Monoplane with mid-wings, rear horizontal and vertical stabilizers and pulsejet mounted to top at the rear. Pulsejet consisting of a long open tube tapered at front to accomodate larger diameter air intake with grill inside front. Painted canary yellow with dark blue, white, and red U.S. Army Air Corps or U.S. Air Force star and bars insignia, with number 213 on nose, in dark blue. Dark blue band around nose, just before the number 213, with white star pattern; canary yellow nose tip like the rest of the body. Contains both propellant and pressurant spheres, each one steel, plus aluminum piping and some electronics. Created by Dane A. Penland Date Created 09/12/2007 Source Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, National Air and Space Museum Original Photography, NASM Acc. 2012-0026 Keywords Military; Missiles; Space Rights and Restrictions Not determined
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