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Stringfellow Steam Engine

3 pp

In 1889, Smithsonian Secretary Samuel P. Langley purchased the engine, along with a "car" designed to carry an engine and a pair of propellers, for £25. Langley held on to the engine briefly, sending it to L.D. Copeland of Smithville, N.J., for experimental work. Upon return of the engine to Langley, he turned it over to the museum section of the Smithsonian for public display, also in 1889.

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Structural Dynamic Test Vehicle, Hubble Space Telescope

6 pp

Overall: 14 ft. × 42 ft. 4 in., 3560.7kg (426.7 × 1290.3cm, 7850lb.)

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Sturtevant D-6 In-line Engine, In-line 6 Engine

2 pp

Unlike most of its rivals, this engine was equipped with L-head rather than overhead valves. It powered Burgess, Curtiss, Wright, and Sturtevant seaplanes, many of which were purchased by the U.S. government. It was also used in several privately-owned land planes. The artifact was removed from the Herring-Burgess aircraft that is in the museum’s collection.

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Suit, Flying, United States Air Force Thunderbirds

2 pp

United States Air Force (U.S.A.F.) Thunderbirds Flight suit; dark blue nomex one piece coverall with zipper down front; one upper left breast zipper pocket; one zipper pocket on eace lower leg; snap cuffs; attached waist belt; white elastic nylon draws on inside back of suit; drop fall collar; manufacture and care tags on inside right waist; attached epaulets with gold embroidered Major oak leaf r

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Suit, Flying,1930 Pattern, Royal Air Force

1 pp

Clothing: 154.9 x 55.9 x 15.2cm (61 x 22 x 6 in.)

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Suit, SpaceShipOne, Mike Melvill

1 pp

Test pilot Mike Melvill wore this suit on June 21, 2004, during the first privately funded spaceflight of SpaceShipOne. After its launch from a carrier aircraft called White Knight, Melvill piloted SpaceShipOne to an altitude of 100 km (62 miles) before returning to land in Mojave, California. This test flight paved the way for two subsequent flights that earned the SpaceShipOne team the $10 milli

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