2017-10-18 Guide to the Ohio State University University Airport Records, 1945-2020 RG.17.D.1 Finding aid prepared by Audrey Wimbiscus Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections
1858 Neil Avenue Columbus, OH, 43210
2019 October This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2021-03-03T15:09-0500 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard Ohio State University Airport Records RG.17.D.1 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 2.98 Cubic feet 1945-2020 In May 1942, the Ohio State University purchased 400 acres to construct an airport for its pilot training program; this land became the Ohio State University Airport. As of 2019, the airport is used for pilot and student training, corporate transportation, and research and development projects. The Ohio State University Airport Records contain flight instruction information, pamphlets, airport annual reports, bills of sales for airplanes, landing rights permits, and other administrative airport files dating from 1945 to 2020. (14) letter file folders; (1) carton; (1) flat box English Ohio State University Airport Arrangement of Materials

Materials are arranged in the order received.

 Acquisitions Information

Accession Number UA.1978.0046: OSU Support, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1980.0062: Aviation/University Airport, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1986.0144: Sandy Siehl, date unknown; Accession Number UA.1994.0146: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2000.0103: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2001.0134: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2002.0103: Print Shop, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2003.0099: Source unknown, date unknown; Accession Number UA.2011.0099: Uniprint, date unknown; Accession No. UA.2021.0021: Mike Worley, 2021 February

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[identification of item], Ohio State University Airport Records, RG.17.D.1, Ohio State University Archives, Ohio State University

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Finding Aid written by: Audrey Wimbiscus, 2019 October

 Historical Note

Aviation education has been a part of the Ohio State University campus since 1917, when the United States War Department established a School of Military Aeronautics at the university. Planes would land on the piece of land occuppied by Ohio Stadium prior to its completion in 1922; later, they landed at an airport built on East Broad Street. In May 1942, the university purchased 400 acres to the northwest of main campus in order to construct a new airport for its pilot training program. This field and airport were named the OSU Don Scott Airport after Ohio State two-time All-American quarterback Don Scott, who died in a bomber crash during World War II. The airport has been used for pilot training, crop dusting equipment testing, plane testing, and other research and development projects, often from different Ohio State University departments. As of 2019, the Ohio State University Airport is an integral part of the Air Transportation and Aerospace Campus, housing 200 aircraft and supporting an estimated 75,000 take-offs and landings each year divided between corporate transportation, student training, and pleasure flying.

 Scope and Contents

The Ohio State University Airport Records contain flight instruction information, pamphlets, airport annual reports, bills of sales for airplanes, landing rights permits, and other administrative airport files dating from 1945 to 2020.

 Ohio State University Airport Ohio State University--History Aeronautics--Study and teaching (Higher)--Ohio--Columbus--20th century Aeronautics--Study and teaching (Higher)--Ohio--Columbus--21st century Airports--Ohio--Columbus--20th century Airports--Ohio--Columbus--21st century Flight training--Ohio--Columbus--20th century Flight training--Ohio--Columbus--21st century Processed 2.4 Cubic feet 1951-1973 (2) cartons Aerial Application Accident Prevention Study UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 1 1960-1961 Agricultural Aviation Research UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 2 undated Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA): Clinic Manager's Course UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 3 1963-1964 Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA): Correspondence UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 4 1964-1965 Aircraft Rental UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 5 1960-1965 Air Force Proposal UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 6 1966 January 03 Air Force ROTC (AFROTC) UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 7 1962 February, 1966 April Airport Aid: Correspondence UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 8 1962 Airport Management and Control: Project EC-2 UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 9 1967 June Airport Study UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 10 1963 February Air Traffic Control: Procedures: Research UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 11 1969 Angle of Attack: Project #560-004-03H UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 12 1968 Army Aviation: Safety Course UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 13 1961 October 26 Aviation: School of: Committee to Study UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 14 1960 September-1963 December Aviation: School of: Development of UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 15 1959 October 05-1961 August 08 Aviation: School of: Proposed Courses UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 16 1961-1962 Aviation Education: Council of UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 17 1966 Aviation Day UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 18 1968-1971 Aviation 507 UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 19 1966 January Aviation Medicine UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 20 1964-1969 Aviation Personnel Training Requirements and Proposed Family of US Army Aircraft: #8 #9 UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 21 1963 Boeing Tevin Beech: Modifications UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 22 undated Butler Aviation: Scholarship Program UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 23 1965 Butler Aviation: Scholarship Program: Correspondence and letters UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 24 1965 Campus Correspondence UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 25-26 1965-1973 Campus Planning UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 27 1959-1969 Carson, Gordon B.: Correspondence UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 28 1969-1973 Centennial Year Distinguished Alumnus Award UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 29 1969-1970 Cessna Aircraft UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 30 1951 Cessna Aircraft: Accident Testimony UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 31-32 1963-1968 Cessna Aircraft: Accident Testimony: George T. Green (Evidence Disposition) UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 33 1969 Civil Air Patrol: May Day Program UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 34 1965 Clinic Manager's Course UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 35 undated Coffing Industries UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 36 1960-1961 Consolidation Coal Company UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 37 1965 Control Tower UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 38 1967 June-1970 July Correspondence: General UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 39-41 1960-1973 Costs and Benefits of Aerial Application UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 42 1964 Course Material: Pesticide Spraying UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 43 undated Courses: School of Aviation UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 44 1963 Curriculum Development UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 45 1964-1967 Departmental Data (Aviation) UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 46 undated Eggspuehler, Jack: Statement for the Aviation Human Resources Study Board UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 47 1964 Engineering: College of UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 48 1965-1971 Executive Development Program UA.RG.17.D.1.0001 49 undated FAA (Federal Aviation Agency) UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 1 1969 January- 1971 May 13 FAA Directives UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 2 1964 March FAA Flight Instructors Course UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 3-4 1964 Faculty Club UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 5 1970 March-1972 December Faculty Council; Secretary's Reports and Memorandums UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 6 1969 October 14-1972 May 09 Faculty Meetings UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 7 undated Federal Aids UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 8 1966-1967 Federal Aids: Correspondence UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 9 1964 Flight Instruction: Minutes and Correspondence UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 10 1963-1964 Flight Instruction: Profile UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 11 undated Flight Instructor's Course: General Aviation Operations Inspectors UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 12 1963 Flight Instructor's Refresher Course UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 13 undated Flight Safety Foundation: Award UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 14 1964 Flight Training Techniques UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 15 1964 Fly-in for Profit Seminar UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 16 1971 Geise, J.H. UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 17 1961 General Aviation Management: Short Course UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 18 1970 January G.I. Pilot Refresher Courses UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 19 undated Graduate Training Grant Application: Hew UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 20 1966 Green, R.S.: Correspondence UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 21 1960-1962 Human Response to Sonic Boom: Research Project UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 22 1968 Inquiries: letters UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 23 1963 Instrument Flight Training UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 24 undated Insurance UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 25 1966 November, 1967 June, 1968 October Inter-Office Correspondence UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 26-27 1964-1972 Israel Overseas Aid UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 28 1961-1962 Janox Corporation: Correspondence UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 29 1970 Kelly, Kent R: Master's Thesis: The Role of The OSU Airport's Service to Its Business Users UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 30 undated Kroger Company: Contributor of DC-3 UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 31 1966-1969 Lockheed Howard 250: Accident Report UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 32 1971 March 22 Lockheed Ventura: Donation UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 33 1963-1971 Mershon Conferences UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 34 1961-1966 Minutes: Dept. Meetings UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 35 1966-1968 Miscellaneous UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 36 1959-1965 Mohawk Airlines Inc. Correspondence (includes Mohawk Course Outline) UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 37 1962-1964, 1967-1968 NAA (National American Aviation): Research Project UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 38 1963 NATA Position Report and Situation Estimate UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 39 1967 January-March National Association of Flight Instructors: Correspondence UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 40 1965-1967 National Association of Flight Instructors: Minutes and Constitution UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 41 1963-1967 Navigation: Instruments UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 42 1963 New Aviation Courses UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 43 1970 Overseas Aid UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 44 1961 November Personnel: Lists and Comments UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 45 1959-1963 Personnel: Policy and Rules Relating to Working Conditions of Civil Service and Comparable Employees UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 46 undated Pilot Rating and Requirements Committee UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 47 1964 Pilot Upgrading UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 48 undated Pinch Hitter Course UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 49 1964 Piper Scholarship UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 50 1966 Policy and Procedure UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 51 1961-1969 Procedure Turn UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 52 1963 Project AV-2 UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 53 1965 May Project "Long-Look" UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 54 1964 September 28 Project "Long-Look": Appendix A UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 55 1964 September 28 Project "Long-Look": Correspondence UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 56 1960-1962 Report: FAA: Effect of Time on the Instrument Skills of the Private and Commercial Pilot UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 57 1969 March Ritchie Project UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 28 undated Somali Republic Students UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 59 1968 September Special Study Committee: Report Memorandum and Suggested Programs UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 60 1962 Staff Meeting: Minutes UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 61 1961 August Traffic Count UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 62 1963-1965 VAC System (Vector Analogue Computor) UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 63 1965 Vibration, Noise, and Task Complexity UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 64 1964-1970 Wharton, Richard E.: Dean; College of Engineering UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 65 1965 March-1966 July Wildlife Research Project 1207: Radio Activity UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 66 1962 Wright Airlines: Commercial Airport Use UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 67 1969 August-October Young Engineering Teachers UA.RG.17.D.1.0002 68 1959 October-1960 January Accession Number UA.1986.0144 0.02 Cubic feet 1945-1974 (1) letter file folder Bill of Sale for Purchased Airplanes Small Accessions 49 1945-1948, 1952-1956, 1960-1965, 1974 Landing Rights - Permit Small Accessions 49 1956 Traffic Control Tower - Lease Small Accessions 49 1965-1966 Accession Number UA.1994.0146 0.02 Cubic feet 1988 (1) letter file folder The Ohio State University Airport: Master Plan: Working Paper No. 2. Small Accessions 18 1988 October 27 Scope and Contents

Contains -- Chapter IV: Airfield and Landside Alternative Analysis. Chapter V: Environmental Review.

 Accession Number UA.2000.0103 0.02 Cubic feet 1999-2000 (1) letter file folder Don Scott Field: The Ohio State University Airport: Annual Report Small Accessions 24 1999-2000 Accession Number UA.2001.0134 0.02 Cubic feet 2000-2001 (1) letter file folder Don Scott Field: The Ohio State University Airport: Annual Report Small Accessions 25 2000-2001 Accession Number UA.2002.0103 0.02 Cubic feet 2001-2002 (1) letter file folder Don Scott Field: Annual Report Small Accessions 26 2001-2002 Accession Number UA.2003.0099 0.02 Cubic feet 2003 (1) letter file folder Newsletter associated with Don Scott Airport: Yea Botz: Spring Small Accessions 26 2003 Accession Number UA.2011.0099 0.02 Cubic feet 2011 (1) letter file folder Program for the National Intercollegiate Flying Association annual conference - SAFECON - held at OSU Airport Small Accessions 35 2011 May 16-21 Accession Number UA.2021.0021 0.3 Cubic feet circa 1975 (1) flat box Scope and Contents

Commemorative plate with "The Ohio State University Airport" and "Department of Aviation" and a diagram of the layout of the airport's runways on the front.

 Commemorative plate UA.2021.0021 circa 1975 Publications 0.14 Cubic feet 1970-2020 (7) letter file folders Careers in Aviation booklet UA.RG.17.PUB.0022 2015 June Extension for Instructional Services (EIS) program UA.RG.17.PUB.0022 1970 Viewbook brochure: Experience the Service and Convenience of Ohio's #1 Corporate Airport UA.RG.17.PUB.0022 undated Visiting the OSU Airport with Brutus and Betty Buckeye booklet UA.RG.17.PUB.0022 2015 June Austin E. Knowlton Executive Terminal and Aviation Learning Center and Self-Guided Tour Booklet UA.RG.17.PUB.0062 undated Austin E. Knowlton Executive Terminal and Aviation Learning Center Self-Guided Tour booklet UA.RG.17.PUB.0062 undated Airport Info Booklet UA.RG.17.PUB.0066 2020