![Yesterday, April 12th , is variously known as “Cosmonautics Day,” International Day of Aviation and Cosmonautics, and “International Day of Human Space Flight” to celebrate Yuri Gagarin’s achievement of being the first to travel to outer space and circle the earth on April 12, 1961. In Russia and other former Soviet states, philatelic items are often issued to commemorate the day. The first image here is a 1990 Soviet-issued stamp and cover honoring Soviet-Japanese cooperation in space exploration; the second image shows a 1992-issued cover from the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Photo credit: Max Nilov Philatelic Collection/The Museum of Flight
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Yesterday, April 12th , is variously known as “Cosmonautics Day,” "International Day of Aviation and Cosmonautics," and “International Day of Human Space Flight” to celebrate Yuri Gagarin’s achievement of being the first to travel to outer space and circle the earth on April 12, 1961. In Russia and other former Soviet states, philatelic items are often issued to commemorate the day. The first image here is a 1990 Soviet-issued stamp and cover honoring Soviet-Japanese cooperation in space exploration; the second image shows a 1992-issued cover from the Republic of Kazakhstan. Photo credit: Max Nilov Philatelic Collection/The Museum of Flight @museumofflight #museumofflight #aviationhistory #tmofcollections #archivesofinstagram #archives #museums #YuriGagarin #Spaceflight #Space #FirstFlight #HumanSpaceFlight #HumanSpaceFlight60 #Yuri #Vostok1 ![The Aircraft Manuals Collection in the Harl V. Brackin Memorial Library is one of the most heavily used resources in the Library. While we serve researchers from around the United States and the World, the staff here at the Museum also use the manuals collection to assist with their work. For example, as a part of the Museum’s recent work to refresh and update the WWII section of our Personal Courage Wing, the Museum’s P-51D Mustang needed to be shifted into a new position. In order to do this safely and to protect the aircraft, staff reviewed a variety of manuals for the P-51 like the maintenance manual shown here for the P-51 from North American Aviation.
Photo credit: The Museum of Flight Library Collection
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The Aircraft Manuals Collection in the Harl V. Brackin Memorial Library is one of the most heavily used resources in the Library. While we serve researchers from around the United States and the World, the staff here at the Museum also use the manuals collection to assist with their work. For example, as a part of the Museum’s recent work to refresh and update the WWII section of our Personal Courage Wing, the Museum’s P-51D Mustang needed to be shifted into a new position. In order to do this safely and to protect the aircraft, staff reviewed a variety of manuals for the P-51 like the maintenance manual shown here for the P-51 from North American Aviation. Photo credit: The Museum of Flight Library Collection @museumofflight #museumofflight #tmofcollections #museums #libraries #nationallibraryweek #p51 #avgeek ![For #NationalLibraryWeek we would like to spotlight this year’s annual Collections Department intern, Annalise Nicholson in the Harl V. Brackin Memorial Library, who has been hard at work making the Library collection more accessible since joining the team in mid-February. Starting with select titles from our newsletters collection and then shifting to NASA and space-related titles, Annalise has been creating catalog records for each title, so that they’re findable in our online catalog, in addition to performing other tasks to ensure these items are accessible to the Museum staff and researchers long into the future. Highlights include material related to the Lunar Orbiter, Apollo program, and Space Shuttle as well as WW-II era newsletters like ‘The Wing-ding’, from the Ninety-First Reconnaissance Wing. Thank you for all your hard work Annalise!
Image Credit: The Harl V. Brackin Memorial Library/The Museum of Flight
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For #NationalLibraryWeek we would like to spotlight this year’s annual Collections Department intern, Annalise Nicholson in the Harl V. Brackin Memorial Library, who has been hard at work making the Library collection more accessible since joining the team in mid-February. Starting with select titles from our newsletters collection and then shifting to NASA and space-related titles, Annalise has been creating catalog records for each title, so that they’re findable in our online catalog, in addition to performing other tasks to ensure these items are accessible to the Museum staff and researchers long into the future. Highlights include material related to the Lunar Orbiter, Apollo program, and Space Shuttle as well as WW-II era newsletters like ‘The Wing-ding’, from the Ninety-First Reconnaissance Wing. Thank you for all your hard work Annalise! Image Credit: The Harl V. Brackin Memorial Library/The Museum of Flight @museumofflight #museumofflight #tmofcollections #museums #libraries #NLWD21 #thankyou ![For this month’s #ArchivesHashtagParty we are celebrating all the weird and wonderful hats in aviation with #ArchivesTipOfTheHat.
We have:
-Robert L. Krieger in a novelty rocket hat at NARAM-10, 1968.
- RAF Flight Commander Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley in top hat and tails at the National Air Races, 1931.
Flight attendant hats:
- Knitted flight attendant cap from West Coast Airlines would definitely help to keep you warm.
- Reversible hat was a part of the Republic Airlines flight attendant uniform, and could be switched between the navy and maroon sides.
- Cap was designed by Yves Saint Laurent and was a part of the 1970-74 Northwest flight attendant uniform.
Photo credit: The Museum of Flight
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For this month’s #ArchivesHashtagParty we are celebrating all the weird and wonderful hats in aviation with #ArchivesTipOfTheHat. We have: -Robert L. Krieger in a novelty rocket hat at NARAM-10, 1968. - RAF Flight Commander Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley in top hat and tails at the National Air Races, 1931. Flight attendant hats: - Knitted flight attendant cap from West Coast Airlines would definitely help to keep you warm. - Reversible hat was a part of the Republic Airlines flight attendant uniform, and could be switched between the navy and maroon sides. - Cap was designed by Yves Saint Laurent and was a part of the 1970-74 Northwest flight attendant uniform. Photo credit: The Museum of Flight @museumofflight #museumofflight #businesshistory #aviationhistory #tmofcollections #archivesofinstagram #archives #museums #hats @usnatarchives ![One of the worst types of film we occasionally come across in the collection is Nitrate film. You’ve likely heard of it as the motion picture film that would frequently go up in flames. We have some still images on nitrate film. This one here has begun to deteriorate, the emulsion is sticky and the plastic base is discoloring. We try and scan these as quickly as possible and then place them in freezer storage to hopefully slow the deterioration process.
Photo credit: Museum Staff
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One of the worst types of film we occasionally come across in the collection is Nitrate film. You’ve likely heard of it as the motion picture film that would frequently go up in flames. We have some still images on nitrate film. This one here has begun to deteriorate, the emulsion is sticky and the plastic base is discoloring. We try and scan these as quickly as possible and then place them in freezer storage to hopefully slow the deterioration process. Photo credit: Museum Staff @museumofflight #museumofflight #businesshistory #aviationhistory #tmofcollections #archivesofinstagram #archives #museums #nitrate #nitratefilm
