Air Transport Collection (page 18)

Hiller XH-44 Hiller-Copter, 1943-1945. Creator: United Helicopters Incorporated
In 1944, at the age of 19, Stanley Hiller, Jr. designed, built, and test flew the first helicopter with coaxial rotors to fly successfully in the United States

Bell 206L-1 LongRanger II "Spirit of Texas", 1982
Single-rotor light utility helicopter. In this aircraft, H. Ross Perot Jr. and J. Coburn completed the first round-the-world flight by helicopter

Rutan Quickie, 1970s. Creator: Scaled Composites
Single engine, single seat, stagger wing, 16ft. 8in. span, 17ft. 4in. long, 4ft. high; white with blue trim. In 1974, Tom Jewett

Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3, 1941. Creator: Naval Aircraft Factory
Bright yellow bi-plane, hand crank start. Cockpit instrumentation consists of an altimeter, tachometer, airspeed indicator, compass, turn and bank indicator

Lockheed Vega "Winnie Mae", 1930. Creator: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
High wing cantilevered monoplane with monocoque fuselage, fixed landing gear, ground adjustable propeller. Flying this specially modified Lockheed 5C Vega

Pratt & Whitney Wasp Jr. R-985-AN-14B "Dancing Engine", 1942
Begun in 1925 by former Wright Aeronautical employees as a spinoff from a machine tool company, Pratt & Whitney became one of the worlds largest manufacturers of aircraft engines, and the Wasp Jr

AN 5740 Navigation watch, ca. 1940s. Creator: Hamilton Watch Co
AN 5740 Navigation watch, ca. 1940s. AN 5740 Master Navigation Chronometer made by Hamilton, used on board the North American B-25 Mitchell bombers during the Second World War

Headphones, Radio, Lockheed Sirius "Tingmissartoq", Lindbergh, 1931-1933
Two phenolic earpieces connected together by curved leather covered metal. On the bottom of each earpiece there is an attached wire with a male plug at the other end

1909 Wright Military Flyer, 1909. Creator: Wright Brothers
Canard biplane with one 30-to-40-horsepower Wright vertical four-cylinder engine driving two pusher propellers via sprocket-and-chain transmission system. No wheels; skids for landing gear

Box with scene showing Claytons Ascent, after 1835. Creator: Unknown
Box with scene showing Claytons Ascent, after 1835. Oval-shaped, pasteboard bandbox covered in paper block-printed with distemper, commemorating Richard Clayton, pioneering midwestern aeronaut

1900 Wright Glider (reproduction), 2003. Creator: Ken Hyde
Full-size reproduction of the Wright brothers 1900 glider, built in 2003. Fabric-covered wooden-frame biplane, with no vertical tail. Only a horizontal forward elevator

Travel Air D4D, 1929. Creator: Travel Air Company
Three-place, open-cockpit biplane with red, white and blue paint scheme. Wright J-6-7 (Wright R-760-ET), 240 hp engine. From 1931 to 1953

Pioneer RQ-2A UAV, 1985. Creator: Pioneer UAV Inc
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle; Single engine; Pusher propeller; Twin tailbooms and rudders; Fixed tricycle undercarriage; Sensor package; Rocket assisted takeoff bottle included; Wings, tailbooms

Gondola, Breitling Orbiter 3, 1990s. Creator: Cameron Balloons
Basic structure is yellow and orange with the inscription, Breitling Orbiter 3. Upper structure houses burners and equipment

Sopwith 7F. 1 Snipe, 1918. Creator: Sopwith Aviation Company
Single-engine, single-seat, British-built World War I biplane fighter; 230 horsepower Bentley B.R.2 engine; Olive drab upper surfaces, gray and olive drab fuselage, buff under surfaces

Lawrance J-1, Radial 9 Engine, ca. 1922. Creator: Wright Aeronautical
Charles Lawrance, originally a race car engine designer, built his first air-cooled aircraft engine in 1921 for a Navy contract

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (Ji-2) FAGOT B, 1947. Creator: Mikoyan-Gurevich
Single-seat, single-engine (RD-500, Klimov RD-45, and modified VK-1), swept-wing, air superiority, jet fighter / interceptor. Arch rival to the U.S

General Motors X-250, Radial 4 (8) Engine, ca. 1940. Creator: General Motors
A direct-drive, liquid-cooled, supercharged, two-stroke cycle engine, this General Motors engine was a very unusual design incorporating four cylinder blocks

Detroit Horizontally-Opposed 2-Cylinder Engine, ca. 1910-11
This Detroit Aero Engines artifact is one of several engines designed by Fred Weinberg of Detroit, Michigan. Intended as an affordable power plant for amateur aviators throughout the U.S

Lear Jet 23, 1964-1966. Creator: Learjet
N802L. twin-engine pioneer business jet developed by William P. Lear; second Learjet, first production model built; two General Electric CJ 610-1 turbojet engines; low-wing

Douglas M-2, 1936. Creator: Douglas Aircraft Company
Single engine, single seat, bi-plane, liberty V-12 engine; used by post office and Western Airlines. Designed to replace de Havilland DH-4s for delivering the air mail in the mid 1920s

5c Buffalo Balloon imperforate vertical pair, 1877. Creator: Unknown
5c Buffalo Balloon imperforate vertical pair, 1877. Perhaps the most enigmatic of all American stamps, the Buffalo balloon stamp is certainly among the premier rarities in aerophilately

Portrait of Albert Francis Zahm (1862-1954), 1914. Creator: Charles Doolittle Walcott
Portrait of Albert Francis Zahm (1862-1954), 1914. During Glenn Curtiss flight tests of modified Langley Aerodrome on Keuka Lake

Le Geant, Champ de Mars, October 18, 1863, probably printed 1880 / 89. Creator: Nadar
Le Geant, Champ de Mars, October 18, 1863, probably printed 1880/89. Crowds at the launch of The Giant, a balloon commissioned by French photographer Nadar and built by Eugene Godard

Le Neptune, Place Saint-Pierre aMontmartre, September 23, 1870. Creator: Nadar
Le Neptune, Place Saint-Pierre a Montmartre, September 23, 1870. The Neptune leaves during the Siege of Paris, carrying 125 kg (276 lb) of mail. Gelatin silver printing out print

Interior of Le Geant Inflating, 1863. Creator: Nadar
Interior of Le Geant Inflating, 1863. The Giant, a balloon commissioned by French photographer Nadar and built by Eugene Godard

Training aircraft used by Tuskegee Institute, ca. 1944. Creator: Unknown
A vintage, open-cockpit biplane--one used at Alabamas renowned Tuskegee Institute to train African American pilots for Army Air Corps service during World War II

The Celebrated Vincent 1784. Creator: Francesco Bartolozzi
The Celebrated Vincent Lunardi Esq. Accompanied by Two Friends in His Third Aerial Excursion, Taken from St. Georges Fields, in London, 1784

The Seconda Macchina for the Chinea of 1785: A Pleasure Palace with an Air Balloon, 1785

American Sparrow Hawk, 1832. Creator: Robert Havell
American Sparrow Hawk, 1832

A Place of Delight with an Aerial Balloon, for the "Chinea"Festival, 1785
A Place of Delight with an Aerial Balloon, for the " Chinea" Festival, 1785

The Big Bug, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Big Bug, 1916

The Balloon-Shed, 1916. Creator: Joseph Pennell
The Balloon-Shed, 1916

Broad-winged Hawk, 1830. Creator: Robert Havell
Broad-winged Hawk, 1830

Imperial Airways Liner, Argosy, 1934. Creator: Unknown
Imperial Airways Liner, Argosy, 1934. The Armstrong Whitworth Argosy, a three-engine biplane airliner designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft

Short Singapore Reconaissance Flying Boat, 1930s. Creator: Unknown
Short Singapore Reconaissance Flying Boat, 1930s. British biplane used by the Royal Air Force as a long-range maritime patrol flying boat

"In the Air"- the FE 8, 1932. Creator: G. T. Clarkson
" In the Air" - the FE 8, 1932. British single-seat fighter plane, designed at the Royal Aircraft Factory, which served in the First World War

Imperial Airways Flying Boat Scipio, 1934. Creator: C. T. Howard
Imperial Airways Flying Boat Scipio, 1934. British seaplane

The Iris about to rise from the water, 1933. Creator: Unknown
The Iris about to rise from the water, 1933. The Blackburn Iris, a British three-engined biplane flying boat, was used as a long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft by the Royal Air Force

Osprey and Weakfish, 1829. Creator: John James Audubon
Osprey and Weakfish, 1829

Plate 13 from the Disparates : A Way of Flying, ca. 1816-23 (published 1864)

Osprey, from the Birds of America series (N4) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands, 1888

Ascent of Mr Greens Balloon, 1845. Creator: Unknown
Ascent of Mr Greens Balloon, 1845. On Monday evening, Mr. [Charles] Green made a very beautiful ascent in his monster Nassau Balloon, from the grounds of Cremorne House, Chelsea [in London]

Locomotion: Walking by Steam, Riding by Steam, Flying by Steam, ca. 1830

View of the Descent from a Mountain by Many from Pilgrimage to Mt. Fuji (Fuji mo... November, 1883)
View of the Descent from a Mountain by Many from Pilgrimage to Mt. Fuji (Fuji mode shoshina gesan no zu), November, 1883

American Balloon Ascension (Amerikakoku), 6th month, 1867. Creator: Utagawa Yoshitora
American Balloon Ascension (Amerikakoku), 6th month, 1867

America: Enjoying Hot Air Balloons, 1867. Creator: Utagawa Yoshitora
" America" : Enjoying Hot Air Balloons, 1867

American Balloon Ascension (Amerikakoku), 1867. Creator: Utagawa Yoshitora
American Balloon Ascension (Amerikakoku), 1867

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