In the log book of the Waikiki Beech, under the dates of March 6, 7, and 8, 1949, is the following entry: "X-country record-breaking flight: 36 hours 01 minutes, Honolulu to Teterboro, New Jersey. Signed Wm. P. Odom." This brief entry summed up the flight, which covered 4,957.24 officially accredited great circle miles (5,273 actual miles). Of this distance, 2,474 miles were over the waters of the
The wartime history of the NASM Pfalz D.XII is obscure. A contemporary document from the U.S. Air Service, entitled "Reports of Inspection of (Captured) German Airplanes," refers to two Pfalz D.XIIs that were inspected at Coblenz on January 1, 1919. According to a 1949 letter from Louis C. "Buck" Kennell, the donor of the NASM airplane, these two Pfalz aircraft were brought to this country as part
This Sally Ride Science pin was owned by Dr. Sally K. Ride. She served as president and CEO of the company which she founded in 2001 along with Dr. Tam O'Shaughnessy, Dr. Karen Flammer, and two like-minded friends. The company was created as a response to the gender gap seen in science and technical fields. Young girls have the same aptitude and enthusiasm for science as boys, but Ride believed th
Israel invested heavily in remotely piloted aircraft technology during the late 1960s after the Egyptians badly surprised Israeli aircrews during the short but intense Six-Day War in early June 1967. When Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982, Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd., (IAI) was manufacturing the Scout UAV. Successes flying the Scout during the invasion and subsequent flight demonstrations of thi
The Piper J-2 in the NASM collection, serial number 1937, rolled off the production line on November 2, 1937. Company pilots and William Piper himself flew it for two years as the Piper business aircraft. The engine was improved to 50 hp in 1938. A succession of owners included Lee Fahringer, Clayton Miller, Eugene Smith, HRB-Singer, Inc. of State College, and Robert Dunlap. Hal Goff, of Aero Ente
The National Air and Space Museum's Piper J-3 Cub, serial number 6578, was built in March 1941. Powered by a Continental A-65 engine, it accumulated approximately 6,000 hours of flying time before being completely restored in 1975. Roland M. Howard. David L. Stirton, W. Howell Cocke, Jr., and Robert J. Randolph donated the aircraft in April 1977. It was exhibited in the General Aviation gallery fo
Evans left for China shortly after the flight and left the City of Washington in his father's name. William T. Piper Sr. purchased the aircraft and presented it to the National Air Museum on September 17, 1949. The aircraft was restored in 1974 for exhibit in the Arts and Industries Building and then for the General Aviation gallery of the new National Air and Space Museum building that opened in
The A.E.C. was the sole owner of the N1872P during its operational life. This airplane, powered by a 150 hp Lycoming engine, was delivered to Boyd Aero Service, the Piper distributor in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and it became the property of the A.E.C. on January 26, 1955. The decision to perform these surveys from the air was made on the basis of a comparison of the costs to operate an airborne syste