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the Wright Brothers' first glider of 1900, the Gallaudet D-4 of 1918 

 —one of the advanced types produced by the Gallaudet Aircraft Cor- 

 poration for the United States Navy during the first World War— and 

 the McDonnell Phantom FH-1, a current type of Navy fighter em- 

 ployed in Korea. M. A. Krieger donated an excellent scale model of 

 the V-l German buzz bomb. A full-sized specimen of this weapon, 

 which caused such destruction in England during World War 11, is 

 m the Museum's collection, but is not exhibited for lack of space. The 

 Army and Navy Club of Washington presented to the Museum an 

 automatic pilot from an actual V-l which fell in the vicinity of the 

 United Service Club in London. The Navy has added this year to the 

 Museum's series of small airplane "recognition" models which show 

 the characteristics of ex-enemy and other foreign aircraft, as well as 

 cm-rent United States types. These are used in the Navy for training 

 purposes, and are of value in the Museum for preserving the record of 

 service types. 



Two very famous power units have been added to the Museum's 

 "Engine Row" this year: The Pratt and Whitney 11-4360-35 Wasp 

 Major engine, number 1 of the four which powered the United States 

 Air Force Boeing B-50 bomber Lucky Lady II when it made the first 

 nonstop world flight, taking off from Fort Worth, Tex., February 26, 

 1949 ; and the famous Black Betsy, a four-tube liquid-propellent rocket 

 designed and built in 1940 by Reaction Motors, Inc. In great contrast 

 to the complicated fuel system of these modern engines is a little 

 "puddle carburetor" sent in by a friend of the Museum who had found 

 it among some relics of pioneer flying. Several propellers were re- 

 ceived; also a unique electric generator showing the application of 

 the airplane type of propeller to power production. This wind-driven 

 generator was developed by H. R. Stuart and E. N. Fales in 1922, 

 and came into commercial use a year later. 



Mementos of famous flyers provide personal associations which in- 

 crease interest in the collections. Two exhibits of this nature have been 

 added to the group of World War I airplanes. One was prepared with 

 the cooperation of Capt. Edward V. Rickenbacker and includes 

 his uniform, scale models of his Nieuport 28 and Spad 13 airplanes, 

 records and photographs of the members of the 94th Squadron which 

 he commanded, and photographs of enemy aircraft which they en- 

 gaged. This has been placed near the Spad fighter. A panel record- 

 ing some of the accomplishments of Col. Harold H. Hartney, who was 

 commanding officer of the First Pursuit Group which captured the 

 German Fokker D-7 — now in the Museum — ^lias been installed near 

 that plane. The first world-flight flagplane, Douglas Cruiser Chicago, 

 now has beside it, in a case containing a scale model of his Cloudster, a 

 portrait sculpture of the aircraft designer, Donald Douglas. This 

 was given by the artist, W. F. Engelman, of Florida, who also pre- 



