Burrell Tibbs is well known for his contributions to the early aviation period in the United States. Having been an apprentice to Benoist and working with Lester Miller on building an airplane, Tibbs was also a barnstormer ...

The Texas Philatelic Association, Inc. (TPA) was founded on November 13, 1896 in San Antonio, Texas. A committee on organizing a new association consisting of Edward W. Heusinger and others, met with a philatelic club ...

The Wineburgh Philatelic Research Library (WPRL) at the Special Collections Department, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas supports the education and edification of students, hobbyists, and ...

This collection contains annual reports regarding aircraft manufacturers, airlines, and aviation-supporting industries.

George I. Hockensmith worked mainly as a Superintendent for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company building hangars such as the Wingfoot Lake airfield, southeast of Akron, Ohio. He also helped build bridges like the Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C. and the the Trinity River Bridge in Dallas, Texas to name only a few. In South America, he built airfields and the British Guiana Air Base at Georgetown, British Guiana, for which he received the Ordem Do Cruzeiro Do Sul or Medal of the Order of the Southern Cross. Hockensmith received his Dirigible Balloon Pilot License in 1918, which was signed by Orville Wright....

Grant Walters was responsible for training pilots and mechanics in ground school on Pilatus Porter and Garrett AiResearch engines for Air America.

From a young age, Ed Rice was involved in aviation either by learning how to fly, studying Aero Engineering, working as a barnstormer, a mechanic, or a Sales and Program Manager for Aerojet-General Corporation and DeVore ...