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[A Note With Computer Terms Written on It]

A note with computer instructions written on it. The front of the first paper has instructions, and the front of the second paper has a name and a phone number to contact in 2 months.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Aerial Dead Reckoning Computer]

Suzette VanDaell's Aerial Dead Reckoning Computer, type E-6B, as used by the U. S. Army Air Forces, and manufactured by Cruver Manufacturing Co. in Chicago, Illinois. The item comes in a box, discolored with age, that's covered in various bits of tape on the front and back. There are faded pencil markings on the front and back of Suzette VanDaell's name and other letters. In the middle is a box detailing the serial number and information of the computer. The device slides out with a middle piec… more

Date: unknown

Creator: Cruver Manufacturing Co.

Item Type: Physical Object

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[E-6B Computer Instructions #2]

Instructions for calculating fuel consumption with an E-6B computer. There is a practice exercise at the bottom of the page with 20 practice questions.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Word Problems with Diagrams]

Eleven pages of word problems and diagrams related to navigation and the use of an E6-B computer. The first page is missing its top portion.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[E-6B Computer Instructions #1]

Instructions for finding time, speed, and distance with an E-6B computer. There is a practice exercise at the bottom of the page with 20 practice questions.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[E6-B Computer - Page 2]

Document regarding the radius of action for returning to an alternate base. At the top of the page is "E6-B Computer - page 2" and a formula, followed by a list of instructions with 10 entries labeled with letters.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Text

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Clipping: Sites Honor Women Pioneers in Aviation]

Newspaper clipping listing several websites that provide history of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) along with a brief description of the content posted on the sites.

Date: August 10, 2000

Creator: Pollak, Michael

Item Type: Clipping

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

Air Navigation Computer

Manual flight computer, a circular slide wheel device used in navigation. several numbers and unit names are printed across the wheel, such as miles per hour, miles, Fahrenheit, pressure and altitude, minute and hour markings, fuel level, and compass directions.

Date: unknown

Creator: U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey

Item Type: Physical Object

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Standard Oil Company Computer]

Manual computer for calculating speed in miles per hour, distance traveled, and time in flight. The object is marked with the name, "Standard Oil Company of California" along with the logo of the company, a red plane with the head of an Eagle. Instructions for the device can be seen on the center of the front and back.

Date: 1940

Creator: Standard Oil Company of California

Item Type: Physical Object

Partner: National WASP WWII Museum

[Abilene Public Library South Branch Opening]

A document with photographs and text pertaining to the opening of the south branch of the Abilene Public Library in 1988.

Date: unknown

Creator: Abilene Public Library (Tex.)

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Abilene Public Library

[Abilene Public Library Visuals]

A document with photographs and text pertaining to the history of the Main Branch of the Abilene Public Library.

Date: unknown

Creator: Abilene Public Library (Tex.)

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Abilene Public Library

[Photograph of Students Working in Computer Lab]

A photograph of students conducting research on computers in a computer lab at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas.

Date: unknown

Item Type: Photograph