National Air and Space Museum Archives

Early Aircraft Recognition Silhouettes

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.XXXX.1052
Dates:
Circa early 1900s
Languages:
English
.
Physical Description:
0.05 Cubic feet
1 folder
Repository:
Aircraft silhouettes are one training tool used to familiarize both civilians and military personnel with various aircraft types so that they can recognize whether aircraft overhead are ally or enemy models. This collection consists of three 10 by 14 inch sheets of hand drawn and inked aircraft recognition silhouettes.

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
This collection consists of three 10 by 14 inch sheets of hand drawn and inked aircraft recognition silhouettes. Many of the silhouettes are for types of aircraft with examples of manufacturers listed beside them including Arrow type biplanes (AGO (Aerowerke Gustav Otto), Albatros, and Aviatik, a second silhouette for DFW, and a third for LFG Roland and earlier DFWs); tractor biplanes (Aviatik, a second silhouette for A.E.G. (Allgemeinen Electrizitäts Gesellschaft), and a third silhouette for LVG); Taube type monoplanes (Etrich, Albatros, DFW, LFG Roland, Kondor, Jeannin, Gotha, Rumpler, and Hansa, and a second silhouette for later Rumplers and Jatho); and Arrow Taube type (Harlan). There are additional silhouettes for manufacturer specific (although not model specific) monoplanes including R.E.P.; Blériot Aéronautique; Nieuport; Morane-Saulnier; and Deperdussin; and biplanes including Avro; Royal Aircraft Factory; Bristol; Sopwith; Grahame-White; Vickers; Short; Breguet; Caudron; and Farman (Brothers) (two separate silhouettes).

Arrangement

Arrangement
Collection is in original order.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Aircraft silhouettes are one training tool used to familiarize both civilians and military personnel with various aircraft types so that they can recognize whether aircraft overhead are ally or enemy models.

Administration

Author
Jessamyn Lloyd
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donor unknown, material found in collection, NASM.XXXX.1052.
Processing Information
Arranged and described (2010), updated and encoded (2022) by Jessamyn Lloyd.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Preferred Citation
Early Aircraft Recognition Silhouettes, NASM.XXXX.1052, 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

Keywords table of terms and types.
Keyword Terms Keyword Types
Aeronautics Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Airplanes -- Recognition Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Silhouettes Genre Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

National Air and Space Museum Archives
14390 Air & Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, VA 20151
NASMRefDesk@si.edu