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 Summary

Aircraft silhouettes are one training tool used to familiarize both civilians and military personnel with various aircraft types so that they can recognize whether aircraft overhead are ally or enemy models. This collection consists of three 10 by 14 inch sheets of hand drawn and inked aircraft recognition silhouettes.

 Biographical / Historical

Aircraft silhouettes are one training tool used to familiarize both civilians and military personnel with various aircraft types so that they can recognize whether aircraft overhead are ally or enemy models.

 Identifier

NASM.XXXX.1052

Date

Circa early 1900s

Provenance

Donor unknown, material found in collection, NASM.XXXX.1052.

Extent

0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three 10 by 14 inch sheets of hand drawn and inked aircraft recognition silhouettes. Many of the silhouettes are for types of aircraft with examples of manufacturers listed beside them including Arrow type biplanes (AGO (Aerowerke Gustav Otto), Albatros, and Aviatik, a second silhouette for DFW, and a third for LFG Roland and earlier DFWs); tractor biplanes (Aviatik, a second silhouette for A.E.G. (Allgemeinen Electrizitäts Gesellschaft), and a third silhouette for LVG); Taube type monoplanes (Etrich, Albatros, DFW, LFG Roland, Kondor, Jeannin, Gotha, Rumpler, and Hansa, and a second silhouette for later Rumplers and Jatho); and Arrow Taube type (Harlan). There are additional silhouettes for manufacturer specific (although not model specific) monoplanes including R.E.P.; Blériot Aéronautique; Nieuport; Morane-Saulnier; and Deperdussin; and biplanes including Avro; Royal Aircraft Factory; Bristol; Sopwith; Grahame-White; Vickers; Short; Breguet; Caudron; and Farman (Brothers) (two separate silhouettes).

Arrangement note

Collection is in original order.

Rights

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Restrictions

No restrictions on access

Citation

Early Aircraft Recognition Silhouettes, NASM.XXXX.1052, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Aeronautics

Airplanes -- Recognition

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Silhouettes