Len Morgan, the Glossary
Albert George Leonard ("Len") Morgan (March 23, 1922 – March 11, 2005) was an American aviator, writer, publisher, entrepreneur, photogrammetrist, and investor.[1]
Table of Contents
20 relations: Attack on Pearl Harbor, Boeing 707, Boeing 720, Boeing 727, Boeing 747, Braniff International Airways, Concorde, Convair CV-240 family, Dallas, Douglas DC-3, Flying (magazine), Indiana, Kentucky, Lockheed L-188 Electra, North American P-51 Mustang, Photogrammetry, Richard L. Collins, Royal Canadian Air Force, United States Army Air Forces, World War II.
- American aviation writers
- Braniff
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl HarborAlso known as the Battle of Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the United States, just before 8:00a.m. (local time) on Sunday, December 7, 1941.
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Boeing 707
The Boeing 707 is an early American long-range narrow-body airliner, the first jetliner developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
Boeing 720
The Boeing 720 was an American narrow-body airliner produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
Boeing 727
The Boeing 727 is an American narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
Boeing 747
The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023.
Braniff International Airways
Braniff Airways, Inc., operated as Braniff International Airways from 1948 until 1965, and then Braniff International from 1965 until air operations ceased, was a United States trunk carrier, a scheduled airline that operated from 1928 until 1982 and continues today as a retailer, hotelier, travel service and branding and licensing company, administering the former airline's employee pass program and other airline administrative duties. Len Morgan and Braniff International Airways are Braniff.
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Concorde
Concorde is a retired Anglo-French supersonic airliner jointly developed and manufactured by Sud Aviation (later Aérospatiale) and the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC).
Convair CV-240 family
The Convair CV-240 is an American airliner that Convair manufactured from 1947 to 1954, initially as a possible replacement for the ubiquitous Douglas DC-3.
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Dallas
Dallas is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people.
Douglas DC-3
The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II.
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Flying (magazine)
Flying, sometimes styled FLYING, is an aviation magazine published since 1927 and called ''Popular Aviation'' prior to 1942, as well as Aeronautics for a brief period.
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Indiana
Indiana is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
Kentucky
Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States.
Lockheed L-188 Electra
The Lockheed L-188 Electra is an American turboprop airliner built by Lockheed.
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North American P-51 Mustang
The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts.
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Photogrammetry
Photogrammetry is the science and technology of obtaining reliable information about physical objects and the environment through the process of recording, measuring and interpreting photographic images and patterns of electromagnetic radiant imagery and other phenomena.
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Richard L. Collins
Richard Lawrence Collins (November 28, 1933 – April 29, 2018) was an American aviation author and journalist. Len Morgan and Richard L. Collins are American aviation writers and American aviators.
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Royal Canadian Air Force
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF; Aviation royale canadienne, ARC) is the air and space force of Canada. Its role is to "provide the Canadian Forces with relevant, responsive and effective airpower". The RCAF is one of three environmental commands within the unified Canadian Armed Forces.
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United States Army Air Forces
The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF) was the major land-based aerial warfare service component of the United States Army and de facto aerial warfare service branch of the United States during and immediately after World War II (1941–1947).
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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See also
American aviation writers
- Adam Makos
- Alan C. Carey
- Ann Darr
- Betty Jane Williams
- Bill Sweetman
- Bonnie Tiburzi
- Caroline Iverson Ackerman
- Clayton Knight
- Debbie Gary Callier
- Don Dwiggins
- Donald Keyhoe
- Ed Rasimus
- Edward H. Phillips
- Edward H. Sims
- Edward Jablonski
- Ernest K. Gann
- Evelyn Waldren
- George B. Moffat Jr.
- Gordon Baxter
- Harry B. Combs
- James L. Cate
- Jason Schappert
- Jeffrey Ethell
- John Franklin Bruce Carruthers
- John W. Underwood
- Joseph Gordon Vaeth
- Kenneth O. Chilstrom
- Lauren D. Lyman
- Len Morgan
- Martin Caidin
- Melvin B. Zisfein
- Paul Bikle
- Peter Garrison
- Peter M. Bowers
- Ralph W. Cram
- Richard Aboulafia
- Richard Bach
- Richard L. Collins
- Robert DeLaurentis (aviator)
- Robert F. Dorr
- Robert J. Moriarty
- Robert J. Serling
- Robert L. Sumwalt (U.S. government official)
- Thomas Knauff
- Walter J. Boyne
- William Langewiesche
- Wolfgang Langewiesche
Braniff
- Braniff (1983–1990)
- Braniff (1991–1992)
- Braniff Building
- Braniff International Airways
- Braniff International Airways Flight 250
- Braniff International Airways Flight 352
- Charles Edmund Beard
- Clint Frank
- Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
- Ed Acker
- Harding Lawrence
- History of Braniff International Airways
- Howard Putnam
- Hyatt
- Jay Pritzker
- Jeffrey Chodorow
- Jetrail
- John Schneller
- Len Morgan
- Ling-Temco-Vought
- Mid-Continent Airlines
- National Museum of Commercial Aviation
- Pan American-Grace Airways
- Paul Revere Braniff
- R. V. Carleton
- Thomas Elmer Braniff
- Troy Victor Post
- William A. Blakley
- Willy O. Rossel