102 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1965 



Commerce, Department of, National Btjbeau of Standards, Washington, D. C. : 

 Five impellers of the types used for rotating aircraft generators, 1915-25 

 (N. A. M. 842). 



Cook, Mrs. O. D., Portland, Oreg. : Hub of propeller from an airplane flown by 

 Capt. Vernon Castle, renowned dancer and aviator, who achieved an impres- 

 sive combat record in the Royal Flying Corps during World War I and, fol- 

 lowing America's entry into the War, was assigned to the aviation section 

 of the Signal Corps, U. S. Army, to train student fliers (N. A. M. 863). 



Ellis, Frank H., West Vancouver, B. C. : Two scale models of airplanes asso- 

 ciated with the early development of aviation by Canadians; model of the 

 multiplane designed and built in 1910-11 by W, W. Gibson, Victoria, B. C, 

 and flown in 1911 ; and a model of the Aerial Experiment Association's "Red 

 Wing," designed by members of that Association organized by Alexander 

 Graham Bell, and first flown by Frederick W. Baldwin, the first British subject 

 to pilot an airplane at Hammondsport, N. Y., on March 12, 1908 (N. A. M. 

 851). 



Hartigan, Col. John D., Washington, D. C. : Tunic, cap, and Sam Brown belt 

 worn by the donor as part of his uniform as an officer in the Signal Corps 

 Aviation Section during service in France, World War I, 1917-18 (N. A. M. 

 854). 



Hutchinson, Capt. J. D., Denver, Colo. : Five drop bags used for air to ground 

 deliveries of messages by the U. S. Air Service and U. S. Army Air Corps 

 during the 1920's and 1930's ; and a pair of mittens worn during winter flying 

 operations, representing regular issue equipment of the same period (N. A. M. 

 867). 



Kaman Aircraft Corporation, Bloomfield, Conn. : Scale model, 1 : 20, of the 

 HOK-1, a four-place helicopter which uses a servo-flap control for its two 

 intermeshing rotors; developed by the donors for the U. S. Navy, 1953 

 (N. A. M. 848). 



KoLLSMAN Instrument Co., Elmhurst, N. Y. : Air speed indicator and clock 

 developed by the donors for use in aircraft of the World War II period 

 (N. A.M. 845). 



Lahm, Brio. Gen. Frank P., Huron, Ohio : Medals and awards received and col- 

 lected by the donor and his father, Frank S. Lahm, including the Aero Club 

 of France gold medal awarded to Frank S. Lahm in recognition of his services 

 to aeronautics, 1906, the Gordon Bennett gold medal, the Aero Club of America 

 gold medal, and the Aero Club of France bronze medal awarded to Frank P. 

 Lahm for winning the first international balloon race, 1906 (N. A. M. 855). 



Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. : Two scale models of aircraft 

 developed by the donors : a 1 : 72 model of the YC-30 and a 1 : 64 model of the 

 type 1049 Superconstellation (N. A. M. 860). 



National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Washington, D. C. : Display 

 item representing the award, in 1929, of the Robert J. Collier Trophy, awarded 

 annually since 1911 for the "greatest achievement in aviation in America, the 

 value of which has been truly demonstrated by actual use during the preceding 

 year." It was awarded to the NACA for development of a cowling for radial 

 air-cooled engines which improved flight performance. The display consists 

 of a scale model of the Lockheed "Air Express" airplane which, equipped with 

 the cowling, established a transcontinental record of 18 hours 21 minutes 59 

 seconds, February 4-5, 1929, piloted by Frank Hawks. The cowling made 

 possible a 29 m. p. h. increase in speed (N. A. M. 868). 



