Phillip G. Williams Collection
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Summary: Donor is a long-time employee of Bell Helicopter. This collection consists of books, publications and other items relating to aviation in general and Bell Helicopter.
Books
- Joe Mashman, as told to R. Randall Padfield. To Fly Like a Bird. Vertical Flight Heritage Series. Potomac, Maryland: Phillips Publishing Inc., 1992. Inscribed on first page: "To Phil Williams, with best regards, Joe Mashman, July 31, 1992" (Image Shown)
- Charles Coombs. Skyhooks, The Story of Helicopters. New York: William Morrow and Company, 1967
- David A. Brown. The Bell Helicopter Textron Story, Changing the Way the World Flies, Arlington, Texas: Aerofax, 1995. First edition
Publications
- The Faces Behind the 50 Years: Bell Helicopter Textron, 2001
- Manufacturing Capabilities: The Future is Ours by Design, Bell Helicopter Textron, 2000
- Rotor and Wing's Tiltrotor Aviation, Volume 1, No. 1., May 1989
- Osprey Takes Flight, Bell Boeing, The Tiltrotor Team, a Joint Service Program, 1989
- Vision to Reality, copy of oil painting by Bill Dale
- Cards: Bell Boeing, the Tiltrotor team, showing V-22 Osprey Joint Service Aircraft
- Cards: McDonnell Douglas/Bell Helicopter Textron Super Team (LHX): Air Combat; Armed Reconnaissance, and Light Attack (LHX = Light Helicopter Experimental) (VTOL= Vertical Take Off and Landing)
- Osprey Update, News from the Bell/Boeing Tiltrotor Program Team, Spring 1993
- Bell Helicopter News, V-22 Osprey Makes Successful First Flight, April 1989
- Chart: Evolution of Bell Helicopter VTOL Flight Development (1941-1990)
- Chart: Model 206L-3 Manufacturing Sequence (1984)
Ephemera
- V-22 Osprey Belt Buckle, 1986. On back of buckle, the dimensions are listed and a description of what an Osprey will do in flight.