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Consolidated Vultee Airckaft Corp., San Diego, Calif. : (Through Ernest Stout 

 and with cooperation of the Department of the Navy.) A radio-controlled 

 1 : 10-size free-flying model with which many important characteristics of the 

 full-scale Convair XP5Y-1 flying boat prototype were determined (N.A.M. 

 736). 



Curtiss-Wright Corp., Wood Ridge, N. J.: (Through George Page.) The orig- 

 inal motorcycle made by Glenn H. Curtiss, 1906, and used as a test bed for 

 his 8-cyl. 40-hp Vee aircraft engine with which he established a world speed 

 record of 137 mph January 24, 1907 (N.A.M. 734). (Through the Wright 

 Aeronautical Division.) A collection of 17 exhibition scale models of airplanes 

 produced by the Curtiss-Wright Corp., Airplane Division, during the period 

 1928-44. Models vary in scale (N.A.M. 721). 



Douglas Aircraft Co., Santa Monica, Calif. : An exhibition model, scale 1 : 16, 

 of the Douglas Cloudster. One of the first designs produced by Donald Douglas 

 and his associates, 1921 (N.A.M. 747). 



Educational and Musical Arts, Inc., Dayton, Ohio: Scale drawings, dimen- 

 sioned and in detail, of the Wright Brothers' Kitty Haick aeroplane of 1903, 

 drawn by L. P. Christman, using as a basis the original aeroplane, the original 

 drawing by the Wright Brothers, and notes made by and in the presence of 

 Orville Wright (N.A.M. 738). 



Hoppi-Copter, Inc., Seattle, Wash.: The prototype "Hoppi-Copter" designed in 

 1945 by Edward Pentecost as a manually supported one-man helicopter (N.A.M. 

 729). 



Hubrell, Charles H., Cleveland, Ohio : An exhibition model, scale 1 : 16, of the 

 Wright Brothers' Type EX aeroplane Yin Fiz in which C. P. Rodgers made 

 the first transcontinental flight, 1911. The model made by Mr. Hubbell illus- 

 trates the aeroplane as it appeared at the take-off, September 17 ; many repairs 

 and replacements had altered its appearance when it completed the flight 84 

 days later (N.A.M. 740, purchase). 



Lear, Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich. : The radio equipment and accessories for the 

 automatic pilot installed in the P-51 airplane Excalibur-III in which Capt. 

 C. F. Blair, Jr., flew from New York to London, thence to Bardufoss, Norway, 

 across the North Pole to Fairbanks, Alaska, and on to New York, 1951 

 (N.A.M. 745). 



National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Washington, D. C. : Instruments 

 used in the original trans-sonic flight of the Air Force Bell X-l, October 14, 



1947, comprising 4 telemetering instruments and 3 film-recording instruments 

 (N.A.M. 727). A wind-tunnel model, scale 1 : 7, of the Naval Grumman fighter 

 airplane, type XF7F-1 Tigercat, 1943, complete with supports and mano- 

 metering extensions, as used in the 8-ft. high-speed wind tunnel at Langley 

 Field, Va., for research tests on the F7F series (N.A.M. 728). A free-flight 

 sling-shot glider model of the Ludington-Griswold delta wing design, 1944, 

 and the instrument panel from the German Lippisch delta wing aircraft, 1945 

 (N.A.M. 730). 



National Aeronautic Association, Washington, D. C. : The Frank G. Brewer 

 Trophy awarded annually, since 1943, for "the greatest achievement in the 

 field of air youth education and training" (N.A.M. 733, loan). The Collier 

 Trophy, awarded annually, since 1911, for "the greatest achievement in aero- 

 nautics in America the value of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by 

 actual use during the previous year" (N.A.M. 735, loan). (Through John 

 Victory.) The Wright Brothers' Memorial Trophy awarded annually, since 



1948, for "significant public service of enduring value to aviation in the United 

 States" (N.A.M. 739). 



