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Bell H-13J, ca. 1957. Creator: Bell Helicopter Textron IncAll-metal helicopter with single main rotor and single tail rotor, powered by reciprocating engine, equipped with skid landing gear made of metal tube, fitted with large
Liberty 12 Model A (Packard), Moss Turbosupercharged, V-12 Engine, October 31, 1918The Liberty engine was Americas most important contribution to aeronautical technology during World War I. Jesse G. Vincent of Packard and Elbert J
Mignet HM. 14 Pou du Ciel "La Cucaracha", 1935. Creator: Edward NirmaierFrenchman Henri Mignet designed the HM.14 Pou du Ciel (Flying Flea) in 1933. He envisioned a simple aircraft that amateurs could build and even teach themselves to fly
Pump, Hand, "Wobble", Curtiss NC-3 Failed Transatlantic Flight, 19197/8 in inlet and outlet. The NC-3 aircrew used this pump to move coolant or fuel in the event of an in-flight mechanical breakdown
Packard 1A-2775 X-24 Engine, Circa 1927. Creator: Packard Motor Car CompanyThe Packard Motor Car Company produced the worlds first quantity-production 12-cylinder automobile in in 1916, and belief in that engine carried over to aviation in the following year
Packard 3A-2500 Geared Drive, V-12 Engine, 1926. Creator: Packard Motor Car CompanyThe Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan produced the worlds first quantity-production 12-cylinder automobile in in 1916
Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Schwalbe (Swallow), 1940s. Creator: Messerschmitt A. GTwin engine, single seat, low wing, jet fighter. Nicknamed Schwalbe (Swallow), the Messerschmitt Me 262 surpassed the performance of every other World War II fighter
Model, Static, Henri Farman, 1933. Creator: James E. ReevesModel, Static, Henri Farman, 1933. Wood display model of a 1909 Henri Farman pusher biplane. 1/16 scale
Mitsubishi Ha 42 Model 41 Ru (Ha 214 Ru), Radial 18 Engine, ca. World War IIMitsubishi was the first and largest series producer of Japanese engines during World War II, with a 1937 Pratt & Whitney arrangement possibly contributing to this success
Thomas-Morse Model 8, V-8 Engine, 1917. Creators: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor CompanyThe Thomas brothers of Upstate New York began experimenting and flying Curtiss-type aircraft in 1908, and developed their own aircraft in the 1909-10 period
North American P-51D-30-NA Mustang, 1945. Creator: North American Aviation IncSingle-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)
Rolls-Royce Condor IA, V-12 Engine, 1921. Creator: Rolls-RoyceFollowing 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
Royal Aircraft Factory RAF-1a, V-8 Engine, ca. 1914. Creator: Royal Aircraft FactoryDuring World War I several types of aircraft engines were designed and developed by the Royal Aircraft Factory, a government facility located in Farnborough, England
Aeronautica Macchi C. 202 Folgore, 1940s. Creator: Macchi S. ASingle-seat, single-engine, low-wing monoplane fighter of all-metal monocoque construction; retractable, tailwheel-type landing gear
Hughes H-1 Racer, ca. 1935. Creators: Hughes Aircraft Co. Glenn OdekirkExperimental, single engine, monoplane for air racing; wood wings with blue paint; yellow markings; bare aluminum fuselage
Kirkham, Vertically-Opposed 6 Engine, Experimantal, 1929. Creator: Charles B. KirkhamCharles 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
Cierva C. 8W (C. 8L Mk. IV), 1928. Creator: Cierva Autogiro CompanyIn 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
Packard 2A-1500, Inverted V-12 Engine, Circa 1925. Creator: Packard Motor Car CompanyIn 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
Continental XR-1740-2, Sleeve Valve, Radial 14 Engine, ca. 1941. Creator: ContinentalIn 1925, Continental, a successful manufacturer of automotive engines, purchased the rights for a Burt-McCollum single-sleeve valve engine design
Wright H-3 V-8 Engine, ca. 1922. Creator: Wright AeronauticalFamed 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
Wright Whirlwind R-790-A (J-5) Radial 9 Engine, 1920s. Creator: Wright AeronauticalThe 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
Renault 80 hp, V-8 Engine, ca. 1913. Creator: RenaultThe 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
Maybach MB IVa, In-line 6 Engine, ca. 1916. Creator: Maybach MotorenbauOriginally the engine building subsidiary of the German Zeppelin Company (Luftschiffbau Zeppelin G.m.b.H.), Maybach Motorenbau G.m.b.H
Jacobs (Pratt & Whitney Wasp Jr. ) R-985-AN5, Radial 9 Engine, ca. 1940The 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
Duesenberg H Direct, V-16 Engine, 1918. Creator: Duesenberg Motors CorporationOriginating in Iowa to build automobiles, the Duesenberg Motors Corporation of Elizabeth, New Jersey was organized in 1917 by German immigrant Fred Duesenberg
Model, Static, Walden III, ca. 1910. Creator: Henry WaldenModel, Static, Walden III, ca. 1910. Wood and cloth exhibit model of the Walden III monoplane in overall natural color scheme. 1/16 scale
Pitcairn PA-5 Mailwing, 1927. Creator: Pitcairn Aircraft IncAir 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
Irwin Meteor Model 72, X-4 Radial Engine, ca. 1926. Creator: Irwin Aircraft CompanyBeginning around 1922, J.F. Irwins Irwin Aircraft Company of Watsonville, California designed and provided blueprints for small
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis", piloted by Charles A. Lindbergh, 1927Monoplane 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
Curtiss D-III Headless Pusher, 1912. Creator: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor CompanyPusher biplane with one 50-horsepower Curtiss V-8 engine. Fabric covered surfaces light yellow. Struts and landing gear orange. In 1909, the G.H
Hall-Scott A-7-A In-line 4 Engine, 1917. Creator: Hall-ScottThe 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
De Havilland DH-4, 1917-1918. Creator: Dayton-Wright CompanyTwo-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
Voisin Type 8, 1916-1918. Creator: Voisin Aeroplane CoSingle-engine, two-seat French World War I pusher biplane bomber aircraft; 220 horsepower Peugeot 8Aa engine. Silver finish overall
Langley Quarter-scale Aerodrome, 1903. Creator: Smithsonian InstitutionModel 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
Stringfellow Steam Engine, 1868. Creator: John StringfellowLike the Wright brothers, who followed, John Stringfellow and his associate William Henson are an important link to early aeronautical researchers
King-Bugatti U-16 Engine, 1919. Creator: Duesenberg Motors CorporationEttore Bugatti designed the prototype of this engine in France during World War I. The U.S. Governments Bolling Commission
Aeronca C-2, 1929-1932. Creator: Aeronautical Corporation of AmericaX626N; 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
Beechcraft King Air 65-90, 1965. Creator: Beech Aircraft CorporationSeven/ten place, low-wing, twin-turboprop business aircraft; white with red and gray trim. Pratt and Whitney Canada PT6A-6 engines
Boeing 367-80 Jet Transport, 1954. Creator: Boeing Aircraft CoPrototype Boeing 707; yellow and brown. On July 15, 1954, a graceful, swept-winged aircraft, bedecked in brown and yellow paint
Schweizer SGU 2-22EK, 1946-1966. Creator: Schweizer Aircraft CorporationSailplane 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
Wright Whirlwind J-4B, Byrd North Pole Flight, Radial 9 Engine, ca. 1926Charles Lawrance started his designs for an air-cooled engine in 1915. In 1921, Lawrance designed his first engine for a U.S
Bücker Bü-133C Jungmeister, 1935-1971. Creator: Bucker FlugzeugbauN15696. Single-engine aerobatic and military trainer biplane. Warner Scarab engine, 185 hp. Flown by Alex Papana, Mike Murphy, and Bevo Howard
Boeing P-26A Peashooter, 1934. Creator: Boeing Aircraft CoThe 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
Boeing 307 Stratoliner "Clipper Flying Cloud", 1938First 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)
Hispano-Suiza (Wright-Martin E), V-8 Engine, ca. 1916. Creators: Wright AeronauticalHispano-Suiza engines were developed by Marc Birkigt, of Swiss origin, and first manufactured in Barcelona for use in automobiles
Rolls-Royce Buzzard V-2240-56 (Model H. XIV) V-12 Engine, ca. 1928. Creator: Rolls-RoyceFollowing 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
Hall-Scott A-7-A, In-line 4 Engine, Cutaway, ca. World War I. Creator: Hall-ScottThe 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
Packard DR-980, Radial 9 Engine, ca. 1930. Creator: Packard Motor Car CompanyThis diesel engine was designed and built under the direction of the Packard Companys Chief Aeronautical Engineer, L. M. Woolson