Display Status:

This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.

Collection Item Summary:

"DH-4 Airplane, Sand Test, Wing Thrust reversed. PLATE 4 View taken during loading." View of a sand test being performed on a DH-4 at McCook Field, circa 1918-1919. Men stop to pose for the photograph.

Collection Item Long Description:

Topic

  • Airplanes, Military--Flight testing
  • Aeronautics, Military
  • Aeronautics
  • Aeronautics, Military--Research

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum Archives

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photographer

U.S. Army Air Service

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Date

Circa 1918-1919

Repository Loc.

National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560

Type

Photographs

Local number

NASM-WF-585