Scope and Contents The papers contain manuals and publications relating to airplanes and spacecraft along with personal materials about McDonnell Aircraft Corporation test pilot and engineer, Gilbert B. (Bert) North. The papers are arranged alphabetically and date from 1941 to 2007. The bulk of the materials date from 1964 to 1978. North’s aviator logbook spans a large number of years. It begins in 1957 with flights in McDonnell’s F101 aircraft, providing date, type of aircraft, aircraft serial...

Scope and Contents The Kenneth Schlarman Photograph Collection contains 30 photographs documenting McDonnell Aircraft Corporation and McDonnell Douglas Corporation aircraft and employees, primarily during the 1960s. The photographs were collected by Schlarman during his career as a radio operator with McDonnell and then McDonnell Douglas. Most photographs show aircraft, either on the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation flight ramp or in flight. Aircraft shown include the AV-8B Harrier II jet attack plane, the F-4...