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          Flight

          • UF Aeronautics
          • UF Aeroplanes
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            27 Archival description results for Flight

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            Luftwaffe Flight Suit (Overwater Winterliegerlombi)
            2017.106 · Item · 1939-1945
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
            Brown leather overall or coverall flight suit with a brown sheepskin lining and metal zip closures. Marked: 'Fl- Horst Holtenau' (the Air Force Command for Sea Planes / Aircraft Luftwaffe)
            Country of Design: Germany
            Country of Manufacture: Germany
            Keywords: Flying, air force, military, war             Luftwaffe
            Gordon & Ferguson US Navy Air Transport Leather Coat
            2017.140 · Item
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
            Brown leather double breasted coat with matching belt and sheepskin collar. Brown rayon lining above the waist and sleeves with brown wool fleece linining the coat skirts. Brown wool rib knit cuffs inside the sleeves. Three lines of stitching around the hem and cuffs. Size 40. Black label with yellow text, worn.
            Country of Design: United States
            Country of Manufacture: United States
            Keywords: Military, uniform, Second World War, flying, transport             United States Navy
            Photographs: Sports
            PCL/7/c/7 · File · [c1979]
            Part of Polytechnic of Central London
            'Universal conditioning room, people working out'; People playing volleyball; Football; flying; Hockey, goalie wearing England jacket; 'Town planning Dept. Luxborough Lodge, 1st year students photo'; People standing beside miniature train; 'General school sports day held at Chiswick', stadium photo; 'Polytechnic Stadium' sign photo partially obscured by branches;
            People sitting/reclining on grass; '78/79 photo' pilot climbing into cockpit; Woman in cockpit; Solitary man rowing; Group rowing.
            Minute Book
            RSP/1/FP/1/6 · Item · 16 Jul 1914-27 Oct 1921
            Part of Regent Street Polytechnic

            Minute book for meetings of the Finance and General Purposes Committee of the Polytechnic between 16 Jul 1914 and 27 Oct 1921.

            Matters arising include: appointments and salaries; membership statistics; financial statements; war fund; volunteer training corps; insurance against bombs; Compassionate Fund; VR Hoare memorial; Royal Flying Corps training; war bonuses; Hospital Saturday Fund; large hall lettings; air raid protection; hairdressing classes for disabled soldiers (Apr 1918); death of Alice Hogg; memorial tablet to members and students who have fallen in the First World War (27 Feb 1919); Boathouse tank (27 Jan 1921); Major Robert Mitchell's retirement (23 Jun 1921); Poly cinema leases (1921).
            RAF Pilot's Flying Log Book
            WOR/2/4 · Item · 1941-1943
            Part of Worswick family papers

            Official Royal Air Force pilot's log book belonging to JR 'Dick' Worswick giving detail of each flight he took both during training and after. For each flight it gives the date, type of aircraft, name of 1st and 2nd pilot, duty, number of minutes flying. Also includes some photographs added by Worswick of planes and some taken whilst in the air.

            On 7 May 1943 there are details of his plane going missing and that an extensive search was carried out but no result.

            At the back of the book are sections titled 'Record of Link Trainer Practices', 'Record of Service', 'Aircraft Flown' and also a stuck in page titled 'Air Ministry Order A.275/1942 - Loading of Aircraft'.
            Leather Flying Jacket
            2020.72 · Item · undated [1930-1939]
            Part of Westminster Menswear Archive
            Brown leather jacket with turn down collar and centre front zip fastening. The metal zip pull tab has 'Made in England' etched into it around a circle with 'DOT' inside and an extra leather pull tab attached. The jacket has two angled jetted pockets at the front waist lined in black cotton. The bottom of the jacket is slightly gathered to a waistband of leather which fastens with one brown plastic button and two side gussets of elasticated brown cotton (the elastic has perished). Each sleeve cuff fastens with a brown plastic button. It has slightly pointed yoke panels to each front side and a yoke panel across the back which has a shallow centre point. The lining is cream cotton which is soiled and stained in places from wear and there is a brown leather hanging loop in the back of the neck. Designer unknown