Van der Linden, Bob
Fellowship Advisor National Air and Space Museum staffU.S. commercial aviation, interwar military and naval aviation, special purpose aircraft
Background And Education
Education And Training
- B.A., University of Denver
- M.A., George Washington University
- Ph.D., George Washington University
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Van der Linden, F. Robert. 2018. "Looking Back." Aerospace America, 56, (7) 62–63. 2018
- Van der Linden, F. Robert and Winter, Frank H. 2016. "Out of the Past - Aerospace Chronology." Aerospace America, (July/August) 44–45. 2016
- Van der Linden, F. Robert and Winter, Frank H. 2016. "Out of the Past - An Aerospace Chronology." Aerospace America, (January) 42–43. 2016
- Van der Linden, F. Robert and Winter, Frank H. 2016. "Out of the Past - An Aerospace Chronology." Aerospace America, April 44–45. 2016
- Van der Linden, F. Robert and Winter, Frank H. 2016. "Out of the Past - An Aerospace Chronology." Aerospace America, (June) 46–47. 2016
- Van der Linden, F. Robert and Winter, Frank H. 2016. "Out of the Past – An Aerospace Chronology." Aerospace America, February 46–47. 2016
- Van der Linden, F. Robert and Winter, Frank H. 2016. "Out of the Past – An Aerospace Chronology." Aerospace America, March 44–45. 2016
- Van der Linden, F. Robert and Winter, Frank H. 2016. "Out of the Past – An Aerospace Chronology." Aerospace America, October 44–45. 2016
- Van der Linden, F. Robert and Winter, Frank H. 2016. "Out of the Past – An Aerospace Chronology." Aerospace America, November 38–39. 2016
- Van der Linden, F. Robert and Winter, Frank H. 2016. "Out of the Past – An Aerospace Chronology." Aerospace America, (December) 72–73. 2016
- Van der Linden, F. Robert and Winter, Frank H. 2016. "Out of the Past – An Aerospace Chronology." Aerospace America, (May) 42–43. 2016
- Van der Linden, F. Robert and Winter, Frank H. 2016. "Out of the Past – An Aerospace Chronology." Aerospace America, 2016
- Van der Linden, F. Robert. 2012. "Government, Business, and Technology: U.S. Airliner Development, 1927–2012." World Neurosurgery, 78, (3-4) 1927–2012. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2012.06.040. 2012
- Winter, Frank H. and Van der Linden, F. Robert. 2008. "25 years ago, May 1983." Aerospace America, 46, (5) 44–45. 2008
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Blog Posting
- Van der Linden, F. Robert. 2018. "Supplying a City by Air: The Berlin Airlift." Air and Space Stories Washington, DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Sep 14, 2018. https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/supplying-city-air-berlin-airlift. 2018
- Van der Linden, F. Robert. 2014. "Where's the "R"?" http://blog.nasm.si.edu Washington DC: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. May 21. http://blog.nasm.si.edu/aviation/wheres-the-r/. 2014
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Book
- Van der Linden, F. Robert, Spencer, Alex M., and Paone, Thomas J. 2016. Milestones of Flight: The Epic of Aviation with the National Air and Space Museum. Zenith Press. 2016
- Van der Linden, F. Robert. 2011. The Nation's Hangar: Aircraft Treasures of the Smithsonian. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books. 2011
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Chapter
- Van der Linden, F. Robert. 2019. "Aluminum Alloy and Aircraft Construction: The Making of the Modern Airplane, 1903–1945." In Aluminum: History, Technology, and Conservation: Proceedings from the 2014 International Conference. Chemello, Claudia, Collum, Malcolm, Mardikian, Paul, Sembrat, Joe, and Young, Lisa, editors. 29. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Museum Conservation, 9. (https://doi.org/10.5479/si-1949-2367.9) 2019
- Van der Linden, F. Robert, Paone, Thomas J., and Jakab, Peter L. 2016. "1903 Wright FLyer." In Milestones of Flight: The Epic of Aviation with the National Air and Space Museum. Van der Linden, F. Robert, Spencer, Alex M., and Paone, Thomas J., editors. 8–13. Minneapolis, MN: Zenith Press. 2016
- Van der Linden, F. Robert, Paone, Thomas J., and Jakab, Peter L. 2016. "1909 Wright Military Flyer and 1911 Wright EX Vin Fiz." In Milestones of Flight: The Epic of Aviation with the National Air and Space Museum. Van der Linden, F. Robert, Spencer, Alex M., and Paone, Thomas J., editors. 14–21. Minneapolis, MN: Zenith Press. 2016
- Van der Linden, F. Robert. 2016. "Airplanes." In America in the World, 1776 to the Present: A Supplement to the Dictionary of American History. Vol. 1. Blum, Edward J., editor. xiii–xviii. Farmington Hills, MI: Charles Scribner's Sons. 2016
- Van der Linden, F. Robert. 2016. "Boeing Company." In America in the World, 1776 to the Present: A Supplement to the Dictionary of American History. Vol. 1. Blum, Edward J., editor. xiii–xviii. Farmington Hills, MI: Charles Scribner's Sons. 2016
- Van der Linden, F. Robert, Paone, Thomas J., and Jakab, Peter L. 2016. "Caudron G.4." In Milestones of Flight: The Epic of Aviation with the National Air and Space Museum. Van der Linden, F. Robert, Spencer, Alex M., and Paone, Thomas J., editors. 30–35. Minneapolis, MN: Zenith Press. 2016
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Review
- Van der Linden, F. Robert. 2022. [Book review] "Sovereign Skies: The Origins of American Civil Aviation Policy." Technology and Culture, 63, (2), 559–561. https://doi.org/10.1353/tech.2022.0074. 2022
- Van der Linden, F. Robert. 2020. [Book review] "Stealth: The Secret Contest to Invent Invisible Aircraft." Science, 367, (6481), 987–987. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba5372. 2020
Editor Of
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Book
- Van der Linden, F. Robert, editor. 2013. Smithsonian, Aircraft: The Definitive Visual History. New York: Dorling Kindersley. 2013
Contact
Location
- National Air & Space Museum Academic Department