The Aerospace museum at Dulles airport is an extension to the Smithsonian Institution Aerospace museum located on the Washington mall. It contains aircrafts…
Acrobatic aviation.
Langley aerodrome A, 1903. Built before the Wright brothers' plane, the Langley aircraft was technically unsound and was never able to fly.
Langley aerodrome A, 1903. Built before the Wright brothers' plane, the Langley aircraft was technically unsound and was never able to fly.
VanDersarl Blériot, built by brother teenagers Jules and Frank Vandersarl of Denver, CO based on the design of the Blériot plane that first flew…
VanDersarl Blériot, built by brother teenagers Jules and Frank Vandersarl of Denver, CO based on the design of the Blériot plane that first flew…
Benoist-Korn Type XII, 1912.
Farman sport, 1919 (France).
Junkers Ju 52/3m, 1932. Capacity: 17 passengers or 3 tons of freight. A total of 4835 Ju 52/3m were built.
Junkers Ju 52/3m, 1932. Capacity: 17 passengers or 3 tons of freight. A total of 4835 Ju 52/3m were built.
Boeing 307 Stratoliner, 1938. First aircraft with a pressurized fuselage; 33 passengers.
Boeing 307 Stratoliner, 1938. First aircraft with a pressurized fuselage; 33 passengers.
Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk, 1941.
World War II aviation.
World War II aviation.
German World War II aviation.
Vought F4U-1D Corsair, 1944. The inverted gull-wing design allowed ground clearance for the 4 meters 3-bladed Hamilton Standard Hydromatic propeller.
HWK 109-509 A-1 rocket motor, 1944, the power plant for the World War II German Me 163 B-1 Komet rocket fighter.
Loon missile, the American copy of Germany's V-1 rocket, 1944. Never used in combat.