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Model, Space Shuttle, Final Orbiter Concept, 1970s-2000s. Creator: UnknownModel, Space Shuttle, Final Orbiter Concept, 1970s-2000s. NASA used this Space Shuttle orbiter concept model in wind tunnel tests to learn about the flight characteristics of the vehicles shape
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
Balloon Basket, USA, World War I, United States Army Air Service, 1910s. Creator: UnknownCane basket with miscellaneous rope and fittings - L: 47" W: 42" H: 46"
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
Assembly, Cable Cutter, Skylab. Creator: A. B. Chance CompanyWhen Skylab was launched in May 1973, one of the solar arrays ripped off during launch and the other became jammed under a metal strap
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
Hispano-Suiza A (Wright-Martin) V-8 Engine, 1918. Creator: Wright AeronauticalHispano-Suiza engines were developed by Marc Birkigt, of Swiss origin, and first manufactured in Barcelona, Spain for use in automobiles
Wright Cyclone P-1, Radial 9 Engine, ca. 1925. Creator: Wright AeronauticalAbout the middle of 1923, the U.S. Navy signed a contract with Wright Aeronautical for three large air-cooled engine designs, which were to be built successively
Lunar Lander, Surveyor, ca. 1966. Creator: Hughes Aircraft CoAn engineering model, S-10, used for thermal control tests. It was reconfigured to represent a flight model of Surveyor 3 or later, since it was the first to have a scoop and claw surface sampler
North American X-15, 1959. Creator: North American Aviation IncWorlds Fastest Piloted Aircraft. Piloted by Neil Armstrong. Bridged the gap between human flight in the atmosphere and spaceflight
Capsule, Gemini VII, 1965. Creator: McDonnell Aircraft CorpAstronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell were launched into orbit aboard this spacecraft, Gemini VII, on December 4, 1965
Huff-Daland Duster, 1925. Creator: Huff-DalandSteel tube fuselage with wood wings, all fabric covered, biplane. The Huff-Daland Duster was designed in 1925 for a new method of controlling agricultural insect pests, aerial crop dusting
Rocket Sled, Sonic Wind I, 1953-1954. Creator: Northrop CorporationThis is the Sonic Wind 1 rocket sled, which was powered by nine solid fuel rockets with 40, 000 pounds total thrust for five seconds. Air Force Lt. Col
Rangefinder, Friendship 7, ca. 1962. Creator: UnknownDuring his three-orbit flight on February 20, 1962, John Glenn used this photometer/rangefinder to measure the airglow layer around the Earth
First aid kit owned by John Glenn, Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, 1962. Creator: UnknownFirst aid kit owned by John Glenn, Mercury-Atlas 6 mission, 1962. This first aid kit was part of the equipment assigned to John Glenn for his historic mission aboard the Mercury spacecraft
Nakajima Ha 105 Toku, Radial 14 Engine, 15128, ca. 1940The Nakajima Ha 105 began development as a transitional engine between the Ha 25 and the Ha 115, both of which were mass produced
Wright Turbo-Cyclone 18R-3350-TC (972TC18DA2), 2-Row, Radial Engine, 1952This engine powered the last generation of piston engine transports, including the Douglas DC-7 and Lockheed Super Constellation
Douglas DC-7, 1956. Creator: Douglas Aircraft CompanyForward fuselage only. Douglas DC-7; The Douglas DC-7 was an advanced development of the; DC-6B piston-engine airliner. It was introduced by American Airlines on its New York-Los Angeles route in
Ecker Flying Boat, 1912-1913. Creator: Herman A. EckerBiplane flying boat with one 60-horsepower Roberts 6X six-cylinder engine. Hull and struts painted gray, wings and tail natural varnish finish on fabric. Close copy of Curtiss F flying boat
Sturtevant D-6 In-line Engine, In-line 6 Engine, 1912. CreatorBeginning in 1911, the Sturtevant Manufacturing Co. produced a number of engine models, all water cooled in-line vertical and V-types. Later absorbed into the familys B.F. Sturtevant Co
Aeronca E-113, Horizontally-Opposed 2 Engine, Cutaway, ca. early 1930sAeronca (Aeronautical Corporation of America) built the first widely accepted light planes in the U.S. the Collegian. These were originally powered by an engine based on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle
Supermarine Spitfire HF. Mk. VIIc, 1938. Creator: Supermarine Aviation WorksThe Supermarine Spitfire is a legend in British air history. With the Hawker Hurricane, it successfully defended England against the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain
Bachem Ba 349 B-1 Natter (Viper), 1945. Creator: Bachem-Werke G. m. b. HSingle seat, single engine, rocket powered interceptor, WW2. Dr. Erich Bachems Ba 349 Natter (Viper) was the worlds first, manned, vertical-take-off interceptor
McDonnell FH-1 Phantom I, 1946. Creator: McDonnell Aircraft CorpFirst 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 MotorsThe 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: UnknownModel 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 LtdInitially 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. H53cm high, 27cm diameter; date 7.10.18; color: od; badly dented
Model, Static, Wright Type A, 1953. Creator: Charles J. NewcombModel, 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. GSingle-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, 1930-1934Western 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. CreatorCurtiss 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: SalmsonSalmson 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 BaldwinPusher 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: UnknownModel, 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 1928The 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 RModel, 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 CompanyWood 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 CompanyC.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 DavisModel, 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, 1911This 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