Smithsonian Institution Collection (page 11)

Sextant, Brandis, with Willson Bubble Telescope, Early, ca. 1919
270mm long, 240mm high, 100mm wide; 1919; bubble type; illuminated

Watch, Navigation, Hamilton 4992B, AN5740. Creators: Hamilton Watch Co. George H
3 3/4in. diameter; grey painted steel case with 24-hour steel navigation watch

Fleet Model 2, 1929. Creator: Unknown
Two-seat, dual controls open-cockpit biplane with steel tube frame, spruce wing spars, aluminum ribs, all fabric covered; with Kinner K5 100 hp engine

Arado Ar 234 B-2 Blitz (Lightning), 1944. Creator: Arado
Single seat, twin engine jet bomber with RATO. The Arado Ar 234 B Blitz (Lightning) was the worlds first operational jet bomber and reconnaissance aircraft

Sopwith F. 1 Camel, ca. 1917. Creator: Sopwith Aviation Company
Single engine, single-seat, WWI biplane fighter, with 130 HP Clerget 9B rotary engine. The Sopwith Camel is among the most significant and famous of all WWI aircraft

Sextant, Bubble, Averaging, AN 5851-1. Creator: Unknown
8 x 7 x 7in. bubble type; in fitted soft carrying bag with battery case

Spacecraft, New Horizons, Mock-up, model, 2008. Creator: Unknown
Spacecraft, New Horizons, Mock-up, model, 2008. New Horizons was the first spacecraft to visit Pluto and the Kuiper Belt in the outer solar system

RQ-7A Shadow 200, 2003. Creator: aI Corporation
Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The RQ-7A provides ground commanders the ability to " see first, understand first

Lunar Module #2, Apollo, ca. 1969. Creator: Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
The Apollo Lunar Module (LM) was a two-stage vehicle designed by Grumman to ferry two astronauts from lunar orbit to the lunar surface and back

Cessna 152 Aerobat, 1977. Creator: Cessna Aircraft Company Inc
High wing, two seat single engine general aviation trainer. The Cessna 150 and 152 became the most popular civilian training aircraft after World War II

Flying suit, USAF Thunderbirds, 2006-2007. Creator: Gibson & Barnes
Flying suit, USAF Thunderbirds, 2006-2007. Suit worn by Nicole Malachowski of the air demonstration squadron of the United States Air Force

Heat Shield, X-33 Reusable Launch Vehicle, 1990s. Creator: B. F. Goodrich Company
This metallic heat shield panel was made for the X-33 reusable launch vehicle research project that NASA and Lockheed carried out from 1996-2001

30c Alexander Hamilton India plate proof pair, 1888. Creator: American Bank Note Company
30c Alexander Hamilton India plate proof pair, 1888

Antenna Loop, Dual, from P-51 "Excalibur III", 1950s. Creator: Unknown
Dual antenna loops mounted side by side on ovoid stainless steel plate. Loops are energized with small electric motors mounted adjacent to the base of each loop

Dead Reckoning, E-6B, Prototype, 1942. Creator: Felsenthal Instrument Co
Slide: yellow with green radials, computer: black plastic

Teledyne Continental Motors Voyager-200 Horizontally-opposed Engine, 1987
In 1930, Continental began development of air-cooled horizontally opposed engines for low-powered aircraft. For example, the Continental A-40 made the classic Piper Cub possible

Drift Meter, B-3, Boeing B-17D "Swoose". Creator: Unknown
Sighting head, missing periscopic element. The B-3 was used on bombers and transports when ground or water could be clearly seen. It evolved from the earlier Gatty drift meters

Aero Club of America Aviation Medal of Merit awarded to Captain St. Clair Streett, 1920. Obverse: relief of an eagle flying over the globe

Sun Compass, Bumstead. Creator: Pioneer Instrument Company
85mm diameter, 110 high; 24 hour dial and azimuth scale; white on black

Pioneer 10 / 11, reconstructed full-scale mock-up, 1972
For over 30 years, the Pioneer 10 spacecraft sent photographs and scientific information back to Earth. Launched March 2, 1972, it reached speeds of 52, 100 kilometers (32)

Indicator, Directional Gyro, Sperry, Wiley Post Final Flight. Creator: Sperry Corporation
Cylindrical shaped panel mounted instrument, with white luminous figures on black face. Badly damaged

Rocket Test Stand No. 2, American Rocket Society (ARS), 1938-1941
This is American Rocket Society (ARS) Test Stand Stand No. 2 used in ground tests of experimental rocket motors. Built in 1938, it had a thrust capacity of 200 pounds

Alexander de Seversky Navy Aero School badge. Creator: Unknown
Alexander de Seversky Navy Aero School badge. Silver anchor with wings and wreath of chain links. Seversky was a Russian-American aviation pioneer and inventor

Model, Lunar Probe, Ranger. Creator: Unknown
Model, Lunar Probe, Ranger. This is a 1/24th scale model of Ranger 1 and 2, the spacecraft series that sought to gather knowledge about the Moon in the first yearsof the space age

Camera, Kodak, 1A Autographic Junior, Lt. Lowell Smith, 1924. Creator: Kodak
1A Autographic Kodak Junior folding camera for A-116 film.Kodak F7.7, 130mm lens no.149925; black leatherette case. Lt. Lowell Smith took this No

Medical kit carried aboard the Douglas World Cruiser by Lt. Lowell Smith, c. 1924. The Aeronautic " Tabloid", replica of the official medical equipment carried by Lt

Engineering model, Mariner 2, July 1, 1976 to present. Creator: NASA
On December 14, 1962, useful scientific information was radioed to Earth from the vicinity of another planet for the first time

Slide Rule, William J. Powell, ca. 1930s. Creator: Keuffel & Esser Co
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

Fokker T-2, 1923. Creator: Nederlandse Vliegtuigenfabriek
Under the auspices of the U.S. Army Air Service, the Fokker T-2 made the first nonstop U.S. transcontinental flight in 1923

Radio, Transmitter, Pan Am, Lockheed Sirius "Tingmissartoq", Lindbergh
Black box mounted on springs. Two gauges one mounted in each upper corner. Upper left gauge is milliamperes with " Plate" labelled above the gauge

Telescope Module, Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope, 1990s. Creator: Johns Hopkins University
Original 36-inch reflecting telescope that flew on the Shuttle twice as part of the ASTRO mission. It employs a medium dispersion spectrometer at a modified prime focus

Communications Satellite, Echo 1, 1960. Creator: G. T. Schjeldahl Co
Launched in 1960, Echo 1 was designed to explore the new field of communications via space. Its design was remarkably simple: Essentially a large balloon, measuring 30 meters (100 feet) across

Lander, Mars, Viking, Proof Test Article, ca. 1964. Creator: Martin Marietta
This is the proof test article of the Viking Mars Lander. For exploration of Mars, Viking represented the culmination of a series of exploratory missions that had begun in 1964 with Mariner 4

Communications carrier used by Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11, 1949. Headset used by astronaut Neil Armstrong during the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969

Mirror, Primary Backup, Hubble Space Telescope. Creator: Kodak
This is the backup primary mirror for the Hubble Space Telescope manufactured by the Eastman Kodak Company. The blank for this mirror was fabricated by the Corning Glass Works using their high

Caproni 33 commemorative medal, ca. 1968. Creator: Unknown
Caproni 33 commemorative medal, ca. 1968. Bronze disc with profile portrait of Italian aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer Count Caproni

Missile, Surface-to-Surface, Pershing-II, ca. 1983. Creator: Martin Marietta
The Pershing II was a mobile, intermediate-range ballistic missile deployed by the U.S. Army at American bases in West Germany beginning in 1983. It was aimed at targets in the western Soviet Union

Model, Static, Sopwith F. 1 / 3 Camel "Comic"Night Fighter, 1991
Model, Static, Sopwith F.1/3 Camel " Comic" Night Fighter, 1991. Plastic exhibit model of a British Royal Air Force Sopwith F.1/3 Camel " Comic" Night Fighter

Altimeter, Zeppelin, L-49. Creator: G Lufft
Aluminum case, black face, luminous markings, scale 0-8 km

Michigan Aero-Engine Corporation Rover L-267, In-line 4 Engine, ca. 1930
Designed by Harold E. Morehouse, a preeminent light aircraft engine designer, this was the first successful U.S. inverted air-cooled engine designed for that aircraft type

Boomerang, ca. 1969. Creator: Unknown
Boomerang, ca. 1969. This boomerang, an example of the " first aerodynamic shape conceived by man, " was presented in 1969 to NASA astronaut Michael Collins by the Australian Television

Model, Sensor, Large Format Camera, ca. 1984. Creator: Unknown
Model, Sensor, Large Format Camera, ca. 1984. The Large Format Camera (LFC) flew on a Space Shuttle mission in 1984, photographing large swaths of the Earths surface

Pitcairn-Brewer Model F, Radial 9 Engine, ca. 1927-1928. Creator: Pitcairn-Brewer
The Pitcairn-Brewer Model F engine was developed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during 1927 and 1928. This engine was designed by Captain Robert W. A. Brewer and sponsored by Harold F. Pitcairn

Martin 4-333, Inverted In-line 4 Engine, ca. 1930. Creator: Martin Motors Company
The Chevrolet Brothers Aircraft Company, owned by Swiss immigrants Arthur and Louis Chevrolet, well known designers of automobile engines and drivers of race cars, designed this in-line

Lens, 50mm, Gemini 4, ca. 1965. Creator: Carl Zeiss AG
This Zeiss lens was used on the Zeiss Ikon camera Ed White used during his spacewalk on Gemini IV. The flown camera, considered U.S

Camera, Lunar Mapping, Apollo, 1970s. Creator: Fairchild Space & Defense Systems
This is the flight backup for the mapping cameras used on the last three Apollo missions. Mapping the lunar surface was a high priority during Apollo 15, 16, and 17

General Electric XT700-GE-700 Turboshaft Engine, ca. 1974
The T700 engine evolved directly from Army experience in the Vietnam Wars difficult operating conditions that created helicopter engine maintenance problems

Command Module, Skylab 4, 1973. Creator: North American Rockwell
This is the Skylab 4 Command Module, which served as the crew cabin for going to and from Skylab, the first U.S. space station

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