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McDonnell FH-1 Phantom I, 1946. Creator: McDonnell Aircraft Corp
First all-jet, aircraft carrier-based fighter plane. Single-seat, twin-engine (Westinghouse turbojets), retractable, electrically powered, tricycle landing gear

Allison XV-1710-1, V-12 Engine, 1933. Creator: General Motors
The Allison XV-1710-1 (V-1710-A2) was the first V-1710 engine built for the Army Air Corps, following the success of the Navys GV-1710-A model

Model of a French aircraft, First World War, 1914-1919. Creator: Unknown
Model of a French aircraft, First World War, 1914-1919. Brass model of a biplane, made by a soldier

Humber Ltd. (Bentley) B. R. 2, Rotary 9 Engine, ca. 1917. Creator: Humber Ltd
Initially asked in 1914 to study an overheating problem in rotary engines, Captain W. O. Bentley, an established car designer, developed a new and more efficient engine

Vaporizer, Oxygen, Imperial German Air Force, 1918. Creator: Ahrendt und Heylandt G. m. b. H
53cm high, 27cm diameter; date 7.10.18; color: od; badly dented

Model, Static, Wright Type A, 1953. Creator: Charles J. Newcomb
Model, Static, Wright Type A, 1953. Wood and tissue exhibit model of the Wright Type A biplane which Orville demonstrated in France in 1908. In overall silver paint scheme. 1/16 Scale

Pfalz D. XII, 1918. Creator: Pfalz Flugzeug Werke A. G
Single-engine, single-seat, German World War I biplane fighter; 180-horsepower Mercedes D.IIIa water-cooled engine. Painted red and white as it appeared in 1930 film

Receiver, Western Wireless, Type 7, Earhart, 1935 Pacific Flight, 1930-1934
Western Wireless Receiver, Type 7, Ser. No. 141. Amelia Earhart used this Western Wireless Type 7 radio receiver on her 1935 solo, nonstop flight from Hawaii to Oakland in her Lockheed 5C Vega

Curtiss Modified Model L, V-8 Engine, Circa 1910. Creator
Curtiss was one of the most successful early American aircraft engine manufacturers. The first Curtiss engines were air cooled but, to achieve higher power

Salmson Z-9, Radial 9 Engine, Circa 1917-1918. Creator: Salmson
Salmson aircraft engines, produced in France starting in 1913 by the Societe des Moteurs Salmson in Billancourt, Sein, were originally designed and patented by Canton and Unne

Baldwin Red Devil, 1909-1913. Creator: Thomas Scott Baldwin
Pusher biplane with one 50-horsepower Maximotor B-4 four-cylinder engine. Very similar in layout to the Curtiss Model D " Headless Pusher" of the same time period

Model, Static, Grumman F3F-1, ca. 1935. Creator: Unknown
Model, Static, Grumman F3F-1, ca. 1935. Wood and metal manufacturers model of a Grumman F3F fighter aircraft in light gray fuselage with red bands on cowling and rear fuselage

Curtiss Challenger R-600, 2-Row, Radial 6 Engine, Circa 1928
The Challenger engine, which followed the water cooled Curtiss V-8 OX-5 engine that powered the World War I JN-4 " Jenny" trainer aircraft, was designed as a lower-cost

Model, Static, Folkerts Speed King SK-3 Jupiter - Pride of Lemont, ca. 1942. Balsa wood, metal, and clear acetate display model of the Folkerts Speed King SK-3 " Jupiter - Pride of Lemont"

Model, Static, Curtiss Hydroaeroplane, 1938. Creators: Paul R
Model, Static, Curtiss Hydroaeroplane, 1938. Wood display model of the Curtiss Hydroaeroplane, in natural finish with gray floats. With pilot figure. 1/16 scale

Wright EX Vin Fiz, 1911. Creator: Wright Company
Wood and fabric biplane. Single 35-horsepower Wright vertical four-cylinder engine driving two pusher propellers via sprocket-and-chain transmission

DePalma, V-4 Engine, ca. 1918. Creator: DePalma Manufacturing Company
C.H. Willis, Henry Fords Chief Engineer, who also led the DePalma Manufacturing Company, worked with famous inventor and General Motors executive Charles F

Model, Static, Wright Model B, ca. 1932. Creator: Roderic Davis
Model, Static, Wright Model B, ca. 1932. Wood and cotton museum model of the Wright Model B, (inaccurately named as the Wright EX " Vin Fiz" ), but having only a single seat

Curtiss Ely Propeller, fixed-pitch, two-blade, wood and metal, 1911
This propeller is from a Curtiss Model D pusher biplane flown by Eugene B. Ely on January 18, 1911 for the first landing on a ship, the battleship USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco Bay

Atwood-Wright Propeller, fixed-pitch, two-blade, wood, 1911
In mid-1911, Harry Atwood and Charles Hamilton flew a Burgess Model F Moth aircraft from Boston to Washington, setting a 737.9 km (461.2 miles) flight distance record

Curtiss R3C-2, 1925. Creator: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
Curtiss V-1400 Engine:; Type: V-type, 12 cylinders, water-cooled; Mfg. No. 9; Power rating: 496 kw (665 hp); Bore and Stroke: 12.382 cm (4.875 in.) x 15.875 cm (6.25 in.); Displacement

Fokker D. VII, 1918. Creator: Ostdeutsche Albatros Werke GmbH
Single-engine, single-seat, German World War I biplane fighter; 160-horsepower Mercedes D.IIIa water-cooled engine. Lozenge camouflage on wings. Fuselage gray and olive drab

Adams-Farwell Rotary 5 Engine, 1907. Creator: Adams-Farwell Company
The first successful rotary engine is generally attributed to F.O. Farwell in 1896, and was built by the Adams Company of Dubuque, Iowa

Langley Aerodrome Number 5, 1896. Creator: Smithsonian Institution
Model of the unpiloted, tandem-wing experimental aircraft built and tested by Samuel P. Langley. One one-horsepower, one-cylinder steam engine turning two pusher propellers via geared transmission

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

Barograph. Creator: Douglass Products Corp
14cm high, 18.5cm long, 10.5cm wide; 15, 000feet; 1 hour; 1918

Portrait of John Daniel Runkle (1822-1902), Between 1865 and 1873

Portrait of Dr. Charles Mayer Wetherill (1825-1871), 1864

Portrait of Philip Reese Uhler (1835-1913), Circa 1860s. Creator: Thomas P Varley
Portrait of Philip Reese Uhler (1835-1913), Circa 1860s

Portrait of Arthur Williams Wright (1836-1915), Before 1900. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Arthur Williams Wright (1836-1915), Before 1900

Portrait of Benjamin Franklin Wade (1800-1878), Before 1878. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin Wade (1800-1878), Before 1878

Portrait of Benjamin Silliman, Jr. (1816-1885), Before 1885. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Benjamin Silliman, Jr. (1816-1885), Before 1885

Portrait of Arthur Carl Victor Schott (1814-1875), Before 1875. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Arthur Carl Victor Schott (1814-1875), Before 1875

Portrait of Louis Francois de Pourtales (1824-1880), Before 1880. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Louis Francois de Pourtales (1824-1880), Before 1880

Portrait of John Strong Newberry (1822-1892), Before 1887. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of John Strong Newberry (1822-1892), Before 1887

Portrait of Edward McPherson (1830-1895), Circa 1860s. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Edward McPherson (1830-1895), Circa 1860s

Portrait of William Williams Mather (1804-1859), Before 1859. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of William Williams Mather (1804-1859), Before 1859

Group Portrait of Megatherium Club, Circa 1862-1863. Creator: Unknown
Group Portrait of Megatherium Club, Circa 1862-1863. These four young naturalists lived in the Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle

Portrait of Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar (1816-1895), Before 1895. Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Ebenezer Rockwood Hoar (1816-1895), Before 1895

Portrait of Joseph Henry (1797-1878), Before 1878 (received 1882). Creator: Unknown
Portrait of Joseph Henry (1797-1878), Before 1878 (received 1882)

4c Electric Automobile in Washington vignette plate proof sheet, 487. Certified plate proofs are the last printed proof of the plate before printing the stamps at the Bureau of Engraving

$5 Calvin Coolidge frame plate proof, 1938. Creator: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
$5 Calvin Coolidge frame plate proof, 1938. Plate number 22169; $5.00 frame

3c American Authors Ralph Waldo Emerson die proof attached to plate proof, 14612. Certified plate proofs are the last printed proof of the plate before printing the stamps at the Bureau of Engraving

10c Pan-American Fast Ocean Navigation frame plate proof, 487. Certified plate proofs are the last printed proof of the plate before printing the stamps at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

12c Washington trial color card proof, 1881. Creator: American Bank Note Company
12c Washington trial color card proof, 1881. Trial color proof prepared for the 1881 International Cotton Exposition in Atlanta.; In 1881

$2. 60 "Graf Zeppelin"Passing Globe plate proof, 1930
$2.60 " Graf Zeppelin" Passing Globe plate proof, 1930. Certified plate proofs are the last printed proof of the plate before printing the stamps at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

10c Pan-American Fast Ocean Navigation vignette plate proof, 487. Certified plate proofs are the last printed proof of the plate before printing the stamps at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing

65c "Graf Zeppelin"over Atlantic Ocean plate proof, 1930
65c " Graf Zeppelin" over Atlantic Ocean plate proof, 1930. Certified plate proofs are the last printed proof of the plate before printing the stamps at the Bureau of Engraving

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