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AiB Force, Depabtment of the, Washington, D.C., through Rtait AKEOWAtmoAi- 

 Co.: Ryan X-13 "Vortljet" airplane, first Jet-powered vertical takeoff air- 

 craft to demonstrate transition from horizontal to vertical flight and return 

 to horizontal flight configuration. (N.A.M, 1067.) Dayton Pbocueement 

 District, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio: 1 experimental twin-jet 

 turboprop engine, YT-40-A-6, complete with gear boxes, contrarotating 

 propellers, and additional duplicate assemblies. (N.A.M. 1135.) 4th 

 Weather Group, Sultland, Md. : Weather maps and charts used In briefing 

 flight crew for Vice President Nixon's flight to Moscow, July 1959. (N.A.M. 

 10G6.) Air Force Museum, Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio: 25 

 aircraft engines (N.A.M. 1088), complete rocket assembly for V-2 German 

 guided missile, including combustion chamber and propulsion unit (N.A.M. 

 1062), 9 turbojet and one turboprop engines (N.A.M. 1133). Air Force 

 Museum, Fairborn, Mich. : Lockheed "Sirius" monoplane, NR-211, formerly 

 owned and used by Charles A. and Anne Morrow Lindbergh in their historic 

 trip to the Orient and for their Atlantic survey flights. (N.A.M. 1063.) 

 Office of the Secretary, Washington, D.C. : A static test specimen of an 

 Atlas ICBM, capable of intercontinental range and from which the first 

 broadcast from space was made by President Eisenhower. It will be the 

 vehicle used to launch the Mercury Man In a space capsule. (N.A.M. 1142.) 

 Warner Robins Aib Foece Base, Georgia: Complete E-6 radar fire-control 

 system as used on F-86's and F-94's. (N.A.M. 1112.) Park Ridge Depot, 

 Illinois : Collection of World War II specimens collected by order of General 

 H. H. Arnold, USAF (recorded iu National Air Museum Annual Report of 

 1949). (N.A.M. 1144.) 



Alexander, Roland K., Watervllet, N.Y. : Loan of 3 famous World War I 

 combat aircraft models — the DeHavllland DH-4, Ansoldo SVA, and the Sop- 

 with Triplane. ( N.A.M. 1131. ) 



Alexandeb, W. W., Grand Rapids, Mich. : Scale model of the Salmson 2-A2 

 reconnaissance bomber used by American Forces during World War I. The 

 aircraft is of French design and construction. (N.A.M. 1119.) 



Amebican Helicopteb Society, Inc., New York, N.Y. : Feinberg INIemorial 

 Award which is presented annually to "the outstanding helicopter pilot of 

 the year." (N.A.M. 1129.) 



Army, Department of the, B.\llibtic Missile Agency, Huntsville, Ala. : 2 com- 

 plete life-sustaining space capsules and cradles used in the "Able-Baker" ex- 

 periment (N.A.M. 1122.) Ordnance, Washington, D.C: Set of 11 1:24 

 scale models of U.S. Army rocket missiles. (N.A.M. 1134.) 



Beachey, Hilleby, San Carlos, Calif. : Silver loving cup trophy won by Lincoln 

 Beachey at the International Aviation Meet held In Chicago, August 12-20, 

 191L (N.A.M. 1136.) 



Bell Aircraft Corporation, Buffalo, N.Y. : 1 :16 scale model of the Bell X-14 

 jet-powered VTOL. (N.A.M. 1117.) 



Bell Helicopter Corporation, Fort Worth, Tex. : Model of the Bell XV-3 Con- 

 vertlplane which embodies the best features of the helicopter and flxed-wing 

 aircraft. (N.A.M. 1097.) 



Blackall, Frederick S., Jr., Woonsocket, R.I. : Lougheed engine of very unique 

 design combining features of both the 2- and 4-cycle operating principles In 

 an 8-cycle air-cooled V-type engine, designed by Victor Lougheed. (N.A.M. 

 1110.) 



Boeing Airplane Co., Seattle, Wash. : 1 :72 scale model of the Boeing B-29 

 "Enola Gay" which dropped the first atomic bomb on August 6, 1945 (N.A.M. 

 1107.) ; model of the Boeing Model 707 aircraft scaled 1:48, representing the 

 first Jet transport of U.S. manufacture to enter airline service (N.A.M. 1060). 



