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Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC. The ...

Developed from the Huey transport helicopter, the Cobra was the first purpose-built helicopter gunship to enter military service. It was the mainstay of U.S. Army attack aviation from its combat debut ...

Continental Motors was the world’s largest manufacturer of automotive engines during the 1920’s. Its earliest venture in aircraft engines during the mid-1920s was the radial type, but Continental only ...

Pratt & Whitney won a 1970 U.S. Air Force competition to design the engine for the service's next generation fighter, the F-15 Eagle. The F100-PW-100 first flew in July 1972 and entered service with ...

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC.

Starting at Rutherford Field in Baltimore, Maryland, Dr. Milton Stombler learned to fly when he was in graduate school. Eventually, he earned his commercial license and instrument rating and became ...

The Grumman F6F Hellcat was originally conceived as an advanced version of the U.S. Navy's then current front-line fighter, the F4F Wildcat (see NASM collection). The Wildcat's intended replacement, ...

The Convair XFY-1 Pogo is one of many attempts made after World War II to devise a practical Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) combat aircraft. The British finally succeeded with the ...

Nicholas Markeloff was one of the engineers who directly contributed to the first successful manned landing on the moon in July 1969 (Apollo 11). Nick was a structural engineer at Grumman Aerospace ...

Visit us in Washington, DC and Chantilly, VA to explore hundreds of the world’s most significant objects in aviation and space history. Free timed-entry passes are required for the Museum in DC. The V ...

NASA issued this Omega Speedmaster chronograph to astronaut Neil Armstrong for use during the Apollo 11 mission of July 1969. Selected after a series of rigorous tests demonstrated its high level of ...