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Corporation, and a group of films pertaining to Charles Lindbergh's 

 famous transatlantic flight given to the Museum by the Aircraft In- 

 dustries Association. Grateful acknowledgment is also due the fol- 

 lowing for their valuable contributions to the reference collection: 

 D. J. Harrill of Arlington, Va. ; J. W. Gwinn, Jr., of Wayne, Mich. ; 

 Jesse Davidson, of Underwood & Underwood, New York City; 

 Bert Williams of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; the Institute of 

 Aeronautical Sciences of New York City ; Col. Floyd J. Sweet of the 

 Soaring Society of America; Maj. Richard E. Sheak; Mrs. M. S. 

 Gilpatric of New York City ; Charles J. MacCartee of Orlando, Fla. ; 

 Maj. Kimbrough Brown, USAF, of Brookfield Air Force Station, 

 Brookfield, Ohio; Col. J. E. Jarrett, curator of the Army Ordnance 

 Museum at Aberdeen, Md. ; Ray Fife of Coronado, Calif. ; Harvey 

 Lippincott of Hebron, Conn.; Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; 

 Hiller Helicopters of Palo Alto, Calif.; North American Aviation, 

 Incorporated ; and Mr. and Mrs. Keith C. Wliitehouse, who permitted 

 copies to be made of their pictures illustrating Curtiss aircraft. 



The Book Excliange maintained at the Library of Congress con- 

 tinued to be an excellent source for issues of magazines required to fill 

 gaps in the Museum series. 



ACCESSIONS 



Additions to the national aeronautical collections received and re- 

 corded this year total 117 specimens in 31 separate accessions. Those 

 from Government departments are entered as transfers; others were 

 received as gifts except as noted. 



At.exandeb, Maby, Los Angeles, Calif., through Amelia Earbart Post #678, 

 American Legion : Flying suit designed by Amelia Earhart for the Ninety- 

 Nines, an international organization of licensed women pilots, and typical 

 of the apparel worn by Miss Earhart during her many flights (N. A. M. 858). 



Allen, Sloan, Omaha, Nebr. : Kite. 3-stick frame, hexagon outline, incorporating 

 improvements made by the donor through extensive practice, and flyable 

 through a wide range of wind velocity (N. A. M. 861). 



Abmy, Depaktment of, Washington, D. C. : Clothing and equipment of the 

 type used by U. S. paratroopers during World War II (N. A. M. 857). 



Atchison, Joseph Anthony, Washington, D. C. : Plaster bust of Wiley Post, 

 sculptured by the donor in 1940 (N. A. M. 853, loan). 



Bendix Aviation CoupoitATioN, Scintilla Magneto Division, Sidney, N. Y. : 

 Two magnetos from the Wright Whirlwind J-5 engine which powered the 

 Bellanca "Columbia," flown by Clarence Chamberlain and Charles A. Levine, 

 nonstop, New Tork to Eisleben, Germany, June 4-8, 1927. Ignition systems for 

 Pratt & Whitney R-2800, Pratt & Whitney 11-2000, Allison V-1710, and Wright 

 R-3350 aircraft engines (N. A. M. 856). 



Bleil, Mrs. Alida W., Alhambra, Calif. : Cup given to Harriet Quimby, first 

 American woman licensed to pilot an airplane, as she landed after flying 

 across the English Channel from Deal, England, to EJpihen, France, April 26, 

 1912. 



