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Gildred (Theodore E.) Personal Papers
SDASM.SC.10054
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives
Title: Theodore E. Gildred Personal Papers
source:
Gildred, Theodore E.
Identifier/Call Number: SDASM.SC.10054
Physical Description:
0.75 Cubic Feet
2 Boxes
Date (inclusive): 1935-2014
Abstract: Theodore Edmonds Gildred was born on October 18, 1935, in Mexico City; the second of four children of real estate developer
Theodore Gildred and Maxine Edmonds Gildred. His greatest aeronautical achievement was duplicating his father’s 1931 Goodwill
Flight from San Diego, California, to Quito, Ecuador, which took place March 13, 1981 to March 31, 1981. Theodore E. Gildred,
along with copilot Wally Moore, flew a 1942 Stinson Reliant. This Collection includes information related to that flight.
The collection is open to researchers by appointment.
Some copyright may be reserved. Consult with the library director for more information.
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Theodore Edmonds Gildred was born on October 18, 1935, in Mexico City; the second of four children of real estate developer
Theodore Gildred and Maxine Edmonds Gildred. His early years were spent in San Diego, California and Mexico City. He attended
Francis Parker School in San Diego, followed by a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University, 1959. His post-graduate
studies were taken at Sorbonne University, Paris, and the University of Heidelberg, Germany. Mr. Gildred is fluent in English,
Spanish, French, and German.
As an aviator, Mr. Gildred holds an airline transport rating with more than 2,000 hours experience. His greatest aeronautical
achievement was duplicating his father’s 1931 Goodwill Flight from San Diego, California, to Quito, Ecuador, which took place
March 13, 1981 to March 31, 1981. Theodore E. Gildred, along with copilot Wally Moore, flew a 1942 Stinson Reliant. It was
hoped that both flights would promote good will between the US and Latin America. Like his father, Theodore E. Gildred received
a warm welcome upon landing in Ecuador, and donated his aircraft, Ecuador II, to the Ecuadorian government as a gesture of
goodwill between the two nations.
This collection primarily contains information on the second of the 4,200 mile flights.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The materials in this collection were donated to the San Diego Air & Space Museum. The collection has been processed and is
open for research with no restrictions.
Related SDASM Resources:
Special Collection SDASM, Library Archives, Gildred, Theodore.
Secondary Sources:
SDASM A/V Archives, Audio Visual, F-0238, “Ecuador Flight: Spirit of Goodwill,” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLo7v4l2toQ
This collection is a combination of correspondence, logbook documents, San Diego Aero-Space Museum correspondence, magazine
articles, Spanish language documents, Spanish newspaper clips, currency, English newspaper clips, an audio cassette, a documentary
script, government issued certificates, negatives, and several hundred photographs. The collection is in good condition.
•With the collection were empty envelopes labeled: Gildred, Theodore, Jr., 001-041, February 9, 2007. They remain in the collection
as of August 2013.
•Many of the items in this collection are relevant and present in the Theodore Gildred Special Collection.
•Note1: The “E” in Theodore E. Gildred stands for Edmonds, his mother’s maiden name.
•Note2: Documents in the special collection refer to Theodore E. Gildred as Theodore Gildred Jr. and his father Theodore Gildred
Sr. Theodore E. Gildred is his maternal family’s name, therefore his legal name does not include Jr.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ryan B-5 Brougham
Stinson (Aircraft) AT-19 Reliant (V-77) Family
San Diego Air and Space Museum
Theodore , Gildred
Gildred Foundation
Gildred, Theodore E.