World's Great Aircraft, 1972
• Air Racing, Fall 1972-Winter 1974
• The Air Reservist: Official Magazine of the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, June 1968-Jun/Jul 1973
• Air Transport World, June 1968
• Airways, July 1967-April 1971
• All Hands: The Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin, March 1956
• American West, Jan/Feb 1984, Mar/Apr 1985
• The AOPA Pilot: Official Magazine of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, November 1961-July 2003
• Approach: The Naval Aviation Safety Review, November 1955-April 1959
• Astronautics and Aeronautics, February 1976-June 1978
• Avian, March 1969
• Aviation and Marine International, February 1979, March 1979
• Aviation History, January 1996-January 2014
• Aviation Week and Space Technology, December 1963-June 2003
• Bell Helicopter News, February 1970
• Boeing Magazine, February 1969
• Born in Battle, August 1978
• British Aerospace, Inc. Quarterly, 1982-1985
• Combat Crew Strategic Air Command, December 1967-July 1970
• FAA Aviation News, May 1969
• Flight Crew: The International Safety Journal for Corporate/Commuter Aviation, Summer 1983, Winter 1984
• Flightdeck, Summer 1982-Winter 1982
• Flight International, August 1965-July 1973
• Flight Magazine, February 1953-April 1971 and Southern Flight, September 1947, January 1953
• Flug Revue Flugwelt International, July 7, 1968
• The Flyer, November 1965, June 1966
• Flying, July 1964-February 1984
• Flying Aces, 1970
• Flying Review International, May 1964-August 1968
• Flying Safety United States Air Force, January 1957-April 1959
• Fly Past, November 1984
• High Technology, February 1984-October 1985
• Historic Aviation, July 1969
• IEEE Spectrum, April 1982-May 1984
• Interceptor, April 1970
• LOG, AAF Navigation School, Hondo Army Air Field, Hondo, Texas, Vol. 1 No. 5, April 1943
• The MAC Flyer, Military Airlift Command, August 1966-December 1970
• Mechanix Illustrated, January 1978-January 1980
• Microcomputing, February 1980
• National Aeronautics, Official Publication of the National Aeronautic Association, Spring 1971-Nov/Dec 1974
• National Aviation News, June 1952-May 1974
• Naval History, August 2003
• The Navigator, Fall 1968, Fall 1969
• Pilot's Flight Guide, Fall 1980
• Pilot's Yearbook, 1974
• Plane and Pilot, September 1966-July 2003Popular Aviation, Mar/Apr 1967-Sep/Oct 1967
• Popular Flying, November 1973-Fall 1978
• Popular Mechanics, April 1976-January 1980
• Popular Planes, Popular Planes Quarterly, 1972-1973
• Popular Science, January 1971-March 1983
• Privat Pilot: The Monthly Magazine of General Aviation, July 1966-August 2003
• Proceedings, United Naval Institute, April 1973-July 2003
• Professional Pilot, Sep/Oct 1967-December 1983
• Skyways Official Publication: National Business Aircraft Association, August 1958-December 1960
• Space Aeronautics, June 1960-June 1970
• Sport Aviation, Experimental Aircraft Association, January 1965-February 1973
• Sport Aviation, Experimental Aircraft Association, March 1973-March 2003
• Sport Flying, August 1978-June 1979
• Sport Planes, Fall 1969-January 1974
• TAC Attack, Tactical Air Command, September 1967-July 1970
• Ultralight Aircraft, August 1982
• Vertical World, Nov/Dec 1969, Jan/Feb 1970
• Vintage Airplane: The Magazine of the EAA Vintage Aircraft Association, June 2003
• Warbirds, June 2003
• War Planes, 1975
• Wings: The Magazine of Flight, August 1971-August 1986
• Wings on Dreams, Oshkosh '83, EAA Aviation Center Dedication and Preview Opening, 1983
• World War II, October 1973-April 1975