Air Museum of Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Melvin W. Longlet

Titles: Air Museum of Minnesota Oral History Project: Interview with Melvin W. Longlet (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Melvin W. Longlet came to the Twin Cities as a young man. He attended Dunwoody Institute in the mid-1930s and worked in refrigeration until World War II, when he went to work at Northwest Airlines as a mechanic. After the war he worked as a pilot and mechanic for Patterson Dental Supply and later for 3M as a pilot and mechanic. His entire working life had been spent at Holman Field. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: Working as a sheet metal mechanic at Northwest. Learning to fly and getting various types of licenses. Comparison of airplane and automobile engines. Some details on Patterson Dental Supply. Propeller feathering. Starting 3M's business fleet of planes. Details of his work at 3M. National Business Aircraft Association. Minnesota Business Aircraft Association. Anecdote about winning a national prize for being an outstanding mechanic. Two anecdotes about SeaBees. Some talk about early navigation techniques. Health and flying.

Dates

• 09/19/1979 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Longlet, Melvin W.
• interviewer: Holey, George

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 101
• Accession Number: AV1992.88.14

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Air Museum of Minnesota Oral History Project' <OH 101>

Quantity: 2 hours sound cassette 34 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 90 minutes length

Subjects

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