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1. AIRM_040817_0002.JPG: Pitts Special S-1C "Little Stinker" [upside down] The oldest surviving Pitts Special, Little Stinker was the second aircraft constructed by Curtis Pitts. Pitts introduced the S-1 in 1945, the first of a famous line that dominated aerobatic competition throughout the 1960's and 70's because of their small size, light weight, short wingspan, and extreme agility. Subsequent models still fly in all aerobatic categories and are standard aircraft for advanced aerobatic training. Betty Skelton bought this airplane in 1948 and with it she won the 1949 and '50 International Feminine Aerobatic Championships. Her impressive flying skill and public relations ability heightened awareness of both aerobatics and the Pitts design. Skelton sold Little Stinker in 1951, but she and her husband later reacquired it and donated it to the Smithsonian. A volunteer crew restored it from 1996 to 2001.
2. AIRM_040817_0028.JPG: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 "Yellow Peril"
3. AIRM_040817_0033.JPG: Grumman A-6E Intruder
4. AIRM_040817_0045.JPG: McDonnell F-4S Phantom II
5. AIRM_040817_0055.JPG: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F "Fishbed C"
6. AIRM_040817_0066.JPG: AGM-86A Cruise Missile
7. AIRM_040817_0076.JPG: Lockheed Martin X-36B Joint Strike Fighter [on left] Grumman A-6E Intruder [on right]
8. AIRM_040817_0081.JPG: Antisatellite Missile The U.S. Air Force began developing this air-launched antisatellite missile (ASAT) to destroy enemy satellites after the Soviet Union demonstrated its ability to attack satellites in space. At the tip of this two-stage missile was a Miniature Homing Vehicle (MHV) with infrared seekers and 64 small solid-fuel rocket motors. Once it separated from the missile, the MHV homed in and destroyed a satellite by direct collision, rather than by a warhead, a concept known as "hit-to-kill." The ASAT's maximum intercept altitude was at least 560 kilometers (350 miles). Five of these ASAT's were flight tested. One launched from an F-15 fighter successfully intercepted and destroyed an orbiting U.S. satellite in 1985. The Air Force cancelled the ASAT program in the late 1980's.
9. AIRM_040817_0087.JPG: Regulus I Cruise Missile
10. AIRM_040817_0092.JPG: AGM-86A Cruise Missile
11. AIRM_040817_0097.JPG: RIM-8J Talos Missile The U.S. Navy used the Talos ship-to-air missile from 1957 to 1979. The Talos had a ramjet main stage, shown here, and a first-stage solid-fuel rocket booster that burned for two seconds, then dropped off after it had accelerated the missile to the high speed necessary for the ramjet to operate. The booster is not shown. Development of the Talos began about 1945 as part of Project Bumblebee, which led to a family of missiles that included the Terrier, Tartar, and Talos. The Johns Hopkins University conducted most of the research for the Talos.
12. AIRM_040817_0108.JPG: Mighty Mouse Missile The Mighty Mouse unguided air-to-air missile was usually fired in salvoes from U.S. Navy and Air Force jet fighters. The fins unfolded when the rocket left its firing tube or pod. A single hit by one of these small missiles could destroy an enemy bomber. The Navy Bureau of Ordnance began developing the missile in 1948. Used in the Korean and Vietnam wars, it became standard on many U.S. Navy and Air Force aircraft. Among the airplanes that carried them were the North American F 86D Sabre, Chance-Vought F7U-3 Cutlass, Northrop F 89D Scorpion, and Lockheed F-104C Starfighter. Helicopters that carried them included the UH-1 Iroquois, AH-1G HueyCobra, Bell AH 1J SeaCobra, Lockheed AH-56A Cheyenne, and Sikorsky S-67 Blackhawk.
13. AIRM_040817_0138.JPG: Boeing P-26A Peashooter
14. AIRM_040817_0163.JPG: Bowlus 1-S-2100 Senior Albatross Falcon
15. AIRM_040817_0174.JPG: McDonnell F-4S Phantom II
16. AIRM_040817_0181.JPG: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F "Fishbed C"
17. AIRM_040817_0192.JPG: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F "Fishbed C"
18. AIRM_040817_0196.JPG: Lockheed Martin X-36B Joint Strike Fighter
19. AIRM_040817_0202.JPG: Grumman A-6E Intruder
20. AIRM_040817_0220.JPG: Stinson L-5 Sentinel
21. AIRM_040817_0234.JPG: Arado Ar 234 B Blitz
22. AIRM_040817_0249.JPG: Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F
23. AIRM_040817_0254.JPG: Boeing P-26A Peashooter
24. AIRM_040817_0268.JPG: Northrop N-1M [the flying wing]
25. AIRM_040817_0274.JPG: Grob 102 Standard Astir III
26. AIRM_040817_0276.JPG: Counter-clockwise from the top: Aichi M6A1 Seiron [seeing the edge of it] Kugisho MXY7 Ohka Model 22 Kawasaki Ki-45 KAI Toryu "Nick" Northrop N-1M [the flying wing] Hs 293 A-1 Missile Fritz X Guided Bomb Hs 117 Schmetterling Missile Rheintochter R I Missile [the wooden one] Nagler-Rolz NR 54 V2
27. AIRM_040817_0295.JPG: Piper PA-18 Super Cub
28. AIRM_040817_0313.JPG: Nagler-Rolz NR 54 V2 [with overhead cone] Focke-Achgelis Fa 330A [with the Swastika]
29. AIRM_040817_0316.JPG: Vought-Sikorsky OS2U-3 Kingfisher
30. AIRM_040817_0326.JPG: Monnett Moni
31. AIRM_040817_0342.JPG: Bucker Bu 133 C Jungmeister [upside down plane] The Bucker Jungmeister dominated the aerobatic scene in Europe and the United States from the mid-1930's through the 1940's. Introduced in 1935 by Carl Bucker as a single-seat version of the Bu 131 A Jungmann, a two-place advanced aerobatic trainer, the Jungmeister became a favorite of European flying clubs. Romanian pilot Alex Papana brought this Jungmeister to the United States crated in the airship Hindenburg and flew it at the 1937 Cleveland Air Races. Mike Murphy reregistered the airplane as his own and flew it to win the 1938 and '40 American Aerobatic Championships. Beverly "Bevo" Howard then bought it and won the '46 and '47 championships. Howard was killed in an accident in this airplane in 1971, but his estate restored the Jungmeister and donated it to the Smithsonian in 1973.
32. AIRM_040817_0346.JPG: Monocoupe 110 Special "Little Butch" Air show pilot and aerobatic champion W.W. "Woody" Edmondson thrilled audiences with his Monocoupe 110 Special throughout the 1940's. Edmondson, who named the airplane "Little Butch" for its bulldog-like appearance, placed second to "Bevo" Howard and his Bucker Jungmeister in the 1946 and 1947 American Aerobatic Championships, but he won the first International Aerobatic Championship in 1948. The Monocoupe 110 Special was a clipped-wing version of the 110, part of a line that began with Don Luscombe's Mono 22 and continued with the 70, 90, and 110 models. The sport coupes of the 1930's, these fast and maneuverable aircraft were ideal for racers Phoebe Omlie and Johnny Livingston. Ken Hyde of Warrenton, Virginia, restored "Little Butch" prior to its donation to the Smithsonian.
33. AIRM_040817_0359.JPG: Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat
34. AIRM_040817_0365.JPG: De Havilland Canada DHC-1A Chipmunk Pennzoil Special [left] Loudenslager Laser 200 [right]
35. AIRM_040817_0392.JPG: In the air, clockwise from the top middle: Travel Air D4D Pepsi Skywriter [Pepsi logo] Kreider-Reisner C-4C Challenger [North Penn Airways] Schweizer SGU 2-22EK [glider] Monocoupe 110 Special "Little Butch" [bottom of screen] Bucker Bu 133 C Jungmeister [upside down checkerboard] Grumman G-22 Gulfhawk II [orange] Piper J-3 Cub [yellow] North American P-51C Mustang "Excalibur III" [barely visible red] -- On the floor, clockwise from the big Boeing plane: Boeing 367-80 "Dash 80" Nemesis [behind it] Concorde [tail only] Grumman G-21 Goose [yellow and black] Lear Jet 23 [white and facing us, with two jet engines]
36. AIRM_040817_0394.JPG: Arrow Sport A2-60 [the yellow craft w/G-AARO]
37. AIRM_040817_0407.JPG: Schweizer SGU 2-22EK [N2790Z on body] Immediately after World War II, Earnest Schweizer and his brothers Paul and William set out to produce and sell an inexpensive, easy-to-fly two-seat training glider built from aluminum that could operate from small airfields. Earnest designed the SGU 2-22 and Schweizer Aircraft ultimately built 257 of them from 1946 to 1967. Thousands of people learned to fly motorless aircraft at the controls of a 2-22. Byron G. "Scotty" McCray flew this Schweizer from 1966 to 1973 at air shows in the United States, Canada, and the Bahamas. Releasing from a tow airplane at about 760 to 910 meters (2,500 to 3,000 feet), McCray would loop, roll, and spin the glider down to a silent landing. He synchronized his maneuvers to the musical theme from the Hollywood film "Born Free," which boomed from the public address system.
38. AIRM_040817_0440.JPG: Arrow Sport A2-60
39. AIRM_040817_0446.JPG: De Havilland Canada DHC-1A Chipmunk Pennzoil Special
40. AIRM_040817_0456.JPG: Kreider-Reisner C-4C Challenger [North Penn Airways sign] Travel Air D4F Pepsi Skywriter
41. AIRM_040817_0459.JPG: Lear Jet 23
42. AIRM_040817_0466.JPG: Boeing 367-80 "Dash 80"
43. AIRM_040817_0479.JPG: Dassault Falcon 20
44. AIRM_040817_0493.JPG: Concorde
45. AIRM_040817_0497.JPG: Bell XV-15 Tilt Rotor Research Aircraft
46. AIRM_040817_0533.JPG: Boeing 307 Stratoliner "Clipper Flying Cloud" First 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), while maintaining a cabin pressure of 2,438 meters (8,000 feet). This enabled the Stratoliner to fly above most bad weather, thereby providing a faster and smoother ride. The Stratoliner incorporated the wings, tail, and engines of the Boeing B-17C bomber. The wider fuselage was fitted with sleeper births and reclining seats. Ten Stratoliners were built. The prototype was lost in an accident, but five were delivered to TWA and three were purchased by Pan American Airways. TWA owner Howard Hughes purchased a heavily modified version for his personal use. The airplane displayed here was flown by Pan American as the "Clipper Flying Cloud." Boeing restored it in 2001.
47. AIRM_040817_0539.JPG: Grumman G-21 Goose (neatly dwarfed by the Concorde)
48. AIRM_040817_0546.JPG: Lear Jet 23
49. AIRM_040817_0572.JPG: Sukhoi Su-26M
50. AIRM_040817_0588.JPG: Curtiss 1A Gulfhawk
51. AIRM_040817_0620.JPG: Grumman G-21 Goose
52. AIRM_040817_0625.JPG: Piper J-3 Cub
53. AIRM_040817_0639.JPG: Travel Air D4D Pepsi Skywriter
54. AIRM_040817_0646.JPG: Kreider-Reisner C-4C Challenger [North Penn Airways sign]
55. AIRM_040817_0655.JPG: Lockheed Vega Winnie Mae
56. AIRM_040817_0664.JPG: Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat Conquest 1
57. AIRM_040817_0703.JPG: Caudron G 4
58. AIRM_040817_0709.JPG: Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat The Hellcat was originally conceived as an advanced version of the U.S. Navy's F4F Wildcat because development problems had delayed the Wildcat's intended replacement, the Vought F-4U Corsair. This F6F-3 Hellcat was delivered to the Navy in 1944 and was assigned Fighter Squadron 15 (VF-15) on the USS Hornet, the first of many assignments. During its three-year operational career, it was damaged in a wheels-up landing, repaired and used for training, and converted to a target drone. Its most notable mission was Operation Crossroads, the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946. It was launched, unmanned, soon after the first bomb test to obtain data on radioactivity. It was also used to evaluate the first underwater nuclear explosion. Records indicate that its exposure to radioactivity was minimal, and residual radiation is negligible.
59. AIRM_040817_0711.JPG: Hawker Hurricane IIC
60. AIRM_040817_0721.JPG: Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat
61. AIRM_040817_0753.JPG: North American P-51C Mustang Excalibur III
62. AIRM_040817_0761.JPG: Lockheed P-38J Lightning
63. AIRM_040817_0762.JPG: Grumman G-22 Gulfhawk II One of the most exciting aerobatic aircraft of the 1930's and 40's, the Grumman Gulfhawk II was built for retired naval aviator and air show pilot Al Williams. As head of the Gulf Oil Company's aviation department, Williams flew in military and civilian air shows around the country, performing precision aerobatics and dive-bombing maneuvers to promote military aviation during the interwar years. The sturdy civilian biplane, with its strong aluminum monocoupe fuselage and Wright Cyclone engine, nearly matched the Grumman F3F standard Navy fighter which was operational at the time. It took its orange paint scheme from Williams' Curtiss 1A Gulfhawk, also in the Smithsonian's collection. Williams personally piloted the Gulfhawk II on its last flight, to Washington National's Airport.
64. AIRM_040817_0767.JPG: Boeing 307 Stratoliner "Clipper Flying Cloud"
65. AIRM_040817_0795.JPG: Bucker Bu 133 C Jungmeister [upside down plane]
66. AIRM_040817_0807.JPG: Junkers Ju 52/3m
67. AIRM_040817_0810.JPG: Monocoupe 110 Special "Little Butch"
68. AIRM_040817_0814.JPG: Concorde
69. AIRM_040817_0819.JPG: Arrow Sport A2-60 [the yellow craft w/G-AARO]
70. AIRM_040817_0827.JPG: Vought-Sikorsky OS2U-3 Kingfisher The Kingfisher was the U.S. Navy's primary ship-based scout and observation during World War II. Revolutionary spot welding techniques gave it a smooth, nonbuckling fuselage structure. Deflector plate flaps that hung from the wing's trailing edge and spoiler-augmented ailerons functioned like extra flaps to allow slower landing speeds. Most OS2U's operated in the Pacific, where they rescued many downed airmen, including World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker and the crew of his B-17 Flying Fortress. In March 1942, this airplane was assigned to the battleship USS Indiana. It later underwent a six-month overhaul in California, returned to Pearl Harbor, and rejoined the Indiana in March 1944. Lt j.g. Rollin M. Batten Jr. was awarded the Navy Cross for making a daring rescue in this airplane under heavy enemy fire on July 4, 1944.
71. AIRM_040817_0836.JPG: Curtiss 1A Gulfhawk
72. AIRM_040817_0840.JPG: Boeing 307 Stratoliner "Clipper Flying Cloud"
73. AIRM_040817_0843.JPG: Eipper-Formance Cumulus 10 From 1973 to 1976, numerous technical innovations rapidly transformed the basic, flexible-wing hang glider from a simple and sometimes dangerous aircraft with mediocre performance into a safer and more capable glider. Richard Eipper, a hang glider pioneer, contributed to this important transformation. His Eipper-Formance Company developed and marketed a highly successful series of flexible-wing and rigid-wing hang gliders during the 1970's, including this flexible-wing Cumulus 10.
74. AIRM_040817_0862.JPG: Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F
75. AIRM_040817_0904.JPG: Hawker Hurricane IIC
76. AIRM_040817_0924.JPG: Caudron G 4
77. AIRM_040817_0955.JPG: Nieuport 28C.1
78. AIRM_040817_0962.JPG: Boeing FB-5
79. AIRM_040817_0997.JPG: Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk
80. AIRM_040817_1004.JPG: Boeing-Stearman N2S-5 Kaydet
81. AIRM_040817_1011.JPG: Vought F4U-1D Corsair
82. AIRM_040817_1037.JPG: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 "Yellow Peril"
83. AIRM_040817_1058.JPG: McDonnell F-4S Phantom II
84. AIRM_040817_1067.JPG: SA-2 Guideline Missile Developed and made in the Soviet Union, the SA-2 has been used more widely than any other air defense missile in the world. In the Soviet Union, it was called the Dvina; in the West it was known by its NATO code name, SA-2 Guideline (SA meaning surface-to-air). The SA-2 became operational in 1959 and was acquired by all Soviet client states. In 1960, an SA-2 downed the American U2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers. The SA-2 has a solid-fuel booster and a liquid-fuel second stage. Many countries made their own versions of the missile. This one, meant for export, is mounted on a transporter and required a separate launcher. SA-2's are still in use today.
85. AIRM_040817_1070.JPG: Sparrow 2 Missile Dating from the mid-1950's, the Sparrow 2 was a highly maneuverable air-to-air missile designed for U.S. Navy aircraft. It was similar to the Sparrow I, America's first operational air-to-air guided missile, but had a more advanced guidance system. The Sparrow family of missiles originated in 1946 and became one of the largest and most important missile programs for the United States, NATO, and other U.S. allies. A branch of the Sparrow family exists today in the AIM-7 series of missiles.
86. AIRM_040817_1073.JPG: Lockheed Martin X-36B Joint Strike Fighter (Notice the empty engine compartment. When the Defense Department donated the body, they decided the engine was too important to part with so they kept it.)
87. AIRM_040817_1100.JPG: Lockheed Martin X-36B Joint Strike Fighter
88. AIRM_040817_1121.JPG: Antisatellite Missile
89. AIRM_040817_1133.JPG: Regulus I Cruise Missile The Regulus I was the first operational U.S. Navy cruise missile. Designed to attack ground targets, it carried a nuclear warhead and flew at subsonic speeds up to an altitude of 9,144 meters (30,000 feet). Two boosters assisted in the launch for a short period and then were jettisoned. A turbojet engine powered the missile the rest of the way to its target. The missile was deployed on several aircraft carriers, heavy cruisers, and submarines (in watertight containers on the deck) from 1955 to 1964. Radio signals from a control aircraft or other submarines were the primary means of guiding the missile. A more advanced missile, the Regulus II, was developed but never deployed as a replacement. The Polaris, the first U.S. submarine-launched ballistic missile, instead replaced the Regulus I.
90. AIRM_040817_1140.JPG: Lockheed Martin X-35B Joint Strike Fighter The Joint Strike Fighter is a stealthy, supersonic, multirole fighter. Three versions are planned. The conventional takeoff and landing variant, designed for the U.S. Air Force, will be built in the highest quantities. The U.S. Navy's carrier variant features larger wing and control surfaces, additional wingtip ailerons, and a special structure to absorb punishing catapult launches and arrested landings. The short takeoff/vertical landing version has a unique shaft-driven, lift-fan propulsion system that enables the aircraft to take off from a very short runway or small aircraft carrier and land vertically. This first X-35 built was modified to include a lift-fan engine. It was the first aircraft in history to achieve a short takeoff, level supersonic dash, and vertical landing in a single flight, and the first to fly using a shaft-driven, lift-fan propulsion system.
91. AIRM_040817_1150.JPG: RIM-8J Talos Missile
92. AIRM_040817_1154.JPG: MIDAS Series III Infrared Sensor Aerojet ElectroSystems built the Series III for use in MIDAS (Missile Defense Alarm System) satellites, part of a U.S. Air Force program beginning in the late 1950's to provide early warning of a Soviet missile attack. As with other infrared sensors developed for MIDAS, the Series III was designed to detect and track the heat exhaust gases of missiles at launch and during the boost phase. This data would be relayed to ground stations to give up to a 30-minute warning of an attack. Placed in orbit by an Atlas-Agena rocket, a Series III in May 1963 became the first space-based sensor to successfully detect a missile launch. MIDAS was cancelled in the late 1960's, and the more advanced Defense Support Program early warning satellites were launched beginning in 1970.
93. AIRM_040817_1157.JPG: Styx Missile The Styx was a Soviet navy surface-to-surface, antiship missile that became operational in 1958. A solid fuel booster (not shown here) launched the missile, and a built-in turbojet engine sustained its flight. The Soviet Union supplied its allies with Styx missiles. An Egyptian Styx sank the Israeli destroyed Eilat during the Six-Day War in 1967. Styx missiles were also used during the Vietnam and Persian Gulf wars and during conflicts between India and Pakistan. The People' Republic of China produced its own versions of the Styx.
94. AIRM_040817_1168.JPG: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F "Fishbed C"
95. AIRM_040817_1204.JPG: North American F-86A Sabre America's first swept-wing jet fighter, the F-85 Sabre joined the ranks of great fighter aircraft during combat operations high above the Yalu River in Korea. Even though they could not pursue the enemy across the Chinese border, Sabre pilots established an impressive shoot-down advantage against enemy MiG's. Sabre designers capitalized on captured German aerodynamic data, which showed that swept wings delayed air compressibility effects encountered at high subsonic airspeeds. Swept-wing aircraft could therefore be controlled at much higher speeds than similar straight-wing aircraft. This F-86A saw combat against MIG-15's during the Korean War. It flew most of its missions from Kimpo Air Base near Seoul and bears the markings of the 4th Fighter Wing, the first F-86 unit in Korea.
96. AIRM_040817_1210.JPG: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis "Fagot B"
97. AIRM_040817_1231.JPG: Hs 117 Schmetterling Missile Of all the experimental German antiaircraft missiles of World War II, the Schmetterling (Butterfly) came closest to deployment. It originated in 1941, when Henschel's talented missile designer, Herbert Wagner, proposed several antiaircraft projects. However, the Air Ministry did not authorize the missile's development until 1943. Mass production was ordered in December 1944, with deployment to begin in March 1945 -- an unrealistic timetable but typical of Germany's desperation programs in the war's last year. Two solid-fuel Schmidding rocket units, missing from this Hs 117, served as boosters. An operator using a telescopic sight and joystick guided the missile by radio control. The Smithsonian obtained this Schmetterling from the U.S. Army in 1988.
98. AIRM_040817_1242.JPG: Fritz X Guided Bomb The Fritz X, also known as the Ruhrstahl X-1, was a precision-guided armor-piercing bomb used with deadly effect by Germany in World War II against Allied ships in the Mediterranean. Based on the PC 1400 bomb, the Fritz X was dropped from an aircraft and guided by an operator using a joystick and transmitter. The spoilers on the cruciform tail controlled the bomb's trajectory. Germany's first and most spectacular success with the Fritz X came in September 1943, when Do 217 aircraft sank the Italian battleship Roma and damaged the battleship Italia as they were sailing to surrender to the Allies. Air defenses against Do 217's, which had to fly slow and level while controlling the bomb, soon made further use of it impossible. The Smithsonian obtained this Fritz X from the U.S. Navy Bureau of Aeronautics.
99. AIRM_040817_1263.JPG: Focke-Achgelis Fa 330A This rotary-wing kite enabled German submarines in World War II to locate targets in heavy seas. Simple to fly, the Fa 330 could be towed aloft as high as 220 meters (722 feet), where the pilot could sight as far as 53 kilometers (33 miles). He communicated his observations by a telephone line that ran along the tow cable. An ingenious parachute system allowed the pilot to escape from the aircraft at relatively low altitudes. A crew of four could assemble or disassemble an Fa 330 in three minutes. When not in use, it remained stowed in two watertight tubes in the U-boat's conning tower. U-boat commanders disliked the aircraft -- it gave away their submarine's location both visually and on radar. Only Type IX D2 U-boats operating in the Indian Ocean deployed them, with limited success.
100. AIRM_040817_1275.JPG: Hs 293 A-1 Missile
101. AIRM_040817_1279.JPG: Rheintochter R I Missile The Rheintochter (Rhine Maiden) R I was an experimental German two-stage anti-aircraft missile tested in the last years of World War II. Built by the Rheinmetall-Borsig company for the Luftwaffe, it was one of the largest solid-fuel rockets of the war. The R I was to be supplanted by the R III, a liquid-fuel missile with two side-mounted solid-fuel boosters than enabled it to reach a higher altitude. However, only six R III's were ever launched, as opposed to 82 R I missiles. The Smithsonian acquired this Rheintochter R I from the U.S. Navy in 1969. It was displayed in the National Air and Space Museum from 1976 to the early 1980's. In 2002, it was restored to its original condition and paint scheme for exhibit at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
102. AIRM_040817_1292.JPG: Arado Ar 234 B Blitz
103. AIRM_040817_1299.JPG: Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F
104. AIRM_040817_1322.JPG: Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F
105. AIRM_040817_1354.JPG: Delta Wing Phoenix VI (does not have the little seat) Bill Bennett continuously refined his hang glider designs to make them safer and improve their performance. His work undoubtedly helped the sport to grow significantly during the 1970's. In January 1975, Bennett and his chief designer, Richard Boone, completed the Phoenix IV, which used truncate wing tips to stabilize the glider by enhancing the aircraft's wing tip vortices. However, this modification also made the glider more difficult to turn and reduced its stability in turbulent air. Bennett and Boone solved this problem with a new model, the Phoenix VI, by installing metal tubes called battens, shaped to curve up slightly, into the wing tips. This modification lowered the glider's stall speed and helped reduce the chance that one wing tip would stall (lose lift) completely, a condition known to result in a flat spin.
106. AIRM_040817_1363.JPG: Delta Wing Model 162 (has the little seat on it) Bill Bennett and his Delta Wing gliders played a significant role in transforming hang gliding into a popular sport enjoyed by thousands of people worldwide in the late 1960's and early 1970's. Bennett's first gliders, including the Model 162, were actually manned kites based on an ingenious flexible wing developed in the early 1960's by NASA engineer Francis Rogallo. Model 162 refers to the length of the central keel bar in inches, the overall length of the aircraft. Bennett produced tow-kite models in lengths of 162, 174, 186, 198, and 210 inches. The kites with longer keels had larger weight capacities. The Model 162 could safely support a maximum pilot weight of only 59 kilograms (130 pounds), while the Model 210 could accommodate a pilot weighing up to 113 kilograms (250 pounds).
107. AIRM_040817_1373.JPG: Boeing 367-80 "Dash 80"
108. AIRM_040817_1388.JPG: Republic P-47D Thunderbolt: Thunderbolt pilots flew into battle with the roar of a 2,000-horsepower radial engine and the flash of eight .50 caliber machine guns. This combination of a robust, reliable engine and heavy armament made the P-47 a feared ground-attack aircraft. U.S. Army Air Forces commanders considered it one of the three premier American fighters, along with the P-51 Mustang and P-38 Lightning. The United States built more P-47's than any other fighter airplane. This P-47D-30-RA was delivered to Godman Field, Kentucky, in 1944. It served as an aerial gunnery trainer before being transferred to the U.S. Air Force Museum and then the Smithsonian. Republic Aviation restored the airplane and displayed it to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first P-47 flight.
109. AIRM_040817_1394.JPG: Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay"
110. AIRM_040817_1397.JPG: Junkers Ju 52/3m
111. AIRM_040817_1421.JPG: Nemesis The most successful aircraft in racing history, Nemesis dominated its competition, winning 45 of its 48 contests from 1991 until its retirement in 1999. Flown by pilot and designer Jon Sharp, it won 9 consecutive Reno Gold National Championships and 16 world speed records for its class. Nemesis was the International Formula One points champion every year from 1994 to 1998. It 1991, it won the George Owl Trophy for design excellence. In 1993, 1996, and 1998, it won the Federation Aeronautique Internationale's Louis Bleriot Medal for the greatest achievement in speed. In 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1999, Nemesis won the Pulitzer Trophy for air racing speed records. The airplane is built of pressure-molded graphite epoxy foam core sandwich.
112. AIRM_040817_1439.JPG: Kawanishi N1K2-Ja Shiden Kai "George"
113. AIRM_040817_1447.JPG: Langley Aerodrome A
114. AIRM_040817_1450.JPG: Lockheed P-38J Lightning
115. AIRM_040817_1474.JPG: Kawanishi N1K2-Ja Shiden Kai "George"
116. AIRM_040817_1478.JPG: Kugisho MXY7 Ohka Model 22
117. AIRM_040817_1490.JPG: Aichi M6A1 Seiran
118. AIRM_040817_1510.JPG: Boeing-Stearman N2S-5 Kaydet
119. AIRM_040817_1520.JPG: Frankfort TG-1A
120. AIRM_040817_1533.JPG: Northrop N-1M [the flying wing]
121. AIRM_040817_1539.JPG: Nagler-Rolz NR 54 V2 [with overhead cone] Bruno Nagler designed this sole prototype as a backpack portable helicopter. It had only two controls: one overhanging stick tilted the rotor, while the other controlled engine rpm. The conical structure above the rotor is the fuel tank. Although the blade-mounted engines eliminated the need for a heavy, complex transmission or anti-torque tail rotor, they proved unreliable because the rotational forces interfered with carburation. The German Air Ministry funded Nagler's project during World War II for military purposes and specified a one-hour endurance and a 50-kilometer (31-mile) operational radius. The NR 54 V2 underwent ground testing at the end of the war, but it never flew. Even so, the "strap-on" helicopter idea did not die with the NR 54 V2. The U.S. military experimented with similar concepts in the 1950's.
122. AIRM_040817_1587.JPG: Vought F4U-1D Corsair
123. AIRM_040817_1631.JPG: Not a sight you see every day! They opened the hangar doors to bring in a crane.
124. AIRM_040817_1656.JPG: Regulus I Cruise Missile
125. AIRM_040817_1660.JPG: North American F-86A Sabre
126. AIRM_040817_1674.JPG: Sidewinder Missile
127. AIRM_040817_1678.JPG: McDonnell F-4S Phantom II
128. AIRM_040817_1681.JPG: Grumman A-6E Intruder
129. AIRM_040817_1710.JPG: Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird
130. AIRM_040817_1736.JPG: Nemesis
131. AIRM_040817_1758.JPG: Bell UH-1H Iroquois In 1956, the Iroquois, commonly known as the Huey, first flew as an Army replacement for the H-13 medevac helicopter of Korean War fame. By the end of the century, Bell and its licensees had produced more Hueys than any other American military aircraft, except for the Consolidated B-24. Superbly suited to air mobility and medical evacuation missions in Vietnam, the Huey became an indelible symbol of that conflict. This UH-1 compiled a distinguished combat record in Vietnam from 1966 to 1970. Numerous patches on its skin attest to the ferocity of missions flown with the 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion of the 1st Cavalry, the 118th and 128th Assault Helicopter Companies, and the 11th Combat Aviation Battalion. The latter unit used it as a D-model "smoke ship" to lay down smokescreens for air assault operations.
132. AIRM_040817_1768.JPG: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 "Yellow Peril"
133. AIRM_040817_1794.JPG: Hawker Hurricane IIC
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