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This collection consists of 20.6 cubic feet of photographs (construction, static, and inflight), engineering and flight test reports, and engineering drawings for Stits aircraft.

Identifier

NASM.2019.0024

Creator

Stits, Ray

Date

1945s-1960s

Provenance

Donald R. and Loretta D. Stits, Gift, 2019, NASM.2019.0024

Extent

20.6 Cubic feet (4 boxes, 6 map case drawers, and 23 map folders)

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 20.6 cubic feet of photographs of various Stits aircraft; engineering reports, flight test data, and correpsondence related to the Type Certification of the SA-9A Sky-Coupe and the planned Certification of the SA-12-160 Air-Mate; and engineering drawings for the Stits SA-3A and SA-3B Playboy, SA-6B Flut-R-Bug, SA-7D Sky-Coupe, SA-9A Sky-Coupe, SA-10A Sky-Streak; SA-11A Playmate, SA-12-160 Air-Mate (planned), and SA-14A (planned).

Arrangement note

The material is organized into two series: Photographs and Documents, arranged by report number and date; and Engineering Drawings, arranged by size and drawing number.

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

Stits Aircraft Collection, NASM.2019.0024, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Aeronautics
Stits SA-3A Playboy
Stits SA-3B Playboy
Stits SA-6B Flut-R-Bug
Stits SA-7D Skycoupe
Stits SA-9A Skycoupe
Stits SA-10A Sky-Streak
Stits SA-11A Playmate
Stits SA-12-160 Air-Mate
Stits SA-14A

Type

Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Engineering drawings
Technical reports
Photographic prints