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This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
c. 1943
United States of America
MODELS-Wind Tunnel
Gerard P. Herrick
Mahogany demostration model of a Herrick HV-2A airplane/helicopter. Circa 1943.
3-D (with rotor blade perpendicular to fuselage): 43.8 × 61 × 14.6cm (17 1/4 × 24 × 5 3/4 in.)
Wood, possible MahoganyFerrous AlloyAdhesiveCopper AlloyUnknown Wood Varnish
A19580119000
Gift of Scott H. Herrick and Susan Herrick Cornell
National Air and Space Museum
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