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Aviation on the Ground
Aviation on the Ground

Aviation on the Ground

Find out more about the aviation work at airports that supported flights and airlines, from ticket sales to plane mechanics and safety to baggage handling. As airplane crashes shocked the world, learn about the ways they changed airport practices over time.

  • Postcard of Newark Airport, Newark, New Jersey, one of the oldest airports in the US

    Title from item.

    View Full Item  in Boston Public Library
  • Albany Airport, the oldest municipal airport in the US, 1954

    Mayor John Boyd Thatcher II purchased land for the site of the current airport in 1928 from the Watervliet Shakers, creating the first municipal airport. The Albany airport has changed and expanded ma…

    View Full Item  in Albany Institute of History & Art
  • Map of air traffic from Fort Worth Municipal Airport, 1959

    Photograph of a map showing the traffic from Fort Worth Municipal Airport to the rest of the country. 1 photograph : b&w ; 22 x 29 cm.

    View Full Item  in The University of Texas at Dallas
  • Muse Air Ticket Counter at Dallas Love Field Airport

    Photograph of customers at a Muse Air Airlines ticket counter. There is a person standing on the left with luggage next to a sign. 1 photograph : col. ; 9 x 13 cm.

    View Full Item  in Dallas Municipal Archives
  • Menu from Brass Rail Sandwich Bar and Restaurant at New York International Airport

    Menu for The Brass Rail at the New York International Airport, New York, New York.

    View Full Item  in The Culinary Institute of America
  • “Handling live animal shipments: checklist for airline baggage and cargo handlers,” 1982

    United States. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Veterinary Services

    1982

    View Full Item  in U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
  • Glossary of air traffic control terms, 1962

    United States. Federal Aviation Agency

    View Full Item  in University of Michigan
  • A view of the air traffic control tower at the Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood Airport, 1982

    Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994

    The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Fort Lauderdale State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Lon Cabot Release Status: Released t…

    View Full Item  in National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures
  • Book titled Careers in Air Traffic Control

    View Full Item  in University of California
  • Western Airlines flight attendants picketing ticket counter in Los Angeles, California, 1974

    WEIGH IN--Western Airlines stewardesses picket company ticket counter at L.A. Airport to protest recent firing of a stewardess who was four pounds overweight. From left they are Lorraine Storto (back…

    View Full Item  in UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
  • Security Check at Mitchell Field, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1974

    Liljegren, Stephen C

    Security agents check baggage before the passengers are let on to the plane. A man goes through a metal detector at a security checkpoint in the Mitchell Field airport. 1974-Mitchell Field

    View Full Item  in Milwaukee Public Library
  • Congressional hearing about safety and de-regulation of the airline industry, 1987

    United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

    Includes bibliographical references.

    View Full Item  in Penn State University
  • Multiple issues of FAA Aviation News: a DOT/FAA Flight Standards Safety Publication

    Bimonthly, Sept./Oct. 2002- Title from cover. Some v. distributed to depository libraries in microfiche, 1989-1998. No longer distributed to depository libraries in a physical form, <2004-> Issued by…

    View Full Item  in United States Government Publishing Office (GPO)
  • Proceedings from the International Aircraft Occupant Safety Conference and Workshop, 1988

    DTFA-01-88-C-00020 Federal Aviation Authority, Washington, D.C. Author corporate affiliation: Flight Safety Foundation, Inc., Arlington, Va. Subject code: DDCB Subject code: DGER Subject code: JA*JKD…

    View Full Item  in University of Michigan
  • Congressional hearing about airline flight tracking after MH370, 2015

    United States. Congress. House. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Subcommittee on Transportation and Public Assets, https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015095320 author

    Title from title screen (viewed on July 27, 2015). Paper version available for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Publishing Office. Includes bibliographical references. "Serial…

    View Full Item  in United States Government Publishing Office (GPO)
  • View of aircraft parts recovered from TWA Flight 800, 1996

    Department of Defense. American Forces Information Service. Defense Visual Information Center. 1994

    The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Calverton State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PHAN Charles L. Withrow Release Status: Relea…

    View Full Item  in National Archives at College Park - Still Pictures
  • Map of four flights and timeline of events on September 11, 2001

    National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. 11/27/2002-8/21/2004

    These poster size graphics were made by the staff of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, more popularly known as the 9/11 Commission, for display during the Commission…

    View Full Item  in Center for Legislative Archives
  • Documents about what happened aboard the four flights hijacked on September 11, 2001

    National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States. https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2002058646

    Title from title screen (viewed Apr. 30, 2004).

    View Full Item  in United States Government Publishing Office (GPO)
  • Congressional hearing about the US Airways flight 1549 accident

    United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Aviation

    "111-10." Shipping list no.: 2010-0003-P. Includes bibliographical references.

    View Full Item  in University of Michigan
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