NASM Mechanics at Work on the NC-4

ID: 94-1532

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1969

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 1 Folder January 1969

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Summary

National Air and Space Museum mechanics rigging the left vertical stabilizer of the NC-4. The NC-4 flying boat, named "The Lame Duck," made the first transatlantic flight, May 8-31, 1919, with a six-man U.S. Navy crew aboard.

Subject

  • National Air and Space Museum
  • Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in TORCH, January 1969

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 1 Folder January 1969

Contact information

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

Date

1969

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Airplanes
  • Restoration
  • Transportation
  • Aeronautics
  • NC-4
  • Lame Duck, The (Boat)
  • Silver Hill Facility (Maryland)
  • Aircraft

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Interior

ID Number

94-1532

Physical description

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

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