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scale models, 1:48 size, of Beechcraft, Boeing, Curtiss, North American, and 
Stearman airplanes used by the U.S. Air Force or its predecessor units. 
(NAM 1029.) The DM-1 delta-winged glider designed by Alexander Lippisch 
in Germany during World War II as a primary step in the development of 
a supersonie airplane. This is one of the first configurations of the delta 
wing. (NAM 1041.) 
ARMY, DEPARTMENT OF THE, Washington, D.C.: Nose cone of the Jupiter “C” 
missile. The first object recovered after returning from outer space. This 
cone was featured in a television broadcast by President Hisenhower on 
November 7, 1957. (NAM 1020.) The Jupiter ‘“C” missile, a duplicate of the 
vehicle produced by the Chrysler Corp. which on January 31, 1958, launched 
the Explorer I. This was America’s first satellite to be propelled into orbit. 
This vehicle was presented to the Museum on the first anniversary of that 
historic occasion. (NAM 1081.) 
BrrecH ArIRcrarr Corp., Wichita Kans.: Scale models, 1:16 size, of two airplanes 
developed by Walter Beech and his associates, the Travelair biplane of 1926 
(NAM 1013) and the Travelair Mystery S of 1929 (NAM 1008). 
Brack, Mrs. PALMA, Bakersville, Calif.: A piece of the gas cell fabric of the 
U.S. naval airship Shenandoah, 1925. (NAM 1009.) 
BRITISH OveRsEAS AIRWAYS Corp., London, England: A scale model, 1:72 size, 
of the original Comet-I jet airliner which inaugurated jet-engined civil trans- 
port service in 1952. (NAM 1035.) 
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, Calif.: A WAC Corporal 
missile and base. This is a short-range ballistic missile, built by the Firestone 
Tire & Rubber Co. and in current use by the U.S. Army. (NAM 1006.) 
CESSNA AIRCRAFT Co., Wichita, Kans.: A scale model, 1:40 size, of the Cessna 
T-37 2-place, twin-jet airplane now in service with the U.S. Air Force for 
primary training. (NAM 1002.) 
CHANCE VouGHT AIRCRAFT, INC., Dallas, Tex.: A scale model, 1:16 size, of the 
U.S. Navy carrier-based F8U-1 “Crusader.” This type of airplane, with a 
speed of more than 1,000 m.p.h., was the subject for the Robert J. Collier 
Trophy award in 1957 and earned for the Chance Vought corporation the 
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics’ first Certificate of Merit. (NAM 1037.) 
CieaL, Aupo L., Southwick, Mass.: A 1:16 size model of the Pratt & Whitney 
J57 jet engine (loan). (NAM 1025.) 
Convair, Division of GENERAL DyNAMICS CorP., San Diego, Calif.: A scale model, 
1:48 size, of the Consolidated-Vultee “‘Convair-liner’’ 240, the first post-World 
War II commercial transport developed by this corporation, 1947. It is a 
twin-engined, medium-range, 40-passenger transport. Also a 1:16 size model 
of the Convair XFY-1 “Pogo Stick,” an experimental vertically rising delta- 
wing fighter developed for the U.S. Navy. It made its first free vertical 
takeoff and landing on August 2, 1954, and 3 months later made the conver- 
sion from vertical to horizontal flight and back to vertical for a tail-first 
landing. The original XFY-1 is being reserved for the National Air Museum 
by the Department of the Navy. (NAM 1004.) 
Davies, THE HONORABLE JOSEPH (deceased), Washington, D.C.: An autographed 
photograph of Brig. Gen. William Mitchell as a captain in the U.S. Army, 1915. 
(NAM $99.) 
Donan, Cou. Cart H., Greenwich, Conn.: A collection of objects associated with 
the aeronautical interests and career of this member of the Early Birds and 
the Lafayette Escadrille. Included are military maps, instruments, and me- 
mentos of the renowned American ace Maj. Raoul Lufbery. (NAM 1027.) 
Doo.itTLe, GEN. JAMES H., San Francisco, Calif.: A uniform worn during World 
War II by the donor. (NAM 1044.) 
