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This is an assembled flying rocket model built by Arde, Inc. in the former Yugoslovia. The model has a pasteboard body, balsa fins and nose, and a plastic parachute. A solid propellant rocket motor propels the model, and then at the end of the vertical flight it forces the release of the parachute. The model is then retrieved and can be used again.

G. Harry Stine, an American pioneer in the field of flying rocket models, donated this model to the Museum in 1973.

 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 Yugoslavia Type MODELS-Missiles & Rockets Manufacturer Arde, Inc.
 Dimensions Model: 10 1/2 × 2 1/4 × 2 1/4 in. (26.7 × 5.7 × 5.7cm)
 Materials Wood, Cardboard, Cotton, Varnish, Paint
 Inventory Number A19930779000 Credit Line Gift of G. Harry Stine Data Source National Air and Space Museum Restrictions & Rights Usage conditions apply
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