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Williamson, Mrs. Mabgaket S., Cleveland, Tenn. : Single issue of Aerial Age, 



February 2, 1920. 

 Yager, Mr. & Mrs. Frank R., Anaheim, Calif. : Saga of the U.S. Air Mail Service 



by the Air Mail Pioneers, Inc. ; poem, "The Westbound Mail" by Phil Branifif ; 



A Brief History of the Air Mail Service of the U.S. Post Office Department 



{May 15, 1918-August 31, 1921) by Edward A, Keogh. 



ACCESSIONS 



Additions to the National Aeronautical and Space Collections, 

 received and recorded during the fiscal year 1964, totaled 559 speci- 

 mens in 71 separate accessions, as listed below. Those from Govern- 

 ment departments are entered as transfers, unless otherwise indicated ; 

 others were received as gifts or loans. 



Air Force, Department of the, Andrews AFB, Md. : Holley automatic cutaway 

 variable Venturi carburetor (ca. 1941) (N.A.M. 1451) ; Vandenburg AFB, 

 Calif.: Inertial guidance system from a Thor launch vehicle (N.A.M. 1442) ; 

 Cameron Station, Va. : Redstone rocket engine recovered after the June 11, 

 1958, ballistic missile trajectory flight from Canaveral (N.A.M. 1473). 



B. F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio : Pressure helmet used by Wiley Post with his 

 first two experimental space suits (N.A.M. 1467). 



Babcas, Victor, Washington, D.C. : Autographed original menu for luncheon 

 given for 0. A. Lindbergh in Paris, autographed by Lindbergh, Glenn, Carpen- 

 ter, Gargarin, and Titov (N.A.M. 1448). 



Bell Aircraft Co., BufCalo, N.Y. : Bell model 47D-1 single 2-blade rotor helicop- 

 ter with directional rotor at aft end of machine (N.A.M. 1430) . 



Brown, Mrs. G. T., Henderson, N.C. : Very early back-pack parachute used by 

 "Tiny" Broadwick for exhibition jumps from airplanes in 1912 (N.A.M. 1466). 



Crom, Cubtiss G., Springfield, Va. : Unusual dress uniforms and oflSeer's saber 

 which belonged to donor's late father, colonel in USAF (N.A.M. 1462). 



Dienes, Nicholas S., Fort Belvoir, Va. : Fragment, airship Hindenburff girder 

 (N.A.M. 1458). 



Doolittle, James H., Space Technology Laboratories, Redondo Beach, Calif. : 

 Medal of the Ordre Souveraine de Chypre (No. PA 400) given to the donor 

 (N.A.M. 1480). 



Douglas Aircraft Co., Washington, D.C. : Model Thor IRBM space launch 

 vehicle, 1:22 size (N.A.M. 14G9). 



Eastern Air Lines, Inc., New York, N.Y. : 2 framed study sketches by Dean 

 Cornell made for murals in EAL building (N.A.M. 1441). 



Emerson, Earl A., Arlington, Va. : World War II USAF winter flying suit, worn 

 on antisubmarine patrol by Lt. James D. Emerson, son of the donor (N.A.M. 

 1468). 



Fleet Foundation, San Diego, Calif. : Fleet model 7 aircraft powered by 160 

 hp. Kinner R-56 engine (N.A.M. 1417). 



Flight Safety Foundation, New York. N.Y. : 2 oil portraits of the Wright 

 Brothers, painted by Efrem Melik (N.A.M. 1465). 



Garbeb, Paul E., Washington, D.C: La Crocciera Atlantica Gold Medal (N.A.M. 

 1446). 



General Dynamics, San Diego, Calif. : 4-foot square scale model of Mercury 

 Control Center at Cape Canaveral (N.A.M. 1431). 



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