Technology Collection (page 23)

Capsule, Gemini VII, 1965. Creator: McDonnell Aircraft Corp
Astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell were launched into orbit aboard this spacecraft, Gemini VII, on December 4, 1965

Huff-Daland Duster, 1925. Creator: Huff-Daland
Steel 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 Corporation
This 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: Unknown
During his three-orbit flight on February 20, 1962, John Glenn used this photometer/rangefinder to measure the airglow layer around the Earth

Nakajima Ha 105 Toku, Radial 14 Engine, 15128, ca. 1940
The 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, 1952
This 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 Company
Forward 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. Ecker
Biplane 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. Creator
Beginning 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 1930s
Aeronca (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 Works
The 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. H
Single 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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Untitled [watermill], 1860 / 94. Creator: Francis Bedford
Untitled [watermill], 1860/94. Albumen print

3c Steam Locomotive G Grill single, 1869. Creator: National Bank Note Company
3c Steam Locomotive G Grill single, 1869. Unused; perf 12

Biocapsule, Primate, 1959. Creator: Army Ballistic Missile Agency
This biocapsule carried Able, a female rhesus monkey, during the first flight to recover a primate from space. On May 28, 1959

Compass, Aperiodic, Wiley Post crash, ca. 1930s Creator: E. S. Ritchie & Sons Inc
From last plane flown by Wiley Post. In 1935 Wiley Post scavenged this aperiodic compass from the older Winnie Mae for use on his new plane, a Lockheed Orion

Satellite, Pioneer IV, 1959. Creator: Space Technology Laboratories
This object is a flight spare of the Pioneer IV spacecraft, which was launched March 3, 1959, on a Juno II launch vehicle

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

Rocket, Solid Fuel, Smokeless Powder, R. H. Goddard, 1918. Creator: Robert Goddard
This is a 1-inch solid fuel rocket built and tested by U.S. rocket pioneer Robert H. Goddard during 1917-1918 for the U.S. Army for potential use as a weapon during World War I

Astrodome, Rohm & Hs. Creator: Rohm & Hs
Plexiglas dome, navigation, U.S. Navy, 56 cm. dia. 15 cm. h

Flow Regulator, Liquid Oxygen, Rocket Engine, R. H. Goddard, 1926. Creator: Robert Goddard
This liquid oxygen flow regulator was tested by the American rocket pioneer Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945) about July 1926

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

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

Rocket, Liquid Fuel, Hoopskirt, R. H. Goddard, 1928. Creator: Robert Goddard
American rocket pioneer Dr. Robert H. Goddard launched the Hoopskirt rocket on December 26, 1928, near Worcester, Massachusetts

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