Vought SU-1 Corsair Flag Rank Command Airplane
Entrant in the 1938 Scale Model Airplane Contest sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution.
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
1938
United States of America
MODELS-Aircraft
Grace L. Beckwith
Balsa, tissue, acetate, and thread kit model of a U.S. Navy Vought O3U-2 (SU-1) carrier scout aircraft in blue fuselage and vertical tail, yellow upper wing and horizontal tail, and silver lower wing color scheme. 1/16th scale.
Model: 17.8 x 50.8 x 67.9cm (7 in. x 20 in. x 26 3/4 in.)
Airframe - balsa
Covering - tissue
Windscreens - clear acetate
Rigging - cotton thread
A19390003000
Model made and donated by Grace L. Beckwith
National Air and Space Museum
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