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National Air Race Museum
The National Air Race Museum (NARM) was a short-lived (1993-1994) aviation museum featuring the Golden Age of Racing and the Reno Air Races, located in Sparks, Nevada. Aircraft exhibited included an original, non-flying replica of Hughes H-1 Racer. Aircraft displayed * 1944 Messerschmitt Bf 109G; * 1910 Curtiss pusher; * 1913 Deperdussin replica; * 1925 Curtiss R3C-2 replica; * 1926 Macchi M.39 replica; * 1931 Supermarine S.6B replica; * 1936 Rider R-4 #70 Schoenfeldt "Firecracker", winner, 1938 Greve Race in Cleveland; * 1938 Rider R-6 "Eightball" flown in Oakland and Cleveland, 1938-1939; * 1936 Beechcraft 17R Staggerwing; * 1971 Hanson Special #35 "Sump'n Else"; * 1948 Miss Cosmic Wind #6 raced and owned by Bill Stead, Founder of Reno Air Races; * Formula-1 Racer Stinger #21 owned and flown by Astronaut Deke Slayton. Artifacts on display included a pair of leather gloves left behind by Charles Lindbergh in 1927 when he flew into Blanchard Field, Reno's Original Airport. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aviation Museum
An aviation museum, air museum, or air and space museum is a museum exhibiting the history and cultural artifacts, artifacts of aviation. In addition to actual, replica or accurate reproduction aircraft, exhibits can include photographs, maps, Physical model, models, dioramas, clothing and equipment used by aviators. Aviation museums vary in size from housing just one or two aircraft to hundreds. They may be owned by national, regional or local governments or be privately owned. Some museums address the history and artifacts of space exploration as well, illustrating the close association between aeronautics and astronautics. Many aviation museums concentrate on military or civil aviation, or on aviation history of a particular era, such as Aviation in the pioneer era, pioneer aviation or Aviation between the World Wars, the succeeding "golden age" between the World Wars, aircraft of World War II or a specific type of aviation, such as gliding. Aviation museums may display thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formula-1 Racer Stinger
Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, which became the FIA Formula One World Championship in 1981, has been one of the premier forms of racing around the world since its inaugural season in 1950. The word ''formula'' in the name refers to the set of rules to which all participants' cars must conform. A Formula One season consists of a series of races, known as ''Grands Prix'', which take place worldwide on both purpose-built circuits and closed public roads. A points system is used at Grands Prix to determine two annual World Championships: one for drivers, the other for constructors. Each driver must hold a valid Super Licence, the highest class of racing licence issued by the FIA. The races must run on tracks graded "1" (formerly "A"), the highest grade-rating issued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
