SECRETARY’S REPORT 125 
Perry, Kenneta M., Washington, D. C.: A German Air Force garrison cap of 
the World War II period (N. A. M. 622). 
Port OF OAKLAND, Boarp or Porr ComMISSIONERS, Oakland, Calif.: (Through 
A. H. Abel) The “‘Diamond”’ airplane, identified by donors as the first airplane 
constructed in California (1910), and the Kemp engine used to power it; a 
“Wiseman-Cooke” airplane constructed by Fred Wiseman and flown by him in 
what was probably the first cross-country air-mail flight in America, Petaluma 
to Santa Rosa, Calif., February 17, 1911. This plane was also flown by Weldon 
Cooke (N. A. M. 639). (Through Claire VY. Goodwin) A pilots’ control wheel 
from the cockpit of Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith’s Southern Cross airplane, first 
to fly from the United States to Australia, May 31—June 9, 1928; and a facsimile 
of the log kept by the copilot, Charles Ulm, on that flight (N. A. M. 640). 
Pricn, Vich Apm. Joun D. (See under National Military Establishment, De- 
partment of the Navy.) 
Rerusiic Aviation Corp., Farmingdale, L. I., N. Y.: (Through A. Kartveli) 
three 1:16 scale models: Republic P—47—-N ‘“‘Thunderbolt”’ Air Force single-seat 
fighter, Republic F-—84 “Thunderjet’”’ Air Force single-seat fighter, Republic 
RC-3 “Seabee’’ all-metal, four-place amphibian personal plane; and a 1:48 
scale model: Republic XF-12 “Rainbow” Air Force four-engine, long-range, 
high-altitude photo-reconnaissance plane (N. A. M. 641). 
Roum anD Haas Co., Philadelphia, Pa.: (Through D. §. Frederick) Four ex- 
amples of Plexiglas forms used in construction of aircraft: a P—47 bubble canopy, 
an astradome, a Crocker-Wheeler nose section for B—26 aircraft, and a Sikorsky 
Helicopter nose (N. A. M. 627). 
Spratt, GeorGE, Deep River, Conn.: A Curtiss V—8 air-cooled aircraft engine 
of about 1907, used by the donor’s father in experiments with movable-wing 
aircraft (N. A. M. 624). 
Stover, W. F. (See under Aeroproducts Division, General Motors Corp.) 
U.S. Post Orrick DepartTMENT, Washington, D.C.: (Through William B. Allen, 
Jr.) The pouch used to carry air mail on a flight commemorating the thirtieth 
anniversary of air mail; a flight was made between New York and Washington, 
D. C., in an Air Force P-80 jet aircraft (N. A. M. 619). 
Viuas, Jack, Chicago, Ill.: Hull of the Curtiss Flying Boat in which the donor 
made the first flight across Lake Michigan on July 1, 1913 (N. A. M. 632). 
Waker, Mas. Tuomas L., Glen Echo, Md.: Japanese equipment, World War 
II: an Hitachi aircraft engine from a ‘‘Cypress” biplane primary trainer, a 
cutaway supercharger and fuel metering device produced by Mitsubishi, and 
a group of five instruments also manufactured by Mitsubishi (N. A. M. 600). 
Weems, Capt. P. V. H., Annapolis, Md.: A collection of plotters illustrating 
many forms used to solve navigation problems involving position, direction, 
and distance (N. A. M. 656). 
Wricut, Orvititr, Estate or, Dayton, Ohio: The original Wright Brothers’ 
aeroplane of 1903 (in custody for the U. S. National Museum) (U. 8S. N. M. 
181390). 
Wricut AmronauticaL Corp., Wood-Ridge, N. J.: (Through Kenneth C. 
Mebrhof) Four radial aircraft engines: Curtiss ‘‘Challenger,”’ Wright ‘‘Cyclone’”’ 
18BA, Wright “Cyclone” 14A, and Wright “‘Cyclone”’ 9GB (N. A. M. 623). 
Respectfully submitted. Cart W. Mirman, 
Assistant to the Secretary for the National Air Museum. 
Dr. A. WeTmorg, 
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 
