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Air and Space Museum

Browse a selection of aircraft from our collection.

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National Air and Space Museum 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

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

Langley Quarter-scale Aerodrome

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

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"

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

Fokker D.VII

Fokker T-2

Green painted biplane with a yellow painted wing.

Douglas World Cruiser Chicago

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

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

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

Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk

Side view of a green jet aircraft.

Bell XP-59A Airacomet

Astrodome, Rohm & Haas

Curtiss Model E Flying Boat (hull only)

Full view of a white and brown biplane with boxlike wings. There is a brown propeller near the front.

Wiseman-Cooke Aircraft

Aeronca C-2

Orange painted aerobatic biplane.

Grumman G-22 Gulfhawk II

Silver and red, four-seat, single-engine monoplane with a V-tail configuration and tricycle gear. Waikiki Beech, Capt. William "Bill" Odom, and a map are on the side.

Beechcraft 35 Bonanza

Biplane with multi-color, camouflaged wings, wood grain finish fuselage, and green and yellow details on tail and nose, seen from below

Albatros D.Va

Baldwin Red Devil

Wood and fabric Bleriot XI aircraft in museum

Bleriot XI

A high-wing monoplane with red and cream-colored paint hanging in the museum.

Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser

Fowler-Gage Biplane

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