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This artifact is one of a number of old propellers chosen by the museum's earliest curator, Paul Garber, from a collection at the Langley Field installation of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in 1931.
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
Country of Origin
United States of America
Type
PROPULSION-Propellers & Impellers
Physical Description
Type: Two-Blade, Fixed-Pitch, Wood
Diameter: 396.2 cm (156 in.)
Chord: 34.9 cm (13.7 in.)
Engine Application: Unknown
Dimensions
Rotor/Propeller: 396.2 x 34.9 x 31.8 x 23.2 x 1.9 x 10.3cm (13 ft. x 13 3/4 in. x 12 1/2 in. x 9 1/8 in. x 3/4 in. x 4 1/16 in.)
3-D (Approximate): 397.5 x 34.3 x 22.9cm (13 ft. 1/2 in. x 13 1/2 in. x 9 in.) Materials
Wood
Varnish
Copper Alloy
Paint Inventory Number
A19320049000
Credit Line
Gift of National Advisory Committee of Aeronautics, Langley Field, Hampton, VA.
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
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