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  • MHU-12 Munitions Handling Trailer

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The MHU-12 munitions handling trailer is used to transport munitions between the storage areas and the flightline. It has a 5,000 pound capacity and can accommodate a wide variety of munitions. The trailer on display was refurbished by the 1st Equipment

  • LoFLYTE Waverider Wind Tunnel Model

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This wind tunnel model is an example of the so-called "waverider" shape that the U.S. Air Force and NASA are developing to fly faster than conventional aircraft. A waverider is a craft that "surfs" on the shockwave created as it flies at hypersonic speeds --

  • Salmson Z-9

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The Salmson Z-9 engine, rated at 280 hp, was quite unique. Although it was a radial engine, it was cooled by water. The Z-9 was installed in the Salmson 2A.2 airplane, which arrived on the Front early in 1918. The U.S. Air Service purchased 705 Salmson 2A.2s

  • Thiokol YLR99 Rocket

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The YLR99 was the standard engine used in the X-15 series research aircraft. Developed and produced by the Reaction Motors Division of Thiokol Chemical Corp., the YLR99 delivered over 50,000 pounds of thrust, the equivalent of about 500,000 hp. Propellants for

  • Curtiss V-1570 Conqueror

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The Curtiss Aeroplane and Engine Co. began producing its famous Conqueror engine in 1926. Although similar in general principles of design to the earlier Curtiss D-12 engine, the Conqueror was larger and more powerful. Originally rated at 600 hp, the engine's

  • U.S. Model Bugatti

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The U.S. Model Bugatti is a 16-cylinder engine of approximately 410 hp, built in 1918 by the Duesenberg Motors Corp. of Elizabeth, N.J. The engine had been redesigned for American production by Mr. Charles Brady King, thus becoming known as the King-Bugatti

  • Wright T-3

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The Wright T-3 is a liquid-cooled V-12 engine derived from the Wright T-2. It represents the continuation of a line of development that originated with the Liberty V-12 of World War I. Developed primarily as a racing engine, it was adopted by the U.S. Navy for

  • Simulated Ramjet

    Note: This item is currently in storage.Following its modification for an extended performance program, the X-15A-2 was to have served in the late 1960s as a testbed for hypersonic ramjet engines. This is one of the simulated ramjet engine shells, designed to test the aerodynamics of the proposed

  • Rolls Royce Hawk

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The British Rolls Royce Hawk engine was used in the British-Built SS "Zero" (Submarine Scout, Zero) airship of which 76 were built. Two of these World War I airships -- SSZ23 and SSZ24 -- were used by American forces flying out of Howden, England, for

  • R.A.F. 1A

    Note: This item is currently in storage.The R.A.F. 1A engine was developed by the Royal Aircraft Factory (later the Royal Aircraft Establishment) in 1913-1914. It is an air-cooled V-8 engine that produces about 90 hp. Among the aircraft using the engine was the R.A.F. B.E.2E, 12 of which were