Nose Cone on Exhibit in the Aircraft Building
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1961
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder 21
The nose cone of the RVX 1-5 on exhibit in the Aircraft Building of the National Air and Space Museum. It is the first recovered nose cone after a flight of intercontinental range. It was given to the museum in 1961 by United States Air Force. Three unidentified people are standing behind the nose cone.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Annual Report, 1961, pg. 124, 127; Accession N.M.A. 1159;
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder 21
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1961
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Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print