Guide to the Bert R. J. Hassell Collection
This is a guide to materials in The Bert R.J. (Fish) Hassell housed in the History of Aviation Collection, Special Collections and Archives Division, The University of Texas at Dallas. Bert "Fish" Hassell was a pioneer aviator and began his flying career in 1914. His idea for a shorter, mo...
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ftunivdallas:oai:utd-ir.tdl.org:10735.1/4839 2023-11-12T04:13:09+01:00 Guide to the Bert R. J. Hassell Collection Jones, Liana McCook Field (Ohio) Machesney Park (Ill.) 2016-06-22 text/html http://hdl.handle.net/10735.1/4839 English eng http://hdl.handle.net/10735.1/4839 H080-88 Hassell Bert R. J. 1893-1974 Curtiss Glenn Hammond 1878-1930 Stunt flying Air pilots Air shows Airplanes Barnstormers (Group of artists) Test pilots Stinson Detroiter Stinson Edward 1894-1932 Sikorsky S-61 Family Text Finding aid 2016 ftunivdallas 2023-10-23T05:26:48Z This is a guide to materials in The Bert R.J. (Fish) Hassell housed in the History of Aviation Collection, Special Collections and Archives Division, The University of Texas at Dallas. Bert "Fish" Hassell was a pioneer aviator and began his flying career in 1914. His idea for a shorter, more direct route from the United States to Europe through the Great Circle Route in the arctic led to his famous emergency landing on the Greenland ice cap in 1928. In 1954 he helped construct the Distant Early Warning System. In 1969 Hassell's plane was recovered from Greenland and airlifted back to Rockford, Illinois. Hassell's daughter, Mary Hassell Lyons, played a major role in the restoration and permanent display of his plane, as well as the publication of his autobiography, "Fish Hassell, a Viking with Wings: An Autobiography." Text Arctic Greenland Ice cap Treasures @ UT Dallas Arctic Greenland Rockford ENVELOPE(-152.933,-152.933,-79.583,-79.583) Sikorsky ENVELOPE(-63.450,-63.450,-74.767,-74.767) |
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This is a guide to materials in The Bert R.J. (Fish) Hassell housed in the History of Aviation Collection, Special Collections and Archives Division, The University of Texas at Dallas. Bert "Fish" Hassell was a pioneer aviator and began his flying career in 1914. His idea for a shorter, more direct route from the United States to Europe through the Great Circle Route in the arctic led to his famous emergency landing on the Greenland ice cap in 1928. In 1954 he helped construct the Distant Early Warning System. In 1969 Hassell's plane was recovered from Greenland and airlifted back to Rockford, Illinois. Hassell's daughter, Mary Hassell Lyons, played a major role in the restoration and permanent display of his plane, as well as the publication of his autobiography, "Fish Hassell, a Viking with Wings: An Autobiography." |
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McCook Field (Ohio) Machesney Park (Ill.) |
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