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 Identifier

NASM.1999.0025

Date

bulk 1934-1945

Provenance

Lee M. Gunther-Mohr, Gift, 1999

Extent

0.15 Cubic feet ((3 folders))

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of thirty-five photographs of helicopter and autogiros, many undergoing testing by the United States Navy. Craft featured include the Pitcairn PA-22 Cabin Autogiro, Hiller XHOE-1 (Hiller HJ-1) Hornet (serial number 46446) and Sikorsky (VS-316A, S-48) HNS-1 (39046 and 39050). Locations include the U.S. Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, MD; the C.G. Air Station, Brooklyn, NY; and on the sea as the Royal Navy conducts shipboard tests on the British freighter MV Daghenstan. Also included is a 33' by 17' drawing of a Pitcairn Autogiro ca. 1934-1935 and the short memoir, 'The Story of Flight 1917-1919 and Recollections of Its Members.'

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Citation

Helicopter and Autogiro Testing Collection, Accession number 1999-0025, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Aeronautics

World War, 1939-1945

Helicopters

Autogiros

Pitcairn PA-22 Cabin Autogiro

Sikorsky (VS-316A, S-48) Hoverfly Mk.1

Hiller XHOE-1 (Hiller HJ-1) Hornet

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials