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Oral history interview with Daniel D. Grecco, conducted by Lew Cook and Grace Montgomery on December 7, 1976. Grecco watches films of early aviation held by the Oregon Historical Society Research Library, and discusses them. He also talks about repairing the Spirit of St. Louis during Charles Lindbergh’s visit to Portland in 1927.

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Typescript paper regarding the history of aviation in Oregon, with notes, research, bibliography, and interviews and information on early pilots: Ed Ball, Danny Grecco and Jimmie Rinehart.

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Oral history interview with Harold W. Shangle, conducted by Patrick Harris on February 22, 1980. Shangle discusses learning to fly airplanes and working as an airplane mechanic at the Swan Island Airport in Portland from 1928 to 1933.

Abstract Basil Burton Smith, Percy Barrett Smith, and Dexter R. Smith were inventors, designers, and owners of the Pacific School of Engineering, Smith Aeroplane Co., Rankin School of Flying, and Smith Auto Electric Elevator Co. of Portland, Oregon. Collection includes articles of incorporation, correspondence, course outlines, and other documents for the Pacific School of Engineering, 1930; stock offers and lesson materials for the Rankin School of Flying, 1927-1928; articles of incorporation and...