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Air Transport Collection (page 15)

Background imageAir Transport Collection: North American P-51D-30-NA Mustang, 1945. Creator: North American Aviation Inc

North American P-51D-30-NA Mustang, 1945. Creator: North American Aviation Inc
Single-engine, low-wing, long-range fighter. 1, 128 cm (444 in.), Length 983 cm (387 in.), Height 371 cm (146 in.), Weight 3, 465 kg (7, 635 lb)

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Rolls-Royce Condor IA, V-12 Engine, 1921. Creator: Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce Condor IA, V-12 Engine, 1921. Creator: Rolls-Royce
Following its success as an automobile manufacturer, Rolls-Royce, Ltd. began design and development of aircraft engines at the request of the British Admiralty at the beginning of World War I

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Curtiss Conqueror V-1570-53 (G1V-1570-F), V-12 Engine, ca. 1928

Curtiss Conqueror V-1570-53 (G1V-1570-F), V-12 Engine, ca. 1928
Glenn Curtiss of Hammondsport, New York, who built and raced bicycles early in the twentieth century, later raced, designed and built motorcycles and motorcycle engines

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Royal Aircraft Factory RAF-1a, V-8 Engine, ca. 1914. Creator: Royal Aircraft Factory

Royal Aircraft Factory RAF-1a, V-8 Engine, ca. 1914. Creator: Royal Aircraft Factory
During World War I several types of aircraft engines were designed and developed by the Royal Aircraft Factory, a government facility located in Farnborough, England

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Aeronautica Macchi C. 202 Folgore, 1940s. Creator: Macchi S. A

Aeronautica Macchi C. 202 Folgore, 1940s. Creator: Macchi S. A
Single-seat, single-engine, low-wing monoplane fighter of all-metal monocoque construction; retractable, tailwheel-type landing gear

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Goodyear 'Pilgrim'Gondola, 1920s. Creator: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Goodyear "Pilgrim"Gondola, 1920s. Creator: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
Metal enclosure with plexiglas windows, painted silver with blue and yellow stripes; wood paneled interior with pilots seat and 2 passenger seats; 3 cylinder radial engine, 4 bladed propeller

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Hughes H-1 Racer, ca. 1935. Creators: Hughes Aircraft Co. Glenn Odekirk

Hughes H-1 Racer, ca. 1935. Creators: Hughes Aircraft Co. Glenn Odekirk
Experimental, single engine, monoplane for air racing; wood wings with blue paint; yellow markings; bare aluminum fuselage

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Kirkham, Vertically-Opposed 6 Engine, Experimantal, 1929. Creator: Charles B. Kirkham

Kirkham, Vertically-Opposed 6 Engine, Experimantal, 1929. Creator: Charles B. Kirkham
Charles B. Kirkham of Savona, N.Y. one of the earliest and best known airplane engine designers and builders, originally built motorcycle engines, and did casting and machining for Glenn Curtiss

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Cierva C. 8W (C. 8L Mk. IV), 1928. Creator: Cierva Autogiro Company

Cierva C. 8W (C. 8L Mk. IV), 1928. Creator: Cierva Autogiro Company
In 1928, Harold Pitcairn imported Juan de la Ciervas latest Autogiro, the C.8W (also known as the C.8 Mk.IV) to the United States as an experimental testbed for his own line of rotary-wing aircraft

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Packard Model 1A-1551, In-line 6 Engine, ca. 1922. Creator: Packard Motor Car Company

Packard Model 1A-1551, In-line 6 Engine, ca. 1922. Creator: Packard Motor Car Company
In early 1921, the Navy contracted with the Packard Motor Car Company, to develop the new Model 1A-1551 engine for its proposed ZR-1 airship, later named Shenandoah

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Packard 2A-1500, Inverted V-12 Engine, Circa 1925. Creator: Packard Motor Car Company

Packard 2A-1500, Inverted V-12 Engine, Circa 1925. Creator: Packard Motor Car Company
In 1923, the Packard Motor Car Company began development of a new series of 12-cylinder aircraft engines that would more fully meet the requirements of the Army and Navy

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Continental XR-1740-2, Sleeve Valve, Radial 14 Engine, ca. 1941. Creator: Continental

Continental XR-1740-2, Sleeve Valve, Radial 14 Engine, ca. 1941. Creator: Continental
In 1925, Continental, a successful manufacturer of automotive engines, purchased the rights for a Burt-McCollum single-sleeve valve engine design

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Basket and equipment used by Capt. H. C. Gray, USA, in a world altitude attempt in 1927

Basket and equipment used by Capt. H. C. Gray, USA, in a world altitude attempt in 1927
U.S. Army Air Corps balloonist Capt. Hawthorne Gray launched from Scott Field, Illinois, on November 4, 1927, on his third attempt to explore conditions

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Wright H-3 V-8 Engine, ca. 1922. Creator: Wright Aeronautical

Wright H-3 V-8 Engine, ca. 1922. Creator: Wright Aeronautical
Famed designer Mark Birkigt was from Switzerland, but his aircraft engines were built elsewhere. Hispano-Suiza engines were built in company factories in France and Spain

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Wright Whirlwind R-790-A (J-5) Radial 9 Engine, 1920s. Creator: Wright Aeronautical

Wright Whirlwind R-790-A (J-5) Radial 9 Engine, 1920s. Creator: Wright Aeronautical
The J-5 Whirlwind was a cornerstone aviation technology of the 1920s and 1930s. Charles L. Lawrance began work on the J-series of compact, lightweight, air-cooled radials for the U.S. Navy in 1921

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Renault 80 hp, V-8 Engine, ca. 1913. Creator: Renault

Renault 80 hp, V-8 Engine, ca. 1913. Creator: Renault
The first versions of this engine were built in 1908, and set an 8-hour endurance record in 1910. It continued to be used through World War I, especially in British training planes

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Maybach MB IVa, In-line 6 Engine, ca. 1916. Creator: Maybach Motorenbau

Maybach MB IVa, In-line 6 Engine, ca. 1916. Creator: Maybach Motorenbau
Originally the engine building subsidiary of the German Zeppelin Company (Luftschiffbau Zeppelin G.m.b.H.), Maybach Motorenbau G.m.b.H

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Jacobs (Pratt & Whitney Wasp Jr. ) R-985-AN5, Radial 9 Engine, ca. 1940

Jacobs (Pratt & Whitney Wasp Jr. ) R-985-AN5, Radial 9 Engine, ca. 1940
The Wasp Jr. R-985 was the third engine type designed by Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, following the Wasp R-1340 and Hornet R-1690, all of which were nine-cylinder engines

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Duesenberg H Direct, V-16 Engine, 1918. Creator: Duesenberg Motors Corporation

Duesenberg H Direct, V-16 Engine, 1918. Creator: Duesenberg Motors Corporation
Originating in Iowa to build automobiles, the Duesenberg Motors Corporation of Elizabeth, New Jersey was organized in 1917 by German immigrant Fred Duesenberg

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Model, Static, Walden III, ca. 1910. Creator: Henry Walden

Model, Static, Walden III, ca. 1910. Creator: Henry Walden
Model, Static, Walden III, ca. 1910. Wood and cloth exhibit model of the Walden III monoplane in overall natural color scheme. 1/16 scale

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Pitcairn PA-5 Mailwing, 1927. Creator: Pitcairn Aircraft Inc

Pitcairn PA-5 Mailwing, 1927. Creator: Pitcairn Aircraft Inc
Air transport; mail plane; single engine; bi-plane. The Pitcairn PA-5 Mailwing was designed to carry air mail along the routes of the eastern United States

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Irwin Meteor Model 72, X-4 Radial Engine, ca. 1926. Creator: Irwin Aircraft Company

Irwin Meteor Model 72, X-4 Radial Engine, ca. 1926. Creator: Irwin Aircraft Company
Beginning around 1922, J.F. Irwins Irwin Aircraft Company of Watsonville, California designed and provided blueprints for small

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Ryan NYP 'Spirit of St. Louis', piloted by Charles A. Lindbergh, 1927

Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis", piloted by Charles A. Lindbergh, 1927
Monoplane flown by Charles Lindbergh on May 20-21 1927 on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight. Silver colored doped fabric covered high wing single radial engine monoplane

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Curtiss D-III Headless Pusher, 1912. Creator: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company

Curtiss D-III Headless Pusher, 1912. Creator: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
Pusher biplane with one 50-horsepower Curtiss V-8 engine. Fabric covered surfaces light yellow. Struts and landing gear orange. In 1909, the G.H

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Union Type 2-6, In-line 6 Engine, ca. 1917. Creator: Union Gas Engine Company

Union Type 2-6, In-line 6 Engine, ca. 1917. Creator: Union Gas Engine Company
The Union Gas Engine Company (later the Union Diesel Engine Company) of Oakland, California designed this aircraft engine in 1915. In 1917, it was the first to pass the U.S. government 50-hour test

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Hall-Scott A-7-A In-line 4 Engine, 1917. Creator: Hall-Scott

Hall-Scott A-7-A In-line 4 Engine, 1917. Creator: Hall-Scott
The Hall-Scott Motor Car Company, with general offices in San Francisco and factories at Berkeley, California, began specializing in the construction of airplane engines in 1911

Background imageAir Transport Collection: De Havilland DH-4, 1917-1918. Creator: Dayton-Wright Company

De Havilland DH-4, 1917-1918. Creator: Dayton-Wright Company
Two-seat, single-engine World War I biplane observation and bomber aircraft; 400-horsepower Liberty V-12 water-cooled engine. American-built version of a British design

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Voisin Type 8, 1916-1918. Creator: Voisin Aeroplane Co

Voisin Type 8, 1916-1918. Creator: Voisin Aeroplane Co
Single-engine, two-seat French World War I pusher biplane bomber aircraft; 220 horsepower Peugeot 8Aa engine. Silver finish overall

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Langley Quarter-scale Aerodrome, 1903. Creator: Smithsonian Institution

Langley Quarter-scale Aerodrome, 1903. Creator: Smithsonian Institution
Model of the unpiloted, tandem-wing experimental aircraft built and tested by Samuel P. Langley, powered by a five-cylinder radial internal combustion gasoline engine of about 3.2 horsepower

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Clement V-2 Engine, 1903. Creator: Clement-Bayard

Clement V-2 Engine, 1903. Creator: Clement-Bayard
This French engine powered the Santos-Dumont Airship No. 9 in 1903. It performed two tasks: propulsion and the operation of a belt driven blower to pressurize the airships envelope

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Stringfellow Steam Engine, 1868. Creator: John Stringfellow

Stringfellow Steam Engine, 1868. Creator: John Stringfellow
Like the Wright brothers, who followed, John Stringfellow and his associate William Henson are an important link to early aeronautical researchers

Background imageAir Transport Collection: King-Bugatti U-16 Engine, 1919. Creator: Duesenberg Motors Corporation

King-Bugatti U-16 Engine, 1919. Creator: Duesenberg Motors Corporation
Ettore Bugatti designed the prototype of this engine in France during World War I. The U.S. Governments Bolling Commission

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Aeronca C-2, 1929-1932. Creator: Aeronautical Corporation of America

Aeronca C-2, 1929-1932. Creator: Aeronautical Corporation of America
X626N; 1929 single-seat, light sport monoplane; Aeronca E-107A engine; high-wing, tailwheel design. The Aeronca C-2 was the first truly light airplane certified by the Department of Commerce

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Beechcraft King Air 65-90, 1965. Creator: Beech Aircraft Corporation

Beechcraft King Air 65-90, 1965. Creator: Beech Aircraft Corporation
Seven/ten place, low-wing, twin-turboprop business aircraft; white with red and gray trim. Pratt and Whitney Canada PT6A-6 engines

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Boeing 367-80 Jet Transport, 1954. Creator: Boeing Aircraft Co

Boeing 367-80 Jet Transport, 1954. Creator: Boeing Aircraft Co
Prototype Boeing 707; yellow and brown. On July 15, 1954, a graceful, swept-winged aircraft, bedecked in brown and yellow paint

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Schweizer SGU 2-22EK, 1946-1966. Creator: Schweizer Aircraft Corporation

Schweizer SGU 2-22EK, 1946-1966. Creator: Schweizer Aircraft Corporation
Sailplane used by Scotty McCray for aerobatics, silver, red and blue; ca. 1960. Immediately after World War II ended, Earnest Schweizer designed the SGU 2-22EK

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Wright Whirlwind J-4B, Byrd North Pole Flight, Radial 9 Engine, ca. 1926

Wright Whirlwind J-4B, Byrd North Pole Flight, Radial 9 Engine, ca. 1926
Charles Lawrance started his designs for an air-cooled engine in 1915. In 1921, Lawrance designed his first engine for a U.S

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Balloon Basket, USA, World War I, United States Army Air Service, 1910s. Creator: Unknown

Balloon Basket, USA, World War I, United States Army Air Service, 1910s. Creator: Unknown
Cane basket with miscellaneous rope and fittings - L: 47" W: 42" H: 46"

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Bücker Bü-133C Jungmeister, 1935-1971. Creator: Bucker Flugzeugbau

Bücker Bü-133C Jungmeister, 1935-1971. Creator: Bucker Flugzeugbau
N15696. Single-engine aerobatic and military trainer biplane. Warner Scarab engine, 185 hp. Flown by Alex Papana, Mike Murphy, and Bevo Howard

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Boeing P-26A Peashooter, 1934. Creator: Boeing Aircraft Co

Boeing P-26A Peashooter, 1934. Creator: Boeing Aircraft Co
The Boeing P-26A of the mid-to-late 1930s introduced the concept of the high-performance, all-metal monoplane fighter design, which would become standard during World War II

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Boeing 307 Stratoliner 'Clipper Flying Cloud', 1938

Boeing 307 Stratoliner "Clipper Flying Cloud", 1938
First flown in late 1938, the Boeing 307 was the first airliner with a pressurized fuselage. It could carry 33 passengers in great comfort and cruise at 6, 096 meters (20, 000 feet)

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Hispano-Suiza (Wright-Martin E), V-8 Engine, ca. 1916. Creators: Wright Aeronautical

Hispano-Suiza (Wright-Martin E), V-8 Engine, ca. 1916. Creators: Wright Aeronautical
Hispano-Suiza engines were developed by Marc Birkigt, of Swiss origin, and first manufactured in Barcelona for use in automobiles

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Rolls-Royce Buzzard V-2240-56 (Model H. XIV) V-12 Engine, ca. 1928. Creator: Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce Buzzard V-2240-56 (Model H. XIV) V-12 Engine, ca. 1928. Creator: Rolls-Royce
Following its success as an automobile manufacturer, Rolls-Royce began design and development of aircraft engines at the request of the British Admiralty at the beginning of World War I

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Hall-Scott A-7-A, In-line 4 Engine, Cutaway, ca. World War I. Creator: Hall-Scott

Hall-Scott A-7-A, In-line 4 Engine, Cutaway, ca. World War I. Creator: Hall-Scott
The Hall-Scott Motor Car Company, with general offices in San Francisco and factories at Berkeley, California, began specializing in the construction of airplane engines in 1911

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Packard DR-980, Radial 9 Engine, ca. 1930. Creator: Packard Motor Car Company

Packard DR-980, Radial 9 Engine, ca. 1930. Creator: Packard Motor Car Company
This diesel engine was designed and built under the direction of the Packard Companys Chief Aeronautical Engineer, L. M. Woolson

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Hispano-Suiza A (Wright-Martin) V-8 Engine, 1918. Creator: Wright Aeronautical

Hispano-Suiza A (Wright-Martin) V-8 Engine, 1918. Creator: Wright Aeronautical
Hispano-Suiza engines were developed by Marc Birkigt, of Swiss origin, and first manufactured in Barcelona, Spain for use in automobiles

Background imageAir Transport Collection: Wright Cyclone P-1, Radial 9 Engine, ca. 1925. Creator: Wright Aeronautical

Wright Cyclone P-1, Radial 9 Engine, ca. 1925. Creator: Wright Aeronautical
About the middle of 1923, the U.S. Navy signed a contract with Wright Aeronautical for three large air-cooled engine designs, which were to be built successively

Background imageAir Transport Collection: North American X-15, 1959. Creator: North American Aviation Inc

North American X-15, 1959. Creator: North American Aviation Inc
Worlds Fastest Piloted Aircraft. Piloted by Neil Armstrong. Bridged the gap between human flight in the atmosphere and spaceflight



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