J. NEWTON WILLIAMS
  

 
 
 
 
J. Newton Williams
Collection of John B. Sellers, 10-3-08
  

 
 
 
 
J. Newton Williams
Collection of John B. Sellers, 10-3-08
  

 
 
Air Transportation and the Development of the Aviation Industry in Connecticut
You will find a brief mention of Williams and his helicopter
on the page of the New England Air Museum.
You may access the page by clicking on "Williams."
This article is from the archives of the waybackmachine.org website
  

 
 
Early Pilots Collection.
Photographs, clippings, correspondence; 1894-1978; 2.2 cubic feet. There is material on Thomas S. Baldwin, Lynn Bauder, Lincoln Beachey, Joe Bennett, Tony Bitetti, Art Boston, Ralph M. Brown, Frank H. Burnside, Joe Costa, William E. Doherty, Fred Eells, Theodore Ellyson, Eugene Ely, Walter L. Fairchild, John J. Frisbie, Bert Hassell, Beckwith Havens, Frederick A. Hoover, Ray Hylan, Fulton Irwin, John Kaminski, Charles B. Kirkham, Henry Kleckler, E. M. Laird, Ruth Law, William S. Luckey, Damon Merrill, Harvey Mummert, Hugh Robinson, Blanch S. Scott, Windy Smith, Francis Wildman,
J. Newton Williams, and others, including a number of student pilots from Japan. Also a typed history of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation Airplane Division, 1910-1945, by Art Butler, and reminiscences of Curtiss Airplane Company of Buffalo, 1915-1919. RLIN ID NYHV2306-A.
Editor's Note: This collection is housed in the New York Historical Society Collection. 		 

 
 
ONLINE RESOURCES
     If you search for "J. Newton Williams" +aviation, using the Google search engine, (9-22-07), you will find about 19 links.		  

 
 
Helicopter Development in the Early Twentieth Century
     This page on the U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission website offers a comprehensive history of the development of the helicopter, including some details of the role of Williams and Emile Berliner. You can see a photograph of their helicopter on the right side of the page. You can access the page by clicking on the title above. You may want to use the "FIND" function on "Newton" to locate the occurences of his story on the page.		  

 
 
American airplanes: Wh - Wy
     This page on the AeroFiles website offers specifications on two "Williams" helicopters. You can access the page by clicking on the title above. You may want to use the "FIND" function on "Newton" to locate the entry on the page.		  

 
 
 
 
Editor's Note:
If you have any information on this Early Bird,
please contact me.
E-mail to Ralph Cooper
 
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