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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Flight Testing Exhibit Collection
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.1994.0053
- Dates:
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bulk 1903-1974
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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0.49 Cubic feet1 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
Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
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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 |
Photographic prints | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Technical reports | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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