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Boeing 307 Stratoliner "Clipper Flying Cloud"

5 pp

The Stratoliner incorporated the wings, tail, and engines of the Boeing B-17C bomber. The wide fuselage was fitted with sleeper berths and reclining seats. Ten Stratoliners were built. The prototype was lost in an accident, but five were delivered to TWA and three were purchased by Pan American Airways. TWA owner Howard Hughes purchased a heavily modified version for his personal use. The airplane

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Boeing 367-80 Jet Transport

15 pp

Although the British de Havilland D.H. 106 Comet and the Soviet Tupolev Tu-104 entered service earlier, the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8 were bigger, faster, had greater range, and were more profitable to fly. In October 1958 Pan American ushered the jet age into the United States when it opened international service with the Boeing 707 in October 1958. National Airlines inaugurated domestic jet se

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Boeing F4B-4

5 pp

The Boeing F4B/P-12 series served as the primary fighter of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Army Air Corps in the early 1930s, and it remained in service in numerous roles until the early 1940s. It was the last wooden-winged, biplane fighter produced by Boeing and used by the U.S. military. The large quantity of F4B/P-12s built and purchased helped to establish Boeing as an important aircraft manufacturer

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Boeing FB-5 Hawk

4 pp

The FB-5 in the NASM collection, serial number A-7114, saw service with the Navy and the Marine Corps. Navy Squadron VF-1, assigned to the U.S.S. Langley, received it on January 21, 1927. After eight months of service with that unit it was transferred to VF-6B aboard the U.S.S. Saratoga on September 27, and then to VF-3B at San Diego in April 1928. In September of that year it was shipped back to

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Boeing P-26A Peashooter

5 pp

The P-26A in the NASM collection was based at Selfridge Field in Michigan and the Fairfield Air Depot in Ohio for most of the period between its initial acceptance by the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1934 and the transfer of the airplane to the Canal Zone in 1938. It was given to Guatemala in late 1942, and flew in the Guatemalan Air Force from 1943 to 1954. In 1957, the government of Guatemala donated

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Boeing T50-BO-8A (502-10VC) Turboshaft Engine

6 pp

Length 101.6 cm (40.0 in.), Diameter 61.0 cm (24.0 in.)

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Boeing-Stearman N2S-5 Kaydet

5 pp

Over 10,000 Stearman trainers were built by Boeing's Wichita Division, which had purchased the Stearman Company in the late 1930s. These Kaydets, along with Fairchilds and Ryans, served as the backbone of U.S. Army and Navy primary training in World War II. The original U.S. Army Kaydet was the PT-13 with a 220 Lycoming R-680 engine. The only complete standardization of an Army and Navy production

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Boiler Case, Stringfellow Steam Engine

7 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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Bolts, Miscelleanous Parts, Dayton-Wright DH-4

1 pp

The United States possessed no combat-worthy aircraft upon entry into World War I in 1917. Several European aircraft were considered. The British DH-4 was selected because of its comparatively simple construction and its apparent adaptability to mass production. It was also well-suited to the new American 400-horsepower Liberty V-12 engine. American-built DH-4s were dubbed the "Liberty Plane." By

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Bombsight, French

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38cmx6cm19cm

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Book, "Documents and Testimony of the Aeronautical Work of Santos-Dumont"

1 pp

National Air and Space Museum Collection

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Book, "Documents and Testimony of the Aeronautical Work of Santos-Dumont"

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

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Book, "Documents and Testimony of the Aeronautical Work of Santos-Dumont"