Yellow monoplane with conventional airframe and high-wing construction, nose fins, and twin vertical tail fins; rocket-powered with rocket motor intact and can be seen when rear cone or cowling is removed; this cowling dented. Interior can easily be viewed by open panels in mid-section of fusleage and reveals intricate, all-wood construction throughout the length of the missile, including spirally lathed wooden conical rear section. Interior, mid-section also contains some of the original electronics of missile, including a black box with a knob on it, and two smaller black boxes, each 11 inches long, 6.75 inches high, and 5 inches wide, possiblly a pair of batteries or battery holder boxes; interior also with wire bundles, with white plastic insulation. Nose, clear plexiglas, but broken. Created by Benjamin G. Sullivan Date Created 01/10/2013 Source Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Keywords Military; Missiles; Space Rights and Restrictions Not determined
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