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"Mosquito" light bomber of World War II vintage, from the Koyal 

 Air Force ; the McDomiell XV-1 Convertoplane, from the McDonnell 

 Aircraft Corp.; Inertial Guidance System from a Thor Launch 

 Vehicle, from the U.S. Air Force; a collection of 419 medals and 

 awards, all aviation related, from the American Institute of Aero- 

 nautics and Astronautics formerly the Institute of the Aeronautical 

 Sciences; memorabilia of Lowell H. Smith, Commanding Officer of 

 the First Round-the- World Flight, from Mrs. Lowell H. Smith; a 

 Lincoln Standard J-1 aircraft of 1920, from the Kerr-McGee Oil 

 Industries, Inc. ; the first supercharged aircraft engines, from Vera C. 

 Murray ; oil portraits of Wilbur and Orville Wright, from the Flight 

 Safety Foundation; a 1912 parachute used by "Tiny" Broadwick, 

 from Mrs. G. T. Brown (Tiny Broadwick) ; Wiley Post's first pres- 

 sure helmet, from the B. F. Goodrich Co.; oil portraits of Jacqueline 

 Cochran and Charles E. Yeager by artist Chet Engle, from the Lock- 

 heed Aircraft Corp. ; and memorabilia of Admiral Moffett from Rear 

 Admiral Moffett, Jr. 



An ever-growing information service to authors, researchers, his- 

 torians, schools. Government agencies, students, and the public was an 

 active function of the Museum during the year. 



ADVISORY BOARD 



The National Air Museum Advisory Board met in Washington on 

 April 1, 1964, with all members present. Secretary S. Dillon Ripley 

 was elected chairman. The Board approved the new building concept 

 presented by the architects. 



SPECIAL EVENTS 



The first amiual Edwin A, Link Lecture was presented on Febru- 

 ary 19, 1964, by Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. The annual Lester 

 D. Gardner Lecture was presented on September 27, 1963, by Elmer A. 

 Sperry, Jr. The Langley Medal was presented to Astronaut Alan B. 

 Shepard, Jr., on May 5, 1964. Many distinguished visitors came to 

 the Museum during the year to see the exhibit or to participate in 

 special presentation and commemorative ceremonies. 



Tlie director attended several meetings of aviation, aerospace, and 

 educational organizations and societies. He also visited a number of 

 Air Force and Navy bases. National Aeronautics and Space Admin- 

 istration space centers, and contractors of these agencies in the aero- 

 space flight program. He spoke fi-equently on these visits. 



Paul E. Garber, head curator and historian, Louis S. Casey and 

 Kenneth E. Newland, curators, and Walter Male, superintendent, rep- 

 resented the Museum at a number of aviation and aerospace meetings 



