Steel; graphite jet vanes, some wooden construction elements in fuselage; aluminum tanks not present.
Dimensions:
Overall: 11 ft. 8 3/8 in. wide x 46 ft. 1 3/16 in. deep x 5 ft. 5 in. diameter x 44 ft. 5 3/16 in. long, 8427.9 lb. (356.6 x 1405.1 x 165.1 x 1354.3cm, 3822.9kg)
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Collection Citation:
Betty Parsons Gallery records and personal papers, 1916-1991. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing and digitization of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art and The Walton Family Foundation.
A collage of film clips put together for the Exhibition Flight Gallery. 1. Smoke loop. 2. Piper J-3 Cub taking off from an automobile roof. 3. Running takeoff of a Piper Cub. 4. Automobile to airplane transfer (country road). 5. Hooded hook on transfer (by the feet). 6. Straight jacket and parachute escape. 7. Human pick-up with Stinson (Aircraft) SR-10F Reliant. 8. French ribbon snatch. 9. Belly slide. 10. Bendix race crash. 11. Mass parachute drop from a balloon. 12. Little girl tap dancing on top of a balloon. 13. Balloon gymnastics. 14. Glider over the cliff (French?). 15. Crashing into a house. 16. Motorcycle to airplane transfer (on the beach). 17. Hydroplane to airplane transfer. 18. Sport boxing on an Avro 504. 19. Diving out of an airplane into the water. 20. Lilian Boyar - wingwalker. 21. Hanging by teeth. 22. Wing to wing transfer. 23. Automobile to air aircraft transfer (beach). 24. Train to airplane transfer. 25. Flying into house. 26. Flying into house at the Minnesota State Fair (1935) with a bow from Captain Frank Frakes. 27. Roman C. Warren flying his Thomas Morse Scout under Mission Bridge (Santa Anna River) at Riverside California June 13, 1926. 28. Hanging by hair. 29. Wingwalking (Dougherty 'torn wing' aircraft). 30. Automobile (Ford Mustang) to airplane (Piper Cub) transfer with a flaming finish (crashing through a wall of fire). 31. Little girl tap dancing on the upper wing of a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny.
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No restrictions on access
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Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests.
Collection Citation:
Donald Sewell Lopez Collection, NASM.2008.0042, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Collection Citation:
William Jones World War II Scrapbook, NASM.2006.0067, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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Collection Citation:
Exhibition records of the Contemporary Study Wing of the Finch College Museum of Art, 1943-1975. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources' Hidden Collections grant program. Funding for the digitization of two motion picture films was provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee, and for the remaining sound and video recordings from the Smithsonian's Collection Care Pool Fund. Funding for the digitization of the collection, not including audiovisual materials, was provided by The Walton Family Foundation and the Terra Foundation for American Art.
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Collection Citation:
Early Aeronautical Newsclippings (Alexander Graham Bell) Collection, Acc. NASM.XXXX.0086, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
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