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trips to locate and examine new material. The following surveys 

 were made: 



Dearborn, Mich., January 18, by the curator and Stephen Beers, associate 

 curator, to inspect aeronautical material at the Edison Institute. 



Dayton, Ohio, March 25, by Robert Strobell, associate curator, to inspect Air 

 Force and other material available to the museum. 



ACCESSIONS 



This year the bureau received 34 new accessions from 31 sources 

 totaling 465 specimens. Each accession was fully recorded in the 

 Museum's catalog system and formally acknowledged. The list 

 follows : 



Air Force, Department of, Washington, D. C: The Boeing B-29 superfortress 

 bomber Enola Gay used to drop the first atomic bomb in warfare, on Hiroshima, 

 Japan, August 6, 1945 (N. A. M. 682). 



Amelia Earhart Post 678, American Legion, Department of California, 

 Los Angeles, Calif.: A collection of 6 objects associated with the aeronautical 

 accomplishments of the late Amelia Earhart: the globe on which she planned 

 her flights (contributed by Mrs. Amy Otis Earhart) ; a sculptured portrait 

 (contributed by Mrs. Grace Wells Parkinson, the sculptress); the radio used 

 on her Atlantic flight (contributed by Paul Mantz) ; two scale models of Lock- 

 heed Vega and Electra airplanes which she flew, and a trophy intended to be 

 presented at conclusion of the world flight (contributed by the Lockheed Air- 

 craft Corporation) (N. A. M. 689). 



Beech Aircraft Corp., Wichita, Kans.: The Beech Bonanza airplane Waikiki 

 Beech in which the late Capt. William P. Odom set a world's nonstop, straight- 

 line, distance record for light planes of 4,957.24 miles from Honolulu, Hawaii, 

 to Teterboro, N. J., in 36.23 hours, March 7-8, 1949 (N. A. M. 667). 



Biederman, Jerome D., San Francisco, Calif.: 59 full color paintings of United 

 States, British, German, and Japanese warplanes in use during World War II 

 (N. A. M. 660, loan). 



Civil Aeronautics Administration, Washington, D. C: A Pitcairn Roadable 

 Autogiro, significant as an early and successful attempt, under Government 

 sponsorship, to provide a practical, low-cost, road/air vehicle for private pilots 

 (N. A. M. 672). 



Elet, Maj. J. S. M., Alexandria, Va.: Eight insignia cut from sides of World War 

 I airplanes; a French barometric altimeter taken from a French plane. World 

 War I ; and two name plates, one a Caproni, the other a Mercedes, from World 

 War I equipment (N. A. M. 658). 



Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp., Hagerstown, Md.: A l:48-sized scale 

 model of a Fairchild C-82 "Packet," the first military cargo and troop transport 

 designed as such (N. A. M. 664). 



Frackelton, Mr. and Mrs. Robert, Fredericksburg, Va., "In Memory of 1st 

 Lt. RoUiu N. Conwell, Jr., USMCR": A bronze, life-size portrait bust of Orville 

 Wright made from life in 1931 by Oskar J. W. Hansen (N. A. M. 670). 



Goodyear Aircraft Corp., Akron, Ohio: An exhibit illustrating the cross-wind 

 landing-wheel design developed by the donor under Civil Aeronautics Adminis- 

 tration sponsorship (N. A. M. 657). 



Grant-Smith, Hon. U., Washington, D. C: A flechette (steel dart), air-ground, 

 antipersonnel weapon of World War I (N. A. M. 679). 



