Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage Conditions May Apply Usage Conditions Apply There are restrictions for re-using this media. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page. IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and image viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. More - https://iiif.si.edu View Manifest View in Mirador Viewer Usage conditions may apply Usage conditions may apply

Fighting Squadron Three (VF-3B) "Striking Eagles"

USS Langley, circa 1932

Entrant in the 1936 Scale Model Airplane Contest sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution.

 Display Status

This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Date 1936 Country of Origin United States of America Type MODELS-Aircraft Model Maker LeRoy M. McCallum Jr.
 Physical Description Wood and metal model of a U.S. Navy Boeing F4B-4 carrier fighter aircraft in gray with blue fuselage band; with yellow top of upper wing with blue chevron; and green empennage. 1/16th scale. Circa 1935. Dimensions Model: 17 × 39.4 × 57.2cm (6 11/16 × 15 1/2 × 22 1/2 in.)
 Materials Airframe, engine, propeller, pilot - wood
Bracing wires, aerial - metal
 Inventory Number A19360048000 Credit Line Model made and donated by LeRoy M. McCallum. Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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