Purdue University. Airport
Organization
Dates
- Existence: November 1930-
Historical Information
The Purdue University Airport is the first university-owned airport in the country, established in November 1930. It covers 537 acres with two runways, a system of parallel taxiways, and an apron area. Academic buildings of the Aviation Technology department are also located at the airport.
Citation:
"About the Airport," Purdue University. Accessed October 12, 2022. https://www.purdue.edu/airport/about/index.htmlFound in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Charles M. Ehresman papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 490
Scope and Contents
The Charles M. Ehresman papers document the work and professional activities of Charles M. Ehresman, designer of Purdue University's High Pressure Rocket Laboratory, associate professor of Mechanical Engineering, and operations manager of Purdue's Thermal Sciences and Propulsion Center (known today as Zucrow Laboratories). The collection also documents the design and construction of the High Pressure Rocket Laboratory and its early administration and operations, as well as materials...
Dates:
1897 - 2011; Other: Majority of material found within 1960 - 1972; Other: Majority of material found within 1997 - 2009
Paul E. Stanley papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSF 50
Scope and Contents
The Paul E. Stanley papers document the earliest years of the School of Aeronautics and the planning that went into creating the school. Other material among the papers pertain to the early years of the Purdue Airport and Division of Engineering Sciences. Neil Armstrong was a student of Stanley's, and there are clippings, front pages of newspapers, reports, an invitation sent by Armstrong to Stanley for his homecoming celebrating in Wapakoneta, Ohio, along with other pre and post-Apollo 11...
Dates:
1909 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1947 - 1969
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- Color slides 1
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- Engines--Water and hail ingestion research 1
- Floor plans (orthographic projections) 1
- Floppy disks 1
- Manuals (instructional materials) 1
- Negatives (photographs) 1
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- Rocket Propulsion Systems 1
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