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The Gallery of Flight Testing, which opened in 1976, was designed to exhibit aircraft design concepts and their significance in the story of flight. The exhibit illustrated problems of flight and how many of those problems have been solved.
Identifier
NASM.1994.0053
Date
bulk 1903-1974
Extent
0.49 Cubic feet (1 box)
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
Scope and Contents
This collection is a product of the material gathered for the Flight Testing Exhibit. It includes the following material: technical reports; copy negatives with corresponding photocopies of images used in the exhibit; unidentified miscellaneous negatives which were probably gathered for research but not used in the exhibit; and a script, with negatives and prints, for the Cruise Missile section of the exhibit.
Rights
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Restrictions
No restrictions on access.
Citation
Flight Testing Exhibit Collection, 1994-0053, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Topics
Aeronautics
Airplanes, Military -- Flight testing
Aeronautics designers
Astronautics
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Negatives
Photographic prints
Technical reports