Nose Cone on Exhibit in the Aircraft Building

ID: 82-3365

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1961

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder 21

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Summary

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.

Subject

  • National Air and Space Museum
  • South Yard
  • United States Air Force

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Annual Report, 1961, pg. 124, 127; Accession N.M.A. 1159;

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 41, Folder 21

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1961

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Exhibitions
  • RVX 1-5
  • Rockets (Aeronautics)
  • Aircraft Building

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

82-3365

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print

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