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Capsule, Mercury #15B

5 pp

This Mercury capsule, number 15B, is one of two left showing the complete one-man spacecraft in its orbital configuration. It includes the silver and black retrorocket package used to slow the capsule for return to Earth and the nose section containing the parachutes. The first American in space, Alan B. Shepard, Jr., hoped to fly this Mercury capsule on a long-duration orbital mission in late 196

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Capsule, Mercury, MA-6

55 pp

Overall: 190.5 × 226.1cm, 875.4kg (6 ft. 3 in. × 7 ft. 5 in., 1930lb.)

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Capsule, Stardust

5 pp

Overall: 86.36 x 157.48 x 81.28cm, 45.8kg (2ft 10in. x 5ft 2in. x 2ft 8in., 101lb.)

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Captain H.C. Gray Balloon Basket

2 pp

He was enjoying the radio during the leisurely ascent. KSD was coming in loud and clear at 12,000 feet. As Gray noted, he was beginning to feel "symptoms of rickets" as a result of the falling pressure. At 15,000 feet he turned the batteries on his electrical oxygen heater from two to four volts. The electrical heater for the lenses of a pair of experimental goggles was also switched on as the len

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Case, Dance Card

6 pp

Wood dance card case, or 'carnet de bal.' Exterior of case is painted with ballooning scenes. One side shows a man and woman looking up at a balloon in the sky. The other shows a smilar, but wider, balloon flying over ruins, with no people on the ground. Interior is painted red. Case originally had a hinged lid, but hinge is currenly broken. Edges of base and lid of case are lined in silver where

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Case, Needle

13 pp

Enameled brass needle case with lid. Cylindrical with rounded ends. Red with four ballooning scenes, two on the base and two smaller scenes on the lid. Each scene is different, but they all show people on the ground looking at balloons in the sky. There are white embellishments around each scene and on the red background.

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Caudron G.4

21 pp

The Caudron G.4 was a larger, twin-engined version of the G.3, powered by two 80-horsepower Le Rhônes or 100-horsepower Anzanis. The Anzani-powered Caudron G.4s served mostly as training aircraft. Some of the Anzani-powered G.4s, but not all, had their engines set up to turn in opposite directions to balance the torque of the whirling propellers. All the Le Rhône-powered Caudrons had both engines

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Certificate, F. A. I., James H. Doolittle

3 pp

Federation Aeronautique International leather bound hydroairplane license; text; photograph of James H. Doolittle with F.A.I. embossed stamp seal.

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Cessna 152 Aerobat

2 pp

N7557L, serial number A1520817, was built by Cessna in 1978. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, was the first owner and it sold the plane to George A. "Al" Gallarno, of Tennessee, on September 2,1983. Gallarno sold it to William "Bill" Kershner of Sewanee, TN, on September 22, 1984. Bill Kershner first operated a Beech Musketeer Aerobatic Sport III, and then a Cessna 150 Aerobat, for which

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Check List, Pilot, United States Air Force Thunderbirds

1 pp

Overall: 25.4 x 13.97 x 1.91cm (10in. x 5 1/2in. x 3/4in.)

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Cierva C.8W (C.8L Mk. IV)

7 pp

The most powerful of the six C.8s constructed was the two-seat C.8W fitted with a 220 horsepower Wright Whirlwind J-5. Cierva had equipped the aircraft with an American engine at the request of its buyer, Harold Pitcairn. As a teenager, Pitcairn had developed a fascination with the possibilities of rotary-wing aircraft and had avidly followed news of Cierva's progress. In 1924, he had established

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Circular Slide Rule, William J. Powell

4 pp

During the 1920s William J. Powell led a small group of black air enthusiasts in Los Angeles. He established the Bessie Coleman Flying Club in 1929 and sponsored the first all-black air show on Labor Day 1931. As part of his effort to make aviation accessible to African American students, he taught classes on aeronautics at the Bessie Coleman Flying Club. This flight computer was among the equipme

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Circular Slide Rule, William J. Powell