Display Status
This object is on display in Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.
Object Details
Type
EQUIPMENT-Test
Owner
The Franklin Institute
Physical Description
Dark ferrous metal, slightly curved rectangular (but nearly square) shape with vertical rectangular projection about 1/4 inward from one corner. Curve more pronounced toward one side, similar to a wing leading edge. Projection consists of two thin metal pieces, .8cm tall and 1cm wide, soldered to the outwardly curved surface of the rectangle. Lender's catalog number written next to projection.
2 of 3, original 1901, 48.44.3-#16 Franklin Institute catalogue number
Dimensions
3-D (15g): 6.4 × 6 × 1cm (2 1/2 × 2 3/8 × 3/8 in.)
Materials
Steel
Inventory Number
I20031225003
Credit Line
On loan from The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, PA
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Restrictions & Rights
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