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Potter, Stanley L., Alexandria, Va. : A diamond-celled box kite of the type in- 

 vented by bis father, Samuel Potter, who was a pioneer in the development of 

 cellular kites and their use for meteorological research by the U. S. Weather 

 Bureau (N. A.M. 914). 



Royal Danish Aero Club, Copenhagen, Denmark, through His Excellency the 

 Ambassador of Denmark, Henrik Kauffmann, Washington, D. C. : A scale model, 

 1 : 14 size, of the airplane designed, constructed, and flown by Jacob Christian 

 Ellehammer on the island of Lindholm, September 12, 1906. The assistance of 

 Erik Hildes-Heim in obtaining this model is gratefully acknowledged 

 (N. A. M. 926). 



Ryan Aeronautical Co., San Diego, Calif. : A scale model, 1 : 16 size, of the Ryan 

 M-l mailplane used on commercial postal aviation routes of the mid-1920's and 

 the basic form of high-wing closed-fuselage monoplane from which the Spirit 

 of St. Louis was evolved by the same company (N. A. M. 930). 



Sperry Gyroscope Co., Great Neck, N. Y. : A scale model, 1 : 8 size, of the original 

 "Aerial Torpedo," pilotless guided missile developed by the donors during the 

 first World War (N. A. M. 919). 



Tustan, Michael, Cleveland, Ohio : A scale model, 1 : 16 size, of the Pfalz D-3, 

 German World War I fighter airplane introduced in the spring of 1917 and 

 favored by some of the German Aces because of its maneuverability and strong 

 construction (N. A. M. 941). 



Vagi, Ernest F., Cleveland, Ohio : A scale model, 1 : 24 size, of the British 

 F. E. 2B World War I two-seated fighter, developed by the Royal Aircraft Fac- 

 tory. Because its propeller was behind the wings, the gunner in the front seat 

 had a wide angle of fire (N. A. M. 942) . 



Whitney, Capt. Reginald, Baldwin, L. I., N. Y. : A Japanese aviator's flying suit 

 used in World War II (N. A. M. 925). 



Wiseman, Mrs. S. A., Washington, D. C. : Four silver trophy cups awarded to 

 the pioneer aviator Arthur L. Welsh in 1911 and a framed photograph of him 

 and Robert J. Collier seated in a Wright-B airplane. Welsh was taught to fly 

 by Orville Wright and became instructor and test pilot at the Wright School 

 in Dayton. He taught Lt. H. H. Arnold (later General of the Air Force) how 

 to fly. Welsh was killed in the crash of a Wright-C at College Park, Md., in 

 1912 (N. A. M. 944). 



Respectfully submitted. 



Paul Edward Garber, Head Curator. 

 Dr. Leonard Carmichael, 



Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 



