In support of an official event 

The Museum will be closed Sunday, May 25
In addition, the Fourth Hangar will be closed Saturday, May 24

Access to the Presidential Gallery will be limited from May 15 to June 5
 

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  • J-58 Engine Starter Cart

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This engine starter cart was developed specifically for the SR-71 family of aircraft. It used two Buick V-8 racing car engines, linked together through a common gear box, to deliver power to the starter drive shaft of the aircraft engine. More than 600 hp from

  • B-24D Landing Gear Handle

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This item was recovered from the crash site of B-24D "Lady Be Good" by Col. (Ret.) Benjamin S. Lambeth Jr., then-vice commander (1959-1963) of the 7272nd Air Base Wing, Wheelus Air Base, Tripoli, Libya.Donated by Dr. Benjamin S. Lambeth Jr.Click here to return

  • Arado Data Plate

    Note: This item is currently in storage. The donor of this data plate was a B-24 tail gunner with the 739th Bomb Squadron. He acquired the data plate and other items from a Hungarian training field near Szekesfehervar, Hungary, near Lake Balaton during March and April 1945.Donated by Mr. William F.

  • Periscopic Sextant

    This item was designed to be used by navigators on C-123 aircraft.Click here to return to the Featured Accessions index.  Find Out More Related Fact Sheets

  • Experimental Navigational Chart Holder

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This case holds an experimental navigational chart holder Type ACIS/NCH-3, with four plotters in manila sleeves, and a handbook of instructions for the Type ACIS/NCH-3, dated April 1951, with a single page of errata. The item was manufactured by USAF

  • BC-608-A Contactor Unit Clock

    Note: This item is currently in storage.Installed in Allied aircraft as part of the Identification, Friend or Foe (IFF) program during World War II, this system would send a signal for 14 seconds of every minute over the pilot's radio to the ground station. The pilot could not speak while the unit

  • A-7 Octant

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This A-7 octant indicator was used by the donor while flying anti-submarine patrol as a navigator in B-17s and B-24s in the 6th Air Force.Donated by Lt. Col. (Ret.) David J. Snow.Click here to return to the Featured Accessions index. 

  • A-3A Autopilot Bank-Climb Gyro Indicator

    Note: This item is currently in storage.This was an automatic pilot from Argonaut IV used by Gen. Hap Arnold for his flight to the Potsdam Conference in 1945. Argonaut IV was a four-engine Douglas C-54 transport aircraft.Donated by the Lower Merion School District.Click here to return to the

  • Troop Carrier Groups

    Troop Carrier/Tactical Airlift - front I backIX Troop Carrier Command Pathfinders9th Troop Carrier Squadron13th Troop Carrier Squadron15th Troop Carrier Squadron20th Troop Carrier Squadron32nd Troop Carrier Squadron33rd Troop Carrier Squadron39th Troop Carrier Squadron40th Troop Carrier Squadron40th

  • Pilot, Cadet & OCS Classes

    Flying Cadet Class 40-AFlying Cadet Class 40-GFlying Cadet Class 40-HFlying Cadet Class 41-BFlying Cadet Class 41-CFlying Cadet Class 41-EFlying Cadet Class 41-FPilot Class 42-BPilot Class 42-IAviation Cadet Class 43-CAviation Cadet Pilot Class 43-DAviation Cadet Class 43-EAviation Cadet Advanced