Aviation Collection (page 14)

Model, X-33 VentureStar Reusable Launch Vehicle, 1990s. Creator: Unknown
Model, X-33 VentureStar Reusable Launch Vehicle, 1990s. In 1996 NASA selected Lockheed Martin to build and fly the X-33 test vehicle to demonstrate advanced technologies for a new reusable launch

Receiver, Westport, Winnie Mae, Mod AP620, 1919-1939. Creator: Westport Manufacturing Co
Has two parts used on Winnie Mae 1935

Garmin GPS 155, Prototype, 1994. Creator: Garmin International
Aluminum chassis, digital display plate, circuit cards with integrated circuits, rechargable battery pack, 3 connectors on back face plate, front case has control knobs and 10 keys

Transmitter, Heintz & Kaufman, B1, Sir G. H. Wilkins, 1919-1939
13in.l.10 3/4in.w.5in.h.blk.painted aluminum case with burnished face

Indicator, Directional Gyro, Sperry, Gyro-Mag. Creator: Sperry Corporation
Vacuum operated, ball bank indicator, 6 1/2 in. h. c.1935

Model, Static, Wedell-Williams #44, 1978. Creator: John S. Alcorn
Model, Static, Wedell-Williams #44, 1978. Plastic vacu-formed display model of the Wedell Williams #14 1934 Bendix Trophy race winner aircraft, built in the 1930s. In black and red color scheme

Stopwatch, Douglas World Cruiser, 1924. Creator: Unknown
Stopwatch, Douglas World Cruiser, 1924. Silver stopwatch used by Gen. Leigh Wade on the 1924 flight of the Douglas World Cruiser

Prototype Indicator, Low Frequency Omni Range (LOR). Creator
24.1cm long, 13cm wide, 19cm high; c. 1946-1966; to / from, glidepath, azimuth se

Sight, Drift & Ground Speed, Gatty, ca 1931. Creator: Louis Levin & Son Inc
Type b2 gatty; 210mm l; 115 w; 340mm h

Circular Slide Rule, William J. Powell, 1935. Creator: Unknown
During the 1920s William J. Powell led a small group of black air enthusiasts in Los Angeles. He established the Bessie Coleman Flying Club in 1929

Propeller, controllable-pitch, two-blade, Hamilton Standard, metal, Ruth Nichols, 1931
This controllable-pitch propeller, one of the first produced by Hamilton Standard, represented a major advance in aircraft technology in the early 1930s

Radio, Receiver, Pan Am, Lockheed Sirius "Tingmissartoq", Lindbergh, 1931-1933
Aircraft receiver. Rectangular box with several knobs for tuning etc. Charles Lindbergh and his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Monnett Moni, ca. 1980s. Creator: Harold Weston
Low-wing, vee-tail motorglider, beige with purple, red, and orange trim; single-seat aircraft built from parts sent to builder by mail-order kit; mounted on roadable trailer with wings detached

Indicator, Radar Interrogator, BC-929-A, AN / APN-2 Rebecca Mk IIA, 1940s. Creator: Unknown
Used for locating radar pulse beacons - often used for drops to resistance forces. Rebecca / Eureka is a simple system designed initially to assist in the delivery of supplies to the Army or

Micro UAV, Honeywell RQ-16 T-Hawk, 2000s. Creator: Honeywell
Air vehicle. Miniature Unmanned Aerial Vehicle or drone, small enough to be portable, eg for carrying in a backpack. Hovering feature allows it to search for roadside bombs or IEDS

Monkey mascot, Douglas World Cruiser souvenir, 1924. Creator: Unknown
Monkey mascot, Douglas World Cruiser souvenir, 1924. Stuffed toy spider monkey mascot named " Maggie". Each member of the World Flight (first flight around the world)

Primus stove used by Charles Lindbergh, 1931. Creator: Primus
Primus stove used by Charles Lindbergh, 1931. American aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, purchased this Primus portable stove at Baker Lake, Canada

Aluminum pot and lid used by Charles Lindbergh, 1931. Creator: Primus
Aluminum pot and lid used by Charles Lindbergh, 1931. This aluminum cooking pot was among the equipment American aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife, Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Binoculars used by Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, 1860s. Creator: Unknown
Binoculars used by Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, 1860s. Binoculars used by American balloonist, aeronaut, scientist and inventor Thaddeus Sobieski Constantine Lowe during the American Civil War

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, 1964. Creator: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
Twin-engine, two-seat, supersonic strategic reconnaissance aircraft; airframe constructed largley of titanium and its alloys; vertical tail fins are constructed of a composite

Suit worn by Mike Melvill aboard SpaceShipOne, 2004. Creator: Unknown
Suit worn by Mike Melvill aboard SpaceShipOne, 2004. Test pilot Mike Melvill wore this suit on June 21, 2004, during the first privately funded spaceflight of SpaceShipOne

Long Range Navigation (LORAN) Unit, LORAN-C, TI-9100, 1980
20 data keys, digital display, 3 cdi switch; 1980; first Loran-C unit for aircraft use; programmable radio navigational system

Insitu ScanEagle X200, ca. 2013. Creator: Insitu
This ScanEagle remotely piloted aircraft (or drone) served Federal Aviation Administration (Fa) demonstrations from 2013-2015 to integrate Unmanned Aircraft Systems into the U.S. national airspace

McDonnell F-4S Phantom II, 1958. Creator: McDonnell Aircraft Corp
Twin-turbojet (J79-GE-8), two-seat (tandem) fighter / bomber. All metal, semi-monocoque structure. Cantilever, low-wing, monoplane

Fokker T-2 Instrument Panel, 1923. Creator: Unknown
Wooden instrument panel, removed from the aircraft, which contains eight instruments which are secured to the panel with screws

Curtiss JN-4D Jenny, 1917-1925. Creator: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
Single-engine, two-seat, U.S.-built World War I trainer aircraft; 90-horsepower Curtiss OX-5 engine. Tan wings, brown and blue fuselage

Antenna, Loop, Radio Compass, Winnie Mae, ca. 1931. Creator: Unknown
Square wood frame wrapped with copper wire covered by cloth

Snuff box with ballooning scene, late 18th century. Creator: Aubert
Snuff box with ballooning scene, late 18th century. The scene represents the launch of the first small Charliere gas balloon from the Champ de Mars in Paris, 27 August 1783

Dance card case and ivory cards, late 18th century. Creator: Unknown
Dance card case and ivory cards, late 18th century. Carnets de bal or dance cards were used at formal balls by ladies to record the names of the gentlemen with whom they intended to dance

Farman Sport, 1924. Creators: Henri Farman, Maurice Farman, H. & M
Single-engine light biplane. In 1919, the H.& M. Farman Aeroplane Company of France produced the Farman Sport two-place sport and light commercial biplane. In 1922, C.T

Needle case with ballooning scenes, late 18th-early 19th century. Creator: Unknown
Needle case with ballooning scenes, late 18th-early 19th century. The first successful flights in hot air balloons in the 1780s triggered a craze for ballooniana. Enameled brass needle case with lid

Lockheed Martin X-35B STOVL, 2001. Creator: Lockheed Martin
Short takeoff/vertical landing variant to be used by U.S. Air Force, U.S. Marines and the United Kingdom, equipped with a shaft-driven lift fan propulsion system which enables the aircraft to take

Aviator helmet belonging to Sally K. Ride, ca. 1983. Creator: Sierra Engineering Co
Aviator helmet belonging to Sally K. Ride, ca. 1983. Dr. Sally K. Ride became the first American woman in space when she flew on the STS-7 shuttle mission in 1983

Dornier Do 335 A-0 Pfeil (Arrow), early 1945. Creator: Dornier Flugzeugwerke
Twin engine, pusher / puller, fighter / bomber; grey/green, green; late World War II development

NASA JSC temporary badge belonging to Sally K. Ride, 1977. Creator: Unknown
NASA JSC temporary badge belonging to Sally K. Ride, 1977. This NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) temporary ID badge belonged to Dr. Sally K. Ride

Stits SA-2A Sky Baby, 1950s. Creator: Ray Stits
On a dare from another pilot, Ray Stits designed and built the Sky Baby at his home in Riverside, California, to prove that he could build the world's smallest man-carrying airplane

Shapiro Award presented to Sally Ride, 2004. Creator: Baccarat
Shapiro Award presented to Sally Ride, 2004. This glass bowl was presented to Dr. Sally K. Ride in October 2004. The award honors Joseph Shapiro

Bowlus BA-100 Baby Albatross, 1937. Creator: William H. Bowlus
Single-seat, high-wing monoplane glider with wooden monocoque fuselage pod, aluminum tube tail boom, and wooden empennage; fabric-covered rudders and elevators

Model, T-38 Training Aircraft, 1980s. Creator: Northrop Corporation
Model, T-38 Training Aircraft, 1980s. This scale 1:40 Northrop T-38 training jet model belonged to American astronaut and physicist Dr. Sally K. Ride

Hiller XHOE-1 Hornet, 1940s. Creator: United Helicopters Incorporated
All aircraft designers attempt to maximize lifting power and reduce airframe weight. During the late 1940s, helicopter pioneers began to experiment with alternative propulsion methods that did not

Silver bowl tennis trophy presented to Sally Ride, 1965. This silver trophy bowl was awarded to Dr. Sally K. Ride in 1965

Grob 102 Standard Astir III, 1980. Creator: Grob-Werke GmbH
Single-seat, monoplane glider with T-tail. Test pilots at Grob-Werke GmbH & Company KG in Germany first flew the Grob 102 Standard Astir III late in 1980

Palapa B1 Satellite Medal owned by Dr. Sally K. Ride, ca. 1983. Creator: Unknown
Palapa B1 Satellite Medal owned by Dr. Sally K. Ride, ca. 1983. Palapa is the name for a series of communication satellites owned by Indosat, an Indonesian telecommunication company

Hour Angle wristwatch, ca. 1927. Creator: Longines-Wittnauer Watch Co
Hour Angle wristwatch, ca. 1927. On 20-21 May 1927, Charles Lindbergh literally flew into history when he crossed the Atlantic Ocean in his Ryan NYP Spirit of St

Grumman G-22 Gulfhawk II, 1936. Creator: Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
NR1050. Aerobatic biplane flown by Major Alford " Al" Williams as demonstration aircraft for Gulf Oil Company. Similar to Grumman F3F single-seat fighter aircraft flown by the U.S. Navy

Key to the City of Los Angeles, presented to Sally Ride, 1984. Creator: Unknown
Key to the City of Los Angeles, presented to Sally Ride, 1984. Brass key presented to Dr. Sally K. Ride in October 1984 by Mayor Tom Bradley

ERA is for Everyone badge owned by Sally Ride, ca. 1972. Creator: Unknown
ERA is for Everyone badge owned by Sally Ride, ca. 1972. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was introduced to Congress for the first time in 1923, and passed both houses of Congress in 1972

Piper PA-18 Super Cub, 1946. Creator: Piper Aircraft Corp
General aviation high-wing monoplane; red and cream with a Lycoming O-320, 150 hp engine. The PA-18 Super Cub was a strengthened PA-11, itself a modification of the original J-3 Cub

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