SECRETARY’S REPORT 133 
NATIONAL AIR MUSEUM ACCESSIONS DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED 
JUNE 80, 1948 
(Except where otherwise indicated, these have been entered as gifts or transfers) 
AEROJET ENGINEERING Corp., Azusa, Calif.: (Through D. A. Kimball) 2 JATO 
rocket motors (178901). 
Air TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, Washington, D. C.: (Through Admiral 
Emory S. Land) 5 bound manuals relative to scheduled United States air lines’ 
work in World War II (179056). 
Avery, Joun B. (See under Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corp.) 
BAauscu & Loms Co., Rochester, N. ¥.: (Through K. BE. Reynolds) A current 
form of bubble sextant and accessories for celestial navigation (178841). 
BELLINGER, Vice Admiral P. N. L., Washington, D. C.: A United States flag and a 
naval pennant flown on a Curtiss C-3 United States Navy flying boat during 
extended air scouting operations at Veracruz, Mexico, 1914 (179055). 
Be_t, Ambassador GUILLERMO. (See under Cuba, Republic of.) 
Benpix AviaTIon Corp., South Bend, Ind.: (Through Cameron, Kerkam, and 
Sutton) A sectionalized Stromberg “injection carburetor” developed by the 
donors just before World War II and used on the majority of American mili- 
tary planes (179058). 
Brooks, EpitH, Washington, D. C.: Group of mementos from Air Meet at Nice, 
France, April 1910 (179060). 
Brown, Lt. K. S., Biloxi, Miss.: 50 specimens of German and Japanese aircraft 
instruments of World War II (179701), 5 items on loan, 
CAMERON, KERKAM, AND SuTToN. (See under Bendix Aviation Corp.) 
Carrot, ScHoon or AVIATION, Latrobe, Pa.: An Ackerman landing wheel, 1918 
(176869). 
Curing, AL. (See under Northrop Aircraft, Inc.) 
CoNSOLIDATED VULTEE AIRCRAFT Corp., San Diego, Calif.: (Through Jobn B. 
Avery) 3 models, 1:48 size, of World War II Consolidated-Vultee designed 
aireraft: PBY-5 Catalina Flying Boat, PB2Y-3 Coronado Flying Boat, and 
B-24 Liberator Bomber (178899). 
CRUVER MANUFACTURING Co., Chicago, Ill.: (Through C. L. Cruver, Jr.) A set 
of 82 plastic scale model airplanes manufactured by the donor for the United 
States Navy and Army Air Corps during World War II (178941). 
Cusa, Republic or: (Through Guillermo Belt, Ambassador, Washington, D. C.) 
A diploma and medal in commemoration of the Pan American group flight 
of 1937, “pro Faro-Colon,” granted by the Cuban Government (178900). 
Darter, Henry M. (See under National Military Establishment, Department of 
the Navy.) 
De Havittanp ArircRAFT Co., Lrp., Hatfield, Herfordshire, England: (Through 
Martin Sharp) A 1:16-size model of the De Havilland Comet, winner of the 
MacRobertson London to Melbourne Race, 19384 (179057). 
Dr Youna, M. H., MemMorraL MUSEUM, San Francisco, Calif.: (Through Dr. Walter 
Heil) Nose fragment from the 1910 Antoinette airplane which was flown by 
Hubert Latham and made a number of West Coast flights (178955, loan). 
Dovuctas Arrcorart Co., INc., Santa Monica, Calif.: (Through G. B. Gelly) 2 scale 
model airplanes, 1:16 size, of Douglas types: the AD-1, carrier-based attack 
plane, and the D-558, Skystreak jet airplane which established the recent 
world’s speed record (179700). Five charts illustrating characteristics of the 
earth’s atmosphere and graphic presentations of transportation speeds 
(177266). 
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