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This object is on display in Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight

Object Details

Date

ca. 1934

Country of Origin

United States of America

Type

MODELS-Aircraft

Physical Description

Wood and metal display model of a U.S. Army Air Corps Curtiss P-6E Hawk single-engine, single-seat biplane fighter aircraft in olive drab fuselage, black and white nose and landing gear, yellow empennage and wings with three red bands running spanwise across top of top wing, and black band outlined in white around reaf of fuselage paint scheme. 1:16 scale. Circa 1934.

Dimensions

Model: 19 × 42.5 × 60.3cm (7 1/2 in. × 1 ft. 4 3/4 in. × 1 ft. 11 3/4 in.)

Materials

Airframe - wood
Propeller, bracing wires, pitot tube - metal

Inventory Number

A19340065000

Credit Line

Lent by Morris Arkin

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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