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ATTENTION: The Presidential and Research and Development Galleries will close until further notice beginning May 1, 2013, as part of budget reduction requirements due to sequestration.

Located adjacent to the Presidential Gallery, the Research & Development Gallery honors the pioneering spirit of air power visionaries who have sought through the decades to achieve greater possibilities. Gallery visitors can view unique and exotically designed aircraft, such as the only remaining aircraft of its kind, the imposing XB-70 Valkyrie, which could fly three times the speed of sound.
tabSequestration Impact 
The Presidential and Research and Development Galleries will close until further notice beginning May 1, 2013, as part of budget reduction requirements due to sequestration. Please watch the museum website for updates.
tabAircraft 
Radioplane OQ-14
Bell Helicopter Textron XV-3
Radioplane/Northrop MQM-57
Fisher P-75A
Piper PA48 Enforcer
Bensen X-25A "Gyrocopter"
Bell P-59B Airacomet
McDonnell XH-20 Little Henry
Lockheed D-21B
Lockheed YF-12A
Ryan BQM-34F "Firebee II"
Beechcraft MQM-107 Streaker
DarkStar
Lockheed NT-33A
Lockheed P-80R
Grumman X-29A
Chance-Vought/LTV XC-142A
Northrop Tacit Blue
Northrop X-4
North American XB-70 Valkyrie
Northrop-McDonnell Douglas YF-23A Black Widow II
Scaled Composites Long-EZ "Borealis"
NASA/Boeing X-36
Bell X-1B

Martin X-24B
North American X-15A-2
Convair XF-92A
AFTI F-16
Bell X-5
Teledyne Ryan AQM-81A
North American X-10
Martin X-24A
Douglas X-3 Stiletto
Ryan X-13 Vertijet
Boeing X-40A
Convair NC-131H Total In-Flight Simulator (TIFS)
North American F-107A
De Havilland DH 89 Dominie
Republic XF-84H
Teledyne-Ryan AQM-34L Firebee
Republic YRF-84F Ficon
Republic XF-91 Thunderceptor
Hawker Siddeley XV-6A Kestrel
Boeing YQM-94A Compass Cope B
tabEngines 
LeRhone C-9
Bentley B.R.2
Anzani 10
Salmson Z-9
Gnome B-9
General Electric J-31 Turbojet
Allison V-3420
Renault 12-F
U.S. Model Bugatti
Allison YT-56-A-3 Turboprop
Liberty L-4
Liberty L-6
Liberty L-8
Curtiss K-12
R.A.F. 1A
Benz BZ-4
Curtiss OX-5
Lorraine-Dietrich 8Be
Wright R-3350-57 Cyclone
Curtiss V-1570 Conqueror
Franklin O-805-2
Fiat A-12
General Electric YJ93-G-3 Turbojet
British ABC Wasp
Rolls Royce Hawk
BMW 132E
Raussenberger (Rausie) E-6
Packard 3A-2500
Curtiss R-600
Packard DR-980 Diesel
Wright T-3
Wright L-320 "Gipsy"
Rolls Royce Avon MK 203 Turbojet
Continental I-1430-9 Hyper
Williams International F-121 Fanjet
Allison T-40-A-10
General Electric J35-A-17D
Westinghouse J34 Turbojet
Simulated Ramjet
Thiokol YLR99 Rocket
Williams International F112-WR-100 Turbofan
General Electric J79
General Electric YF120
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