AIAA SF Evolution of Flight

Interviews

A sample of photos and interviews with local pioneers. We're just starting this fascinating endeavour. More interviews to come.

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RAYMOND KELLY

Raymond Kelly, 99 retired from United Airlines in 1966. During his 36 years of service and afterwards, Kelly was at the vanguard of the early commercialization of air travel. He witnessed the first tests of the classic transports: The Boeing 246, The DC-6, the Comet, the Boeing 707, and the DC-9. Through his hobby of 8mm film making he captured a remarkable 40 year record of the Aerospace Century from early trimotors to the supersonic Concorde. Interview from the March/April 2000 issue of the San Francisco Section newsletter.

 

RUSSELL ROBINSON

Russell Robinson, 92 retired from NASA Ames Research Center in 1970. Mr. Robinson was at the groundbreaking ceremony for the dedication of the new NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory in 1939. As a young engineer working for the NACA, Mr. Robinson crossed paths with some of the most important personalities of aeronautics including Orville Wright and Charles Lindbergh. As a teenager in 1924 Robinson saw the launch of four Douglas World Cruisers on the first Round the World Flight...one of the most incredible events of that year. Interview from the January/February 2000 issue of the San Francisco Section newsletter.

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