National Air and Space Museum Archives

Flight Testing Exhibit Collection

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.1994.0053
Dates:
bulk 1903-1974
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.49 Cubic feet
1 box
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection is a product of the material gathered for the Flight Testing Exhibit. It includes the following material: technical reports; copy negatives with corresponding photocopies of images used in the exhibit; unidentified miscellaneous negatives which were probably gathered for research but not used in the exhibit; and a script, with negatives and prints, for the Cruise Missile section of the exhibit.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
The Gallery of Flight Testing, which opened in 1976, was designed to exhibit aircraft design concepts and their significance in the story of flight. The exhibit illustrated problems of flight and how many of those problems have been solved.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access.
Preferred Citation
Flight Testing Exhibit Collection, 1994-0053, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests

Keywords

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Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Aeronautics Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Airplanes, Military -- Flight testing Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Aeronautics designers Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Astronautics Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Negatives Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Technical reports Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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