Warplanes of the USA: Virginia, Chantilly, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Hispano to Yokosuka

‍Chantilly, Washington Dulles International Airport, National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

There are more than 400 aircraft in the collection of the NASM, and of these, at least 65 are displayed in the NASM main building on the Washington, D.C., Mall.  More than 200 are located in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.  20 or more (numbers vary) are stored at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center, Tucson, Arizona (AMARC).  Aircraft on display in the NASM on the Mall Washington, D.C. are listed in a separate Chapter.  Aircraft in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center:

(RuthAS Photo)

Hispano HA-200B Cairo (Serial No. 20063).  Design team lead by Willy Messerschmitt.  Similar to the prototype shown above in 1957.

Horten H IIL, Reg. No. D-10-125 (Serial No. 6).  T2-7, flown by Reimar Horten, tested intake design for Ho IX/229.  On loan to the Deutsches Technikalmuseum, Berlin, Germany.

(Mike Peel Photo)

Horten H IIIf (Serial No. 32).  T2-5042, only c/s intact, prone pilot.  On loan to the Deutsches Technikalmuseum, Berlin, Germany.

(Cliff from Arlington Photo)

(Mike Peel Photo)

Horten H IIIh, LA-AI (Serial No. 31).  T2-5039, only c/s intact, modified H IIIg.  On loan to the Deutsches Technikalmuseum, Berlin, Germany.

(Bill McChesney Photo)

Horten H VI-V2 (Serial No. 34).  T2-5040, never flown.  On loan to the Deutsches Technikalmuseum, Berlin, Germany.

(Michael Katzman Photos)

(Brettc23 Photo)

Horten IX/229-V3.  T2-490, FE-490, never flown.

(Ad Meskens Photo)

Huff-Daland Duster.  On loan to Delta Airlines Headquarters, Atlanta, Georgia.

Icarus I.  First flight 1971.

(Soviet Air Force Photo)

Ilyushin IL-2 Shturmovik.  Shot down spring 1944, Kryakovsky Lake.

(Eric Salard Photo)

(Mark Knapp Photo)

Junkers Ju 52/352 (CASA 353L) (Serial No. 146), Reg. No. G-BFHD.  T.2B-255 (Spain), D-ADLH.

 (USAAF Photos)

Junkers Ju 388L captured by the USAAF at the end of the war.

 (USAAF Photos)

Junkers Ju 388L-1 Störtebeker, (Wk. Nr. 560049), USA FE-4010, later T2-4010, at Freeman Field, Indiana, post war.  This aircraft is currently stored in the Paul E. Garber Facility, Suitland, Maryland.  (USAAF Photos)

(San Diego Air & Space Museum Photo)

Junkers Ju 388L-1, (Wk. Nr. 560049), FE-410, later T2-4010, Wright Field, 1946 victory display.  National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Washington Dulles International Airport, Chantilly, Virginia.

(San Diego Air & Space Museum Photo)

Kaman K-225 (BuNo. 125477).  1st turbine-powered helicopter, FF 12-11-51.

(IJN Photo)

Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu (Rex) (Serial No. 514).  903 Kokutai?, T2/FE-324?

(USAAF Photo)

Kawanishi N1K1-J Shiden Kai "George" painted in the markings of the Army Air Forces Technical Air Intelligence Unit, Southwest Pacific Area.

Kawanishi N1K2-Ja Shiden Kai "George" (Serial No. 5341), C/N 343-35. Yokosuka Kokutai, No. 32?, T2/FE-305.

(USAAF Photo)

Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu captured at Clark Field, Malabacat in the Philippines in 1945.

(Stephen Duhig Photo)

Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu (Nick) (Serial No. 4268), T2/FE-701.

(Larry D. Moore Photo)

Kellet XO-60 (Serial No. 42-13610).  118.  Last of 7 ordered by AAF.

(Mark Knapp Photo)

Overhead view of the helicopter section with the Kellet XO-60 upper right.

(US Army Photo)

Kellet XR-8 (Serial No. 42-13610).  FF 8-7-44, Kellett “Syncropter”.

(FlugKerl2 Photo)

Kreider-Reisner KR-34C (Serial No. 384), Reg. No. N30M.

(USAAF Photo)

Kugisho P1Y1-C Ginga (Frances) (Serial No. Nakajima-8923).  T2-1702.

(USAAF Photos)

Kyushu J7W1 Shinden (Magnificent Lightning). T2/FE-326.

(Jaro Nemcok Photo)

Langley Aerodrome A.  On loan to the Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton.

(Piotrus Photo)

Langley Aerodrome No. 6.  On loan and on display in the Wesley W. Posvar Hall, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylania.  

Langley Quarter-Scale Aerodrome.

(USAAF Photos)

Lippisch DM-1 (Akaflieg Darmstadt/Akaflieg München DM1).  1st full-scale delta wing aircraft.

(USAF Photo)

Lockheed C-130A Hercules (Serial No. 57-0460). C/N 182-3167.  On 3 April 1975, 1st Lt Pham-Quang-Khiem and Major Nguyen Huu Canh stole this C-130 to get his family out of Vietnam, flying to Singapore.  Delivered to the NASM on 30 Jan 1989.

(San Diego Air & Space Museum Photo)

Lockheed CL-475 (Serial No. 1), Reg. No. N6940C.  1st successful hingeless rotor helicopter.  On loan to the National Museum of the USAF, Dayton, Ohio.

(Ad Meskens Photo)

(Jarek Tuszynski Photo)

(Kogo Photo)

Lockheed P-38J Lightning (Serial No. 42-67762), C/N 422-2273.  This P-38J-10-LO was assigned to Wright Field during Second World War.

(Mike Peel Photo)

Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird (Serial No. 64-17972), C/N 2023.  3-6-90 transcontinental speed record, 2,124 mph.

(D.F. Brown, USAF Photo)

Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star (Serial No. 53-5226), C/N 580-8565, on loan, displayed in front of the HQ DC ANG.

(USAAF Photos)

Lockheed XC-35/10E Elektra (Serial No. 36-353).  3501.  1937 Collier Trophy for pressure cabin tests.

(Jarek Tuszynski Photo)

Lockheed 5C Vega “Winnie Mae”, (Serial No. 122), Reg. No. NC105W, NC195W.

(USN Photo)

Lockheed C-121C Super Constellation (Serial No. 54-0177), C/N L-1049F-4196. Reg. No. N1104W.  West Virginia ANG coloours.  Delivered to the NASM in 1988.

(USAF Photo)

(Kowloonese Photo)

(Mike Peel Photo)

(Mark Knapp Photo)

Lockheed Martin X-35B (Serial No. 301), C/N PAV-1.  This aircraft was a concept demonstrator aircraft (CDA) developed by Lockheed Martin for the Joint Strike Fighter program.  The X-35 was declared winner over the competing Boeing X-32 and a developed, armed version went on to enter production in the early 21st century as the F-35 Lightning II.  The X-35A was converted into the X-35B for the STOVL part of the competition.

(USAF Photo)

Loening OA-1A “San Francisco”, (Serial No. 26-431).  South American goodwill flight 1926.  On loan to the National Museum of the USAF, Dayton, Ohio.

Loudenslager Stephens Akro Laser 200.

(Ryan Somma Photo)

MacCready Gossamer Albatross.  1st human-powered aircraft to fly across the English Channel, 6-12-79.  Dulles International Airport.

MacCready Solar Challenger, Reg. No. N1815C. 1st solar-powered aircraft to fly, & June 1981.  On loan to the Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond.

(Jarek Tuszynski Photo)

Mahoney Sorceress, Reg. No. N89TT.

Manta Pterodactyl Fledgling.  1st transcontinental ultra-lite flight, 1979.

(USAAF Photo)

Martin B-26B Marauder, USAAF, ca 1943.

(John MacKay Photos)

Martin B-26B Marauder, “Flak Bait”, (Serial No. 41-31773).  Under restoration at the SFUHC.

(USAF Photo)

Martin EB-57B Canberra (Serial No. 52-1551).  134.  Similar to the one shown above.

Martin PBM-1 Mariner (3/8 scale) (Serial No. X19168).  On loan to the Baltimore Museum of Industry, Baltimore, Maryland.

(USN Photos)

Martin PBM-3 Mariner, USN, ca. 1942-43.

(USN Photo)

Martin PBM-3R Mariner, USN (BuNo 6465), taking off, circa 1942-43.

(Author Photo)

Martin PBM-5A Mariner (BuNo. 122071).  Reg. No. N3190G.  On loan to the Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona.

(Henry Woodhouse Photos)

Martin J.V., K-111 Kitten.

(Daderot Photo)

Maupin-Lanteri Black Diamond.  On loan to the Hiller Aviation Museum, City of Industry, California.

(350a33 Photo)

(Looper5920 Photo)

(Mark Knapp Photo)

McDonnell F-4S Phantom II (BuNo. 157307), F-4S-44, WT-03, C/N 4018, upgraded from F-4J.  Mig-21 downed, 21 June 1972.  This aircraft came to the NASM on 19 Nov 1988.

(USAF Photo)

McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo, forward fuselage only (Serial No. 56-0119).  364.  Camera package included.

(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Schumaker)

McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet (BuNo. 163439), Blue Angels 1, added to the collection on 18 Nov 2020.

(USN Photo)

McDonnell XHJD-1 “Whirlaway”, (BuNo. 44318).  1st successful twin-rotor, twin-engine helicopter.

(NACA/NASA/US Army Photo)

McDonnell XV-1 Convertiplane (Serial No. 53-4017).  1st rotorcraft to fly 200 mph, 10-10-56.

(USAAF Photos)

(Mike Peel Photo)

(Aaron Headley Photo)

Messerschmitt Me 163B-1a Komet (Wk. Nr. 191301).  T2/FE-500.

(USAAF Photos)

Messerschmitt Me 410A-3/U1 Hornisse (Hornet), (Wk. Nr. 10018), coded F6+WK, 2(F)/122.  EB-103, T2/FE-499.

(Jarekt Photo)

Mignet-Crosley HM.14 Pou du Ciel, Reg. No. X-15749.  1st Flying Flea built in U.S., 11-1-35.  EAA - Experimental Aircraft Association, Oshkosh, WI.

(Babbage Photo)

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis Fagot (Serial No. 70919), C/N 4320.  People’s Republic of China also recorded as (Serial No. 4320).

(Mike Peel Photo)

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F-13 Fishbed-C (Serial No. 63), C/N N74212106.

(Mark Pellegrini Photo)

Mitchell U-2 Super Wing (Serial No. PU646), Reg. No. N5820.  Built by F. March, M. Bourguin, U-2 Club of Toledo.

(USAAF Photo)

(Eddie Maloney Photo)

Mitsubishi A6M7 Zero Model 63, E-143 (Serial No. 23186).  Displayed as 3-143?, C/N 4323?, San Diego Aerospace Museum, San Diego, California.

(USAAF Photos)

Mitsubishi G4M3 Betty, nose section only, Mitsubishi (Serial No. 3041).  T2-2205.

(RadioFan Photo)

Monnett Moni (Serial No. 154), Reg. No. N23HW.

Monocoupe 70 (Serial No. 133), Reg. No. NC6730.  On loan to the California Museum of Science and Industry, Los Angeles, California.

(RuthAS photo)

Monocoupe 110 Special “Lil Butch,” (Serial No. 7W96), Reg. No. NC36Y.  On loan to the Virginia Air and Space Museum, Richmond, Virginia.

(Zanonia Photo)

Montgomery Evergreen.  On loan to the San Diego Aerospace Museum, San Diego, California.

(Montgomery Photo)

Montgomery Santa Clara (parts).

(Mark Knapp Photo)

Mooney M-18C Mite (Serial No. 201), Reg. No. N3199K.

(USAAF Photo)

Morane-Saulnier MS.500/Fieseler Fi 156 Storch (Serial No. 85), Reg. No. 80138.

(USMC Photo)

Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 Canary, USMC (BuNo. 1777) at Parris Island, South Carolina (USA), in May 1942.  The N3Ns were used to tow Schweizer LNS-1 gliders of the Marine glider program.

Naval Aircraft Factory N3N Yellow Peril (BuNo. 3022), 44, built in 1941.  Previously displayed above the hockey rink at the Dahlgren Hall Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland.

(Heino.roden Photo)

Nagler-Rolz NR 54 V2.  On loan to the Hubschrauber Museum, Buckeburg, Germany.

(USN Photo)

Nakajima B6N2 Tenzan (Jill) (Serial No. Nakajima-5350).  No. 12, T2/FE-1200/FE-N1200.

(USAAF Photo)

Nakajima C6N1-S Saiun (Myrt) (Serial No. Nakajima-4161).  T2/FE-4803/FE-N4803.

(Sturmvogel 66 Photo)

Nakajima J1N1-S Gekko (Irving) (Serial No. Nakajima-7334).  T2/FE-700.

(USAAF Photo)

Nakajima J5N1 Tenrai (Heavenly Thunder).  Parts only: aft fuselage & fin, left wing panel, fuel cells.

(US Army Photo)

Nakajima Ki-43-IIb Hayabusa (Oscar), C/N 62387 (Serial No. 6).  No. 10?, T2/FE-6430, displayed as “13.”  EAA - Experimental Aircraft Association, Oshkosh, WI.

(San Diego Air & Space Museum Photo)

Nakajima Ki-115 Tsurugi, (Sabre) (Serial No. 1002).  T2/FE-156.

(IJAAF Photo)

(FlugKerl2 Photo)

(Mike Peel Photo)

Nakajima Kikka, (Orange Blossum).  A-103, probably assembled from parts.

(Bill McChesney Photo)

NASA Oblique Wing remotely piloted vehicle (RPV).

(Ryan Somma Photo)

Nelson BB-1 Dragonfly (Serial No. 507), Reg. No. N34932.

Nelson PG-185B Hummingbird (Serial No. 80), Reg. No. N68580.

(Eric Salard Photo)

(Randy Ray Photo)

Nieuport 28C-1 (Serial No. 1958E), Reg. No. N4123A.

(NMUSAF Photo)

Noorduyn UC-64 Norseman ca 1945.

(Bill Larkins Photo)

Noorduyn UC-64 Norseman, US Forest Service, ca late 1940s.

Noorduyn YC-64 Norseman Mk. IV (Serial No. 42-5046), 78.

(Bill Larkins Photo)

North American B-25J/TB-25J-20 Mitchell “Carol Jean”, (Serial No. 44-29887), c/n 108-33162.  “Luscious Lulu” in film “Catch-22”, Reg. No. N10564.  Dulles International Airport.  Similar to the B-25 shown above, also flown in the movie.

(Kowloonese Photo)

North American F-86A Sabre (Serial No. 48-0260), FU-260, C/N 151-43629.  Flew combat in Korea, 4th FW, Kimpo Air Base.

(USAF Photo)

North American F-100D-45-NH Super Sabre (Serial No. 55-2914) in formation over South Vietnam in 1967.

(USAF Photo)

North American F-100D Super Sabre formation, 118th Tactical Fighter Squadron, ca 1960.

North American F-100D Super Sabre (Serial No. 56-3440).  C/N 245-90.  Flown by R. Risner, 1st Air Force Cross winner in VN.

(NMNA Photos)

North American FJ-1 Fury ca. 1947.

North American FJ-1 Fury ca. 1948.  One is preserved in the NASM.

(USAAF Photo)

North American O-47B (Serial No. 39-101) from the 101st Observation Squadron, Massachusetts National Guard, 1940.

North American O-47A (Serial No. 25-222), Reg. No. 37-279.

(Eric Salard Photo)

North American P-51C-10NT Mustang (Serial No. 44-10947), C/N 111-29080. "Excalibur III", Reg. No. N1202,  This aircraft was an air racer.  1946: Bendix Race 2,048 miles: 1st Place at 435 mph, Paul Mantz pilot.  1947: Bendix Race 2,048 miles: 1st Place at 460 mph! Paul Mantz pilot.  1947: Set coast-coast speed records (both directions) as "Blaze of Noon".  1948: #60 "The Houstonian".  1948: Bendix Race 2,044 miles: 2nd Place by 10 sec at 446 mph. Flown by Linton Carny, Mantz flew 1st Place, Reg. No. N1204.  1949: #60 Bendix Race 2,008 miles: 3rd Place at 449mph. Flown by Herman Salmon.  1950: N1202, Charles Blair/Pan American World Airways, flew as "Excalibur III".  31 Jan 1951: Record-setting flight from NY to London, 7 hours 48 minutes.  29 May 1951: Record-setting flight from Bardufoss Norway over the North Pole to Fairbanks Alaska in 10 hours 27 minutes.  1951: Record-setting flight from Fairbanks Alaska to New York, NY, 9.5 hours.  1952: Charles Blair awarded the Harmon International Trophy by President Harry Truman.  Circa 1953: purchased by Pan American.  1953: donated to Smithsonian Institution, NASM.
1977: restoration.  1988: on display at California Museum of Science/Industry.  2000: moved to NASM, Washington DC.  2004: on display at Udvar-Hazy Center, NASM.  Temporarily loaned to the California Science Center, returned to the NASM.  Currently on display in the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Dulles Airport, Virginia.

(USAF Photo)

North American AT-6C-NT Texan in flight.

North American SNJ-4A (AT-6C) Texan (BuNo. 51398), C/N 88-13780.

 (NASA Photo)

Northrop M2-F1 (Serial No. 1), Reg. No. N86652, NASA803.  Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards AFB, CA.

(Demilio Photo)

Northrop N-1M Flying Wing, Reg. No. NX28311.

(USAF Photo)

Northrop P-61B Black Widow, Novato, California, 23 June 1948.

 (Jarek Tuszynski Photo)

(USAF/DoD Photot)

Northrop P-61C Black Widow (Serial No. 43-8330), FK-330, C/N 1376.  Donated to the National Air Museum (now the National Air and Space Museum) in 1950, recalled for flight test work, it came back to the museum in 1954.

 (NASA Photos)

Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet (Serial No. 42-38353).  FF 3-23-44, 1st all-welded magnesium airframe.

Olmstead Pusher.  Astrophysicist C. Olmstead design, never flown.

 (Ad Meskens Photo)

(Nick Galante Photo)

Pathfinder Plus, NASA Remotely Piloted Vehicle (RPV).

(Hayden747 Photo)

Pentecost E III Hoppi-Copter, Reg. No. NX31222.  On loan to the Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona.

(Trashbag Photo)

Piasecki PV-2 Helicopter, Reg. No. NX37061.  2nd successful helicopter to fly in U.S., FF 11 Apr 1943.  NHMC - National Helicopter Museum and Education Center, West Chester, PA.

(USCG Photo)

Piasecki HRP-1G Rescuer helicopter, USCG ca. 1948.

Piasecki XHRP-1 Rescuer Helicopter (BuNo. 01045).  (Possibly BuNo. 37968 or 37969).

(SSgt. J.R. Ruark, USMC Photo)

Pioneer RQ-2A UAV.  Flown during the Gulf War.

(Tim Evanson Photo)

Piper J-2 Cub (Serial No. 913), Reg. No. NC20137.  1st J-2 built by Piper Aircraft Corp.  On loan to the Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, D.C

Piper J-3 Cub (Serial No. 6578), Reg. No. NC35773.

(USAAC Photo)

Piper L-4 Grasshopper, USAAC, ca 1944.

Piper L-4B Grasshopper (Serial No. 44-1074).  9935.  On loan to the 45th Infantry Division Museum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

(Ruhrfisch Photo)

Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser “City of Washington”, (Serial No. 12-1618), Reg. No. NX2365M.  Around-the-world flight, 10 Dec 1949.

Piper PA-18 Super Cub (Serial No. 18-4151), Reg. No. N1872P.  Mapped uranium deposits.

(Eric Friedebach Photo)

Piper PA-23 Apache (Serial No. 14), Reg. No. N101P.  13th Apache built, N114DA.

(Babbage Photo)

Pitcairn AC-35 (Serial No. J-91).  X70, Reg. No. NX70.

(NASA Photo)

Pitcairn Autogyro, flown at Langley Airfield, NACA.

Pitcairn-Cierva PCA-1A Autogyro (Serial No. A-2), Reg. No. X95N.  1st indigenous U.S. autogiro, FF April 1930.

(Ad Meskens Photo)

Pitts Special S-1-C “Little Stinker,” (Serial No. 2), Reg. No. N22E.  Curtis Pitts, “The original Pitts Special.”

Pitts Special S-1-S (Serial No. JDR2), Reg. No. N11DR, Reg. No. N11DR.

 (USAAF Photo)

Platt-LePage XR-1 Helicopter (Serial No. 41-001).  1st helicopter purchased by AAF.

Princeton GEM X-2 Air Scooter.

(US Army Photo)

PGM-11 Redstone Rocket No. CC-56, Cape Canaveral, Florida, 17 Sep 1958.  

(Mike Peel Photo)

Republic F-105D Thunderchief (Serial No. 60-0445).  388 TFW 1966-70, possible MiG-17 kill on 3 June 1967.

(Eric Salard Photo)

(Mark Knapp Photo)

Republic P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt (Serial No. 44-32691).  Restored as LH-E.

(Alain Rioux Photo)

Republic RC-3 Seabee (Serial No. 992), Reg. No. NC6709K.  Similar to CF-HTW shown above.

(Mike Peel Photo)

Rheintochter R1 Missile.

(Ed Post Photo)

Rockwell Shrike Commander 500S.

(Cliff from Arlington Photo)

Rotorway Scorpion Too Helicopter (Serial No. 707), Reg. No. N18849.  Most popular homebuilt helicopter.

Rutan Quickie,  (Serial No. 169), Reg. No. N169H.

Rutan Vari-Eze (Serial No. 2), Reg. No. N4EZ.  First kits based on this aircraft.

Rutan Vari-Eze, unbuilt kit.  No foam, engine or instruments.

(Babbage Photo)

Ryan PT-22A Recruit (Serial No.), 481.

 (USAF Photo)

(Jim1138 Photo)

Ryan X-13A Vertijet (Serial No. 54-1619).  On loan to the San Diego Aerospace Museum, San Diego, California.

(RSAF Photo)

Saab J-29-F Tunman (Serial No. 29.657), Reg. No. 69-E-1.  Swept-wing fighter. Presented to NASM by Royal Swedish Air Force Chief of Staff.  Similar to the J-29 reconnaissance variant shown above at Kamina Air Base, Sweden.

(Alan Radaki Photo)

Scaled Composites Model 311 Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, Reg. No. N277SF.

(Alf van Beem)

Schempp-Hirth Nimbus II.  Similar to the one shown above.

(Deutsche Fototek Photo)

Schneider-Hofmann-Rehberg SG 38.  Similar to one shown here ca 1957.

(USAF Photo)

Schweizer 2-22 EK Glider (Serial No. 212), Reg. No. N2790Z.  Flown in airshows by Byron G. “Scotty” McCray.  Similar to the one shown above at the USAF Academy, Colorado Springs.

(Jarek Tuszinski Photo)

Sharp DR90 Nemesis.

Shoemaker-Cannonhouse Tractor pontoon biplane, 1912.

(NACA Photo)

(FlugKerl2 Photo)

(Mark Knapp Photo)

Sikorsky JRS-1/S-43 Cargo Transport (BuNo. 1063).  4346.  This is the only NA&SM aircraft that was present during the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor on 7 Dec 1941.

(Cliff from Arlington Photo

(Mike Peel Photo)

Sikorsky YH-19A helicopter.

(Joe Ravi Photo)

Sikorsky UH-34D Seahorse Helicopter (BuNo. 148768), C/N 58-1319. USMC, HMM 163 markings.

(Jarek Tuszynski Photo)

Sikorsky XR-4/VS-316 Hoverfly Helicopter (Serial No. 41-18874).  1st single-rotor military helicopter.  On loan to the National Helicopter Museum and Education Center, West Chester, PA.

(USAAF Photo)

Sikorsky XR-5/VS-327 Dragonfly Helicopter (Serial No. 43-47954).  SS-34.  FF 8-18-43.  Similar to the H-5 shown above.

(Mark Knapp Photos)

Space Shuttle Discovery.

(USGOV-PD Photo)

SPAD XIII (Serial No.), "Smith IV", 22nd Pursuit Squadron.

(Cliff from Arlington Photo)

SPAD XVI (Serial No. 959), AS9392.  Flown by Brigadier-General Billy Mitchell during the First World War.  On loan to the National Museum of the USAF, Dayton, Ohio.

(NACA Photo)

Sperry M-1 at NACA Langley, in 1926.

(NMUSAF Photo)

Sperry-Verville M-1 Messenger, Reg. No. AS68533.  On loan to the National Museum of the USAF, Dayton, Ohio.

(San Diego Air & Space Museum Photo)

Standard J-1 (Serial No. 177), Reg. No. N1375.

(Lestocq Photo)

Stanley Nomad, Reg. No. NX20645.  FF 6-20-38.

(NACA Photos)

Stearman-Hammon Y, Reg. No. NC15533.

(Jarek Tuszinsky Photo)

Stinson L-5 Sentinel (Serial No. 42-14798).

(Sarah Stierch Photo)

Stinson SR-10F Reliant (Serial No. 5910), Reg. No. NC2311.  1st human ground-to-air pickup, 4 Sep 1943.  On loan to the National Postal Museum, Washington, D.C.

(FlugKerl2 Photo)

Stits SA-2 Skybaby (Serial No. 2), Reg. No. N5K.  World’s smallest aircraft in 1952.  Experimental Aircraft Association, Oshkosh, WI.

(RuthAS Photo)

Stout Skycar, Reg. No. X10899.  Exhibited at 1931 National Aircraft Show.

(I, BrokenSphere Photo)

Travel Air D4D “Pepsi Skywriter.”

(Cliff from Arlington Photo)

Turner RT-14 Meteor, Reg. No. NX263Y.  Thompson Trophy Race winner 1938-39.

Ultraflight Lazair SS EC (Serial No. A838), Reg. No. 911MP.  2nd police Ultralight at Monterey Park, CA.

Verville Sport Trainer, Reg. No. NC457M.

(NASA Photos)

Vertol VZ-2A.

(USN Photo)

Vought OS2U-2 Kingfisher in flight, early in 1942.

(Ryan Somma Photo)

Vought-Sikorsky OS2U-3 Kingfisher (BuNo. 5909), 13.  Operated from USS Indiana, May 1942 to Dec 1944.

(USN Photo)

Vought-Sikorsky V-173 Flying Pancake (BuNo. 02978), on its maiden flight, 23 Nov 1942.

(Eric Urban Photo)

Vought-Sikorsky V-173 Flying Pancake (BuNo. 02978).  FF 11-23-42.  On loan to the Frontiers of Flight Museum, Dallas, Texas.

(Ad Meskens Photos)

(Mark Knapp Photo)

Vought F4U-1D Corsair (BuNo. 50375), 86, C/N 5622.  Restored as F4U-1A “Sun Setter” of VMF 113.  Suspended from the ceiling.

(USN Photo)

Vought RF-8G Crusader U.S. Naval Reserve aircraft from Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron 206 (VFP-206).

(FlugKerl Photo)

Vought RF-8G Crusader (BuNo. 146860), AF-701.  RF-8A modified to RF-8G configuration, service in VN.

(USN Photo)

Vought XF-8U-1 Crusader (BuNo. 138899).  1, 1955 Collier Trophy winner.  On loan to Boeing Field, Seattle, WA.

(USAAF Photo)

Vultee BT-13A Valiant (Serial No. 41-22124).

Waco Primary Glider.  Major components only.

(RuthAS Photo)

Waco UIC Cabin (Serial No. 3715), Reg. No. N13062.

(RuthAS Photo)

Waco 9, Reg. No. N452 (Serial No. 389).

(San Diego Air & Space Museum Photo)

(Jarek Tuszynski Photo)

Waterman Arrobile (Serial No. 1), Reg. No. N54P.  On loan to the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois.

Waterman Whatsit (Serial No. 1), Reg. No. X12272.

Weedhopper JC-24C (Serial No. 1845).  Ignition system: six “D” flashlight batteries.

(Jared Tuszynski Photo)

(Ad Meskens Photo)

Westland Lysander Mk. IIIa, RCAF (Serial No. 2346), C/N 1185, AC-B, 138 Sqn. RAF, Reg. No. N7791.  Donated to the NASM in 1979.

Windecker Eagle I (Serial No. 6), Reg. No. N4197G.  1st civil aircraft built entirely of glass-fiber.

Wiseman-Cooke.  On loan to the National Postal Museum, Washington, D.C.

Wolf Valkyrie.

(Jarek Tuszynski Photo)

Wright Model B, replica.

(Dmitry Terekhov Photo)

Yakovlev Yak-18 “Max,” (Serial No. 59).  Similar to one shown above.

(Jarek Tuszynski Photos)

Yokosuka Kugisho MXY7-K2 Ohka Model 22 (Serial No. Kugisho-61).

Yokosuka Kugisho Ohka 22 (Cherry Blossum) (Serial No. 59).

‍

‍