Flight and Space. Barron Hilton Flight and Space Exploration Archives

This 16mm film shows Albert Bresnik photographing Amelia Earhart on and around her Lockheed Electra in Burbank, California.

Includes a film showing an unidentified aviator, biplane, and flight over what appears to be Los Angeles, California. Approximately 350 ft of DuPont 35 mm black and white camera original negative without splices. (circa 1934-1935)

Includes ten 3"x5" black and white photographs taken by Terry White of Amelia Earhart in Hawaii on her first world flight attempt in 1937.

The Rudolph Van Meter photographs of Amelia Earhart contains 12 photographs, most taken by Van Meter of Earhart in Hawaii, during her first world flight attempt. Also included are a photograph of Rudolph "Rudy" Van Meter and photographs taken by the US army.

Includes Flight Space Day booklets (1996-2012), 3.5" floppy discs, individual photographs of participating astronauts, thank you letters, and news clippings.

Includes one U.S. Department of Commerce "Pilot Rating Book for Navy", used by the Purdue Aeronautics Corp. at the Purdue University airport, belonging to Frank Evar Schultz. Also included are four postcards with handwriting from this time period, with one depicting the Purdue University airport, one depicting the Purdue Memorial Union, and two commemorating Schultz's first solo flight.

Includes Ramoth H. Trask's student pilot's permit from 1928, newspaper clippings of her obituary and posthumous donations to Purdue, and a photograph of the Alpha Chi Omega sorority in 1919 where Trask was a member.

One Purdue University School of Aeronautics and Astronautics black, gold, and white pennant. Pennant is signed on the reverse "FLOWN ON UNITY 7/11/21 S. Bandla #004". Bandla noted that the pennant was tucked into her inside pocket of her spacesuit during the test flight.

An interview between Purdue University students and NASA astronaut Loral O'Hara (MSAAE '09) during her Expedition 70 mission on the International Space Station (ISS). O'Hara answers questions about her experiences on the ISS, work and research, and advice for students interested in becoming astronauts.

This collection contains Flight and Space recordings. Included are films produced by the Audio-Visual Center Motion Picture Production Units. These recordings contain footage of Astronauts visiting campus and extra stock footage used by the Motion Picture Production Unit for their films.

This collection contains flight and space recordings made for educational uses. Many recordings were produced by NASA.

Correspondence, photographs, newsclippings, and scrapbook, relating to Frederick Noonan’s career as a navigator for Pan American Airways China Clipper and as navigator for Amelia Earhart’s 1937 world flight attempt.

Materials include one black and white photograph of Pickels with three other men at the Purdue University Airport. One of the men is Robert Lanson Dunham, roommate of Pickels. Also included is a clipping from the Purdue Exponent discussing Pickels's death.