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Libbaey of Congress, Washington, D. C. : Charts showing details of aeronautical 



equipment, drawings of German aircraft, World War I recognition posters of 



German airplanes, 21 photographs of historic aircraft, and, through Dr. 



Robert Multhauf, a copy of Locomotion Aerienne by D'Amecourt, 1864. 

 Lincoln Press, Washington, D. C. : Copies of Jane's "All the World's Aircraft" 



(loan) ; bound volumes of the magazine Aero Digest, and a quantity of back 



issues of this magazine (gift). 

 Mandrake, Charles G., and Longo, Robert, Wichita, Kans. ; Copy of "The Gee 



Bee Story," a history of Granville brothers' racing planes, 1920-1939. 

 Navy, Department of the, Washington, D. C. : A reprint of the log of the Navy's 



first airplane, the Curtiss A-l of 1911 ; drawings of the N-9 training plane and 



of the F5L patrol plane of World War I. 

 Nicewarnee, Mrs. R. J., Bethesda, Md. : Album of photographs assembled by her 



father, Capt. Kenneth Whiting, U. S. N., illustrating his experiences as a pioneer 



in naval aviation and in the development of the aircraft carrier (loan). 

 Nteto, Joseph, San Antonio, Tex. : Drawings of World War I airplanes and of 



commercial planes of the 1930's (purchased). Motion-picture films of notable 



flights (gift). 

 Nippon Aero Club, Tokyo, Japan, through S. Sonoda : Recent Japanese aviation 



periodicals. 

 Prudential Insurance Co. of America, Newark, N. J. : Motion-picture film of 



the "You Are There" television program "Benjamin Franklin and His Kite." 

 Read, Robert E., Alexandria, Va. : A contemporary poster of the editorial in the 



New York Sun, May 21, 1927, "Lindbergh Flies Alone." 

 Seeley, R. D., Fort Meade, Md. : A collection of photographs of foreign aircraft 



and engines, principally German and Italian types of World War II (loan). 

 Sharp, John R., Sioux Falls, S. Dak. : Book by this author listing Aces of World 



War I. 

 United Aircraft Corporation, East Hartford, Conn.: With the assistance of 



Harvey Lippincott, a file of the Corporation magazine Bee Hive, copies of the 



publication Aerosphere, and a selection of texts describing Pratt & Whitney 



aircraft engines. 

 Verville, Alfred, Washington, D. C. : Drawings and texts describing the Verville 



"Messenger" airplane, 1920. 



ACCESSIONS 



Additions to the National Aeronautical Collections received and 

 recorded this year total 1,050 specimens in 33 separate accessions from 

 30 sources. Those from Government departments are entered as 

 transfers; others were received as gifts except as noted. 



Aib Force, Department of the, Washington, D. C. : Twin floats devised and 

 constructed in 1907 by Orville and Wilbur Wright and tested on the Miami 

 River, Dayton, Ohio, during experiments to develop a seaplane intended to 

 be flown over the assembled world fleets at Hampton Roads, Va., during the 

 Jamestown Exposition of that year, and a drawing illustrating that experiment 

 (N. A. M. 945). Two dioramas, first received of a series illustrating the 

 history of the United States Air Force. One diorama depicts a scene during 

 the Civil War : the inflation of a captive balloon, piloted by T. S. C. Lowe and 

 used for military observation of Confederate operations; the other diorama 

 illustrates an important operation during World War II, after the capture of 

 Finschafen, New Guinea, when a landing and takeoff strip had been prepared 

 for use of Lockhead P-38 Lightning fighter planes (N. A. M. 946). 



