Title: |
Cincinnati Parachute Club Collection |
Repository: |
Wright State University Libraries Special Collections and Archives
Phone: 937-775-2092 http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/ |
Creator: |
Honnert, Quentin Emil, 1920-1999 |
Dates: |
1940-1961 |
Quantity: |
1.15 linear feet (1 box and 1 oversize folder) |
Abstract: |
Photographs, pages from a logbook, a newspaper article page, and a member agreement from Cincinnati Parachute Club collected by Quentin Honnert, a member of the Cincinnati Parachute Club, which was one of the first parachute clubs in the country. |
Identification: |
MS-525 |
Language: |
The records are in English |
The Cincinnati Parachute Club was one of the first parachute clubs in the country, perhaps the very first. Their jumps were mostly at Western Hills Airport in Cincinnati, Ohio. The collection focuses on one member of the club, Quentin Honnert.
Quentin Emil Honnert was born in the Cincinnati area on September 12, 1920, the youngest child of Emil and Emma (Kunz) Honnert. He joined the Cincinnati Parachute Club in June 1940, logging several at least 11 jumps before the end of the year using a backpack parachute made by the Cincinnati-based company Triangle Parachute Company. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in February 1941 and served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps during World War II and later the Korean War, achieving the rank of Captain. In 1945, he married Eleanor Susan Keach (1921-1981). He graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1949 with a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering. In addition to being active in the Cincinnati Parachute Club, he was a supervisor of the Parachute Department at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in the early 1950s. Quentin died August 9, 1999, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was cremated and his ashes scattered.
The Cincinnati Parachute Club was one of the first parachute clubs in the country. Their jumps were mostly at Western Hills Airport in Cincinnati, Ohio. The collection focuses on one member of the club, Quentin Honnert. The collection is composed of largely photographs from jumps in Ohio and Indiana. There is also pages from a logbook, a newspaper article page, and a member agreement for Honnert for the club.
Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
There are no restrictions on accessing materials in this collection.
Related Material: Related Material
MS-310: Dave Gold Parachute Collection.
One oversize folder that contains posters and large newspaper article has been separated to oversize storage.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Description of item, Date, Box #, Folder #], MS-525, Cincinnati Parachute Club Collection, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio.
The collection was donated to Special Collections and Archives, Wright State University Libraries, by Gary Honnert, son of Quentin Honnert, on April 25, 2014.
Finding aid written according to DACS standards by Abbey Search, September 2019.
There are no expected accruals.
The finding aid is available on the Special Collections & Archives, Wright State University Libraries web site at
https://wright.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/882.