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Materials:

Wicker, wood, rope, metal

Dimensions:

3-D (Overall basket and ring dimentsions): 143.5 × 100.3 × 220.8cm, 92.5kg (4 ft. 8 1/2 in. × 3 ft. 3 1/2 in. × 7 ft. 2 15/16 in., 204lb.)

3-D (Overall basket with rigging pear ring): 143.5 × 100.3 × 355.4cm (4 ft. 8 1/2 in. × 3 ft. 3 1/2 in. × 11 ft. 7 15/16 in.)

Type:

CRAFT-Balloon

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Date:

1927

Credit Line:

Transferred from the U.S. Army Air Corps, War Department

Inventory Number:

A19280013000

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9088af853-cd3d-48b4-b6ed-8a39f2e66764

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19280013000

Creator:

Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation.  Search this

Interviewee:

Judd, Michael  Search this

MacCready, Paul, 1925-  Search this

Extent:

0.25 Cubic feet (1 box)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Betacam sp (videotape format)

Oral history

Interviews

Videotapes

Date:

2002-11-08

Scope and Contents:

Collection includes nine (9) original Beta Cam SP videos documenting interviews with Paul MacCready, the father of human powered flight. MacCready invented the Gossamer Condor and Gossamer Albatross.

Biographical / Historical:

Born September 25, 1925 in New Haven, Connecticut. He began flying in his teens and received formal flight training from the Navy during World War II. After the war, MacCready earned a physics degree from Yale University and a doctorate in aeronautical engineering from California Institute of Technology.

Provenance:

Created by the Innovative Lives Program of the Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, National Museum of American History.

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Rights:

Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.

Topic:

Solar energy -- 20th century  Search this

Gliders (Aeronautics)  Search this

Physics -- 20th century  Search this

Engineering -- 20th century  Search this

Aeronautics -- 20th century  Search this

Genre/Form:

BetaCam SP (videotape format)

Oral history -- 2000-2010

Interviews -- 2000-2010

Videotapes

Citation:

Paul MacCready Innovative Lives Presentation, November 8, 2002, Archives Center, National Museum of American History.

Identifier:

NMAH.AC.0842

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Paul MacCready Innovative Lives Presentation

Archival Repository:

Archives Center, National Museum of American History

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep80a7df138-b966-45c0-8f8f-1d322cd14fc8

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-nmah-ac-0842

Editor of compilation:

Dutta, Arindam  Search this

Subject:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Planning  Search this

Physical description:

ix, 916 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Type:

Books

History

Date:

2013

20th century

Topic:

Architecture--Study and teaching--History  Search this

Education, Higher--Social aspects--History  Search this

Architecture and technology--History  Search this

Architecture and society--History  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1030508