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Air and Space Museum

Browse a selection of aircraft from our collection.

Museum / Unit

National Air and Space Museum 365 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Aircraft 362 Filter by term Exclude term
Rotorcraft 36 Filter by term Exclude term
Components (objects) 22 Filter by term Exclude term
Baloons (aircraft) 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Airships 1 Filter by term Exclude term
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1890s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
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United States of America 263 Filter by term Exclude term
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National Air and Space Museum Collection 365 Filter by term Exclude term
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA 160 Filter by term Exclude term
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC 46 Filter by term Exclude term
World War II Aviation 22 Filter by term Exclude term
Vertical Flight 19 Filter by term Exclude term
Aerobatic Flight 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Sport Aviation 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Pre-1920 Aviation 12 Filter by term Exclude term
World War II German Aviation 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Business Aviation 11 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Aeronautics 362 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

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CC0 157 Filter by term Exclude term
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Tandem-wing aircraft with two pusher propellers along a steam engine. Silk-covered wings show exposed wooden ribs on underside.

Langley Aerodrome Number 5

Langley Aerodrome Number 6

Metal framed motor on side of Langley Quarter-scale Aerodrome aircraft

Langley Quarter-scale Aerodrome

Hang glider with natural color fabric over exposed wooden framework. A white mannequin is set inside the frame ring highlighting the hand grip and backrest configuration.

Lilienthal Glider

Two-seat biplane with twin propellers and landing skids in place of wheels. Fabric covered wings, rudder, and elevators. A U.S. Air Corps symbol is painted on the rudder.

1909 Wright Military Flyer

Langley Aerodrome Number 5 (reproduction)

Langley Aerodrome A

Curtiss JN-4D Jenny

Gray box-shaped Voisin Type 8 biplane

Voisin Type 8

Caudron G.4

Tan De Havilland DH-4 biplane hanging in museum

Dayton-Wright DH-4

Green and brown Spad XIII "Smith IV" biplane in museum

Spad XIII "Smith IV"

Spad XVI

Biplane with multi-color, camouflaged wings, gray fuselage, and olive drab nose, shown on exhibit

Fokker D.VII

Fokker T-2

Berliner Helicopter, Model 1924

Felixstowe (NAF) F-5-L (hull only)

Martin Kitten K-III

Green painted biplane with a yellow painted wing.

Douglas World Cruiser Chicago

Curtiss NC-4

Black biplane with pontoon floats instead of wheels. Bottom of lower cream colored wing adorned with roundels.

Curtiss R3C-2

Boxy, pusher biplane fitted with a tricycle undercarriage. The landing gear and struts are painted orange. The wings are covered in a yellowish fabric.

Curtiss D-III Headless Pusher

Loening OA-1A San Francisco

Silver, single engine, high-wing monoplane, with "Spirit of St. Louis" and flags of multiple countries painted on cowling.

Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis", Charles A. Lindbergh

Fabric, Confederate Balloon

Franklin "Texaco Eaglet"

Full view of a large brown wooden circle that has a diamond shape with a line through it.

Balloon Valve, "City of New York" / "Great Western"

Cierva C.8W (C.8L Mk. IV)

Goodyear "Pilgrim" Gondola

Bottom of Wright EX Vin Fiz biplane with "Vin Fiz" in green lettering with grape detail

Wright EX Vin Fiz

Bowlus-du Pont 1-S-2100 Senior Albatross "Falcon"

Full view of a circular bronze structure with rivets attached. Extending from the front is a black handle with a silver tip.

Pump, Hand, "Wobble", Curtiss NC-3 Failed Transatlantic Flight

Lockheed Vega "Winnie Mae"

Top view of metal aircraft, Northrop Gamma "Polar Star"

Northrop Gamma "Polar Star"

"Explorer II" Gondola

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