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This object is on display in Boeing Aviation Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.

Boeing Aviation Hangar

Object Details

Date

1942

Country of Origin

United States of America

Type

AWARDS

Physical Description

Demonstration model of equipment designed to take foil sheets and cut them into radar reflecting dipoles of specific length and width

Dimensions

3-D: 15.6 × 17.8 × 11.4cm, 3.4kg (6 1/8 × 7 × 4 1/2 in., 7.5lb.)

Materials

Steel
Copper Alloy
Rubber
Paper
Adhesive
Ink
Graphite

Inventory Number

A20050467000

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Fred Whipple.

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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