__NOTOC__ The List of aircraft in the Smithsonian Institution includes aircraft exhibited in the

Smithsonian Institution The Smithsonian Institution ( ), or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums and education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge". Founded ...

National Air and Space Museum The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, also called the Air and Space Museum, is a museum in Washington, D.C., in the United States. Established in 1946 as the National Air Museum, it opened its main building on the Nat ...

, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, and the Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility. The Smithsonian Institution's collection of aircraft and spacecraft is the largest on display in the world.Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Overview
''National Air and Space Museum website''. Accessed 2010-10-29.

Aircraft displayed at the National Air and Space Museum

Bell X-1 Experimental Plane at the Smithsonian Museum 2004

The original location for the display of the Smithsonian's collection of aerospace artifacts is the National Air and Space Museum, located on the

National Mall The National Mall is a Landscape architecture, landscaped park near the Downtown, Washington, D.C., downtown area of Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States. It contains and borders a number of museums of the Smithsonian Institut ...

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National Air and Space Museum National Mall Building
''National Air and Space Museum website''. Accessed 2010-10-29. Most of the more famous artifacts in the collection are displayed here, including the ''

Wright Flyer The ''Wright Flyer'' (also known as the ''Kitty Hawk'', ''Flyer'' I or the 1903 ''Flyer'') made the first sustained flight by a manned heavier-than-air powered and controlled aircraft—an airplane—on December 17, 1903. Invented and flown b ...

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Charles Lindbergh Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. On May 20–21, 1927, Lindbergh made the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris, a distance o ...

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Spirit of St. Louis The ''Spirit of St. Louis'' (formally the Ryan NYP, registration: N-X-211) is the custom-built, single-engine, single-seat, high-wing monoplane that was flown by Charles Lindbergh on May 20–21, 1927, on the first solo nonstop transatlant ...

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Apollo 11 Apollo 11 (July 16–24, 1969) was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module ''Eagle'' on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, an ...

Command Module ''Columbia''. * AAI RQ-7A Shadow *

Albatros D.V The Albatros D.V is a fighter aircraft built by the Albatros Flugzeugwerke and used by the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' (Imperial German Air Service) during World War I. The D.V was the final development of the Albatros D.I family and the last Albatro ...

a * Beechcraft C17L Staggerwing *

Bell X-1 The Bell X-1 (Bell Model 44) is a rocket engine–powered aircraft, designated originally as the XS-1, and was a joint National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics– U.S. Army Air Forces–U.S. Air Force supersonic research project built by Be ...

''Glamorous Glennis'' *

Bell XP-59A Airacomet The Bell P-59 Airacomet was a single-seat, twin jet-engine fighter aircraft that was designed and built by Bell Aircraft during World War II, the first produced in the United States. As the British were further along in jet engine developm ...

* Bleriot XI * Boeing 247D *

Boeing 747 The Boeing 747 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2022. After introducing the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet times its size, t ...

– Nose Only * Boeing F4B-4 * Boeing X-45A ''Elsie May'' * Curtiss Model D "Headless Pusher" – Replica *

Curtiss R3C-2 The Curtiss R3C is an American racing aircraft built in landplane and floatplane form. It was a single-seat biplane built by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. The R3C-1Also given the "paper" designation F3C as fighters in the US Navy desig ...

* Curtiss Robin J-1 ''Ole Miss'' * De Havilland DH-4 *

Douglas A-4C Skyhawk The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a single-seat subsonic carrier-capable light attack aircraft developed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps in the early 1950s. The delta-winged, single turbojet engined Skyhawk was designed an ...

Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket The Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket (or D-558-II) is a rocket and jet-powered research supersonic aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company for the United States Navy. On 20 November 1953, shortly before the (17 December) 50th anniversary of pow ...

Douglas DC-3 The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II. It was developed as a larger, improved 14-bed sleeper version ...

* Douglas DC-7 – Nose Only * Douglas SBD-6 Dauntless * Douglas World Cruiser DWC-2 ''Chicago'' * Ecker Flying Boat * Fairchild FC-2 *

Fokker D.VII The Fokker D.VII was a German World War I fighter aircraft designed by Reinhold Platz of the Fokker-Flugzeugwerke. Germany produced around 3,300 D.VII aircraft in the second half of 1918. In service with the ''Luftstreitkräfte'', the D.VII qu ...

Fokker T-2 The Fokker F.IV was an airliner designed in the Netherlands in the early 1920s, with only two ever made, both for the United States Army Air Service (designated T-2). Design and development The Fokker F.IV was constructed in typical Fokker styl ...

* Ford 5-AT Tri-Motor * Grumman FM-1 Wildcat *

Hughes H-1 Racer The Hughes H-1 Racer is a racing aircraft built by Hughes Aircraft in 1935. It set a world airspeed record and a transcontinental speed record across the United States. The H-1 Racer was the last aircraft built by a private individual to set the ...

Lilienthal Normalsegelapparat The Lilienthal ''Normalsegelapparat'' (German: "Normal soaring apparatus") is a Glider aircraft, glider designed by Otto Lilienthal in Germany in the late 19th century. It is considered to be the first aeroplane to be serially produced, exampl ...

Lockheed F-104A Starfighter The Lockheed F-104 Starfighter is an American single-engine, supersonic air superiority fighter which was extensively deployed as a fighter-bomber during the Cold War. Created as a day fighter by Lockheed as one of the "Century Series" of fig ...

Lockheed Martin RQ-3 DarkStar The RQ-3 DarkStar (known as Tier III- or "Tier three minus" during development) is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). Its first flight was on March 29, 1996. The Department of Defense terminated DarkStar in January 1999, after determining the UAV ...

* Lockheed Model 8 Sirius ''Tingmissartoq'' *

Lockheed U-2C The Lockheed U-2, nicknamed "''Dragon Lady''", is an American single-jet engine, high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) and previously flown by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). It provides day ...

Lockheed Vega 5B The Lockheed Vega is an American five- to seven-seat high-wing monoplane airliner built by the Lockheed Corporation starting in 1927. It became famous for its use by a number of record-breaking pilots who were attracted to the rugged and very l ...

* Lockheed Vega 5C ''Winnie Mae'' *

Lockheed XP-80 Shooting Star The Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star was the first jet fighter used operationally by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II. Designed and built by Lockheed in 1943 and delivered just 143 days from the start of design, prod ...

''Lulu Belle'' *

Macchi C.202 Folgore The Macchi C.202 ''Folgore'' (Italian "thunderbolt") was an Italian fighter aircraft developed and manufactured by Macchi Aeronautica. It was operated mainly by the ''Regia Aeronautica'' (''RA''; Royal (Italian) Air Force) in and around the Seco ...

* McDonnell FH-1 Phantom * Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6/R3 * Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a Swallow * Mitsubushi A6M5 Model 52 Zero *

North American P-51D Mustang Over twenty variants of the North American P-51 Mustang fighter were produced from 1940, when it first flew, to after World War II, some of which were employed also in the Korean War and in several other conflicts. Allison-engined Mustangs NA ...

North American X-15 The North American X-15 is a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft. It was operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set speed an ...

* Northrop 4A Alpha * Northrop Gamma ''Polar Star'' *

Northrop M2-F3 The Northrop M2-F3 was a heavyweight lifting body rebuilt from the Northrop M2-F2 after it crashed at the Dryden Flight Research Center in 1967. It was modified with an additional third vertical fin - centered between the tip fins - to improve c ...

Pfalz D.XII The Pfalz D.XII was a German fighter aircraft built by Pfalz Flugzeugwerke. Designed by Rudolph Gehringer as a successor to the Pfalz D.III, the D.XII entered service in significant numbers near the end of the First World War. It was the last P ...

Piper J-2 Cub The Taylor J-2 Cub (later also known as the Piper J-2 Cub) is an American two-seat light aircraft that was designed and built by the Taylor Aircraft Company. The company became the Piper Aircraft Company and the J-2 was first of a long line of ...

Pitcairn PA-5 Mailwing The Pitcairn Mailwing family was a series of American mail carrier and three-seat sport utility biplane aircraft produced from 1927 to 1931. Design and development The Pitcairn Mailwings were developed to carry air mail for the United States P ...

* Pitts S-1S Special *

Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8 The Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8 was a British single-seat fighter of the First World War designed at the Royal Aircraft Factory. It could not escape the drag penalty imposed by its tail structure and was no match for the Albatros fighters of ...

* Rutan Model 76 Voyager * Rutan/Scaled Composites Model 316 ''SpaceShipOne'' *

Ryan NYP The ''Spirit of St. Louis'' (formally the Ryan NYP, registration: N-X-211) is the custom-built, single-engine, single-seat, high-wing monoplane that was flown by Charles Lindbergh on May 20–21, 1927, on the first solo nonstop transatlanti ...

''Spirit of St. Louis'' * Sopwith 7F.1 Snipe * SPAD S.XIII ''Smith IV'' * Supermarine Spitfire HF. Mk. VIIc *

Voisin VIII The Voisin VIII was a French two-seat biplane pusher configuration, pusher which was built in two versions, one fitted with a 37mm Hotchkiss cannon (the LBP or Ca.2), and the other as a conventional bomber (the LAP or Bn.2).Davilla, p.559 Probl ...

Wittman Buster Chief Oshkosh Buster is a homebuilt racing plane designed to compete in the 1931 American Cirrus Races. Development Steve Wittman started air racing in 1926 in various aircraft. In March 1931, he designed his own purpose built aircraft in Os ...

''Chief Oshkosh'' * Wright EX ''Vin Fiz Flyer'' * 1903 ''Wright Flyer'' * 1909 Wright Military Flyer

Aircraft displayed at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

SR-71 Blackbird at the Udvar-Hazy Center

Opened in 2003, the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, located near Washington Dulles International Airport in

Fairfax County, Virginia Fairfax County, officially the County of Fairfax, is a county in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is part of Northern Virginia and borders both the city of Alexandria and Arlington County and forms part of the suburban ring of Washington, D.C. ...

,National Air and Space Museum Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
''National Air and Space Museum website''. Accessed 2010-10-29. features thousands of artifacts for which insufficient space could be found for display in the museum's National Mall building. The James S. McDonnell Space Hangar, opened in 2004, is incorporated into the Udvar-Hazy Center.National Air and Space Museum Press Kit, Artifacts on Display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center * Aeronca C-2 Collegian * Aichi M6A1 Seiran * American Aerolights Double Eagle * Arado Ar 234 B-2 Blitz * Arlington Sisu 1A *

Arrow Sport A2-60 The Arrow Sport was a two-seat sporting biplane aircraft built in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. Design and construction The plane was designed by Swen Swanson and it was of largely conventional configuration with tailskid undercarria ...

Autogiro Company of America AC-35 The Autogiro Company of America AC-35 was an early attempt to make a roadable aircraft in the United States during the 1930s. Although it was successfully tested, it did not enter production; a 1960s attempt to revive the aircraft in a non-roadabl ...

* Baldwin Red Devil * Beck-Mahoney Sorceress *

Bede BD-5B The Bede BD-5 Micro is a series of small, single-seat homebuilt aircraft created in the late 1960s by US aircraft designer Jim Bede and introduced to the market primarily in kit form by the now-defunct Bede Aircraft Corporation in the early 197 ...

Beechcraft 35 Bonanza The Beechcraft Bonanza is an American general aviation aircraft introduced in 1947 by Beech Aircraft Corporation of Wichita, Kansas. The six-seater, single-engined aircraft is still being produced by Beechcraft and has been in continuous prod ...

''Waikiki Beech'' * Beechcraft Model 18 "Twin Beech" *

Beechcraft King Air The Beechcraft King Air is a line of American utility aircraft produced by Beechcraft. The King Air line comprises a number of twin-turboprop models that have been divided into two families. The Model 90 and 100 series developed in the 1960s ...

* Bell 206L-1 LongRanger II '' Spirit of Texas'' *

Bell Model 30 The Bell 30 was the prototype for the first commercial helicopter, and the first helicopter built by the Bell Aircraft Company. Designed by Arthur M. Young, the type served as a demonstration testbed for the successful Bell 47. Development Youn ...

''Genevieve'' * Bell H-13J * Bell 47B * Bell AH-1F Cobra *

Bell UH-1H Iroquois The Bell UH-1 Iroquois (nicknamed "Huey") is a utility military helicopter designed and produced by the American aerospace company Bell Helicopter. It is the first member of the prolific Huey family, as well as the first turbine-powered helico ...

''Smokey III'' * Bell XV-15 TRRA * Bellanca CF * Benoist-Korn Type XII * Bensen B-6 Gyroglider * Bensen B-8M Gyrocopter ''Spirit of Kitty Hawk'' * Boeing 307 Stratoliner ''Clipper Flying Cloud'' * Boeing 367-80 *

Boeing B-29 Superfortress The Boeing B-29 Superfortress is an American four-engined propeller-driven heavy bomber, designed by Boeing and flown primarily by the United States during World War II and the Korean War. Named in allusion to its predecessor, the B-17 Fl ...

Enola Gay The ''Enola Gay'' () is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets. On 6 August 1945, piloted by Tibbets and Robert A. Lewis during the final stages of World War II, it be ...

'' * Boeing FB-5 Hawk * Boeing P-26A Peashooter * Boeing-Stearman Model 75 "Kaydet" * Bowlus 1-S-2100 Senior Albatross ''Falcon'' * Bowlus BA-100 Baby Albatross * Bücker Bü 133C Jungmeister *

CASA 352L The Junkers Ju 52/3m (nicknamed ''Tante Ju'' ("Aunt Ju") and ''Iron Annie'') is a transport aircraft that was designed and manufactured by German aviation company Junkers. Development of the Ju 52 commenced during 1930, headed by German aeron ...

Caudron G.4 The Caudron G.4 was a French biplane with twin engines, widely used during World War I as a bomber. It was designed by René and Gaston Caudron as an improvement over their single-engined Caudron G.3. The aircraft employed wing warping for ban ...

* Cessna O-1A Bird Dog * Cessna 152 *

Cessna 180 The Cessna 180 Skywagon is a four- or six-seat, fixed conventional gear general aviation airplane which was produced between 1953 and 1981. Though the design is no longer in production, many of these aircraft are still in use as personal aircr ...

Spirit of Columbus The ''Spirit of Columbus'' is a Cessna 180 Skywagon that was flown by Geraldine "Jerrie" Fredritz Mock from March 19 to April 17, 1964, on the first solo flight by a woman around the world. She nicknamed the plane "Charlie." The trip began Marc ...

'' * Chance-Vought RF-8G Crusader * Concorde * Cosmos Phase II * Curtiss 1A "Gulfhawk" * Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk * Curtiss JN-4D Jenny * Curtiss KD2C-2 Skeet * Curtiss Model E Flying Boat * Curtiss N-9H * Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk * Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver * DSI/NASA Oblique Wing RPV * Dassault Falcon 20 * De Havilland Canada DHC-1A Chipmunk * Delta Wing Mariah M-9 * Delta Wing Model 162 * Delta Wing Phoenix VI.B * Delta Wing Streak * Delta Wing Viper 175 * Dornier Do 335A-1 Pfeil * Double Eagle II Gondola * Douglas M-2 * Eipper-Formance Cumulus 10 * Fairchild FC-2W2 ''Stars and Stripes'' *

Farman Sport The Farman FF 65 Sport was a French built light biplane, with a single engine and tandem seats, intended for sport and touring. First flown in 1919, it achieved modest sales at home and abroad in the early 1920s. Two unusual modifications produ ...

* Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 A-1 * Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F-8/R1 * Fowler-Gage Tractor * Frankfort TG-1A *

Fulton Airphibian The Fulton FA-2 Airphibian was an American roadable aircraft manufactured in 1946. Development Designed by Robert Edison Fulton Jr., it was an aluminum-bodied car, built with independent suspension, aircraft-sized wheels, and a six-cylinder 165 ...

General Atomics MQ-1 Predator The General Atomics MQ-1 Predator (often referred to as the predator drone) is an American remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) built by General Atomics that was used primarily by the United States Air Force (USAF) and Central Intelligence Agency ( ...

* Globe XKD5G-1 * Globe Swift GC-1A *

Grob 102 Standard Astir III Grob may refer to: * Grob Aerospace, a German aircraft manufacturer * Grob fragmentation, an elimination reaction between an electrofuge and nucleofuge on an aliphatic chain * GrOb or Grazhdanskaya Oborona, a Russian punk band People with the surn ...

Grumman A-6E Intruder The Grumman A-6 Intruder is an American twinjet all-weather attack aircraft developed and manufactured by American aircraft company Grumman Aerospace and operated by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. It was designed in response to a 1957 ...

* Grumman C-164 Ag-Cat * Grumman F-14 Tomcat *

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat The Grumman F6F Hellcat is an American Carrier-based aircraft, carrier-based fighter aircraft of World War II. Designed to replace the earlier Grumman F4F Wildcat, F4F Wildcat and to counter the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it was the United St ...

* Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat ''Conquest I'' * Grumman G-21 Goose * Grumman G-22 Gulfhawk II * Grunau Baby II B-2 * Gyro 2000 Ikenga 530Z * Gyrodyne QH-50C DASH *

Halberstadt CL.IV The Halberstadt CL.IV was a German ground attack aircraft of World War I. Design and development Karl Thies, chief designer of the Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke, G.m.b.H., designed the CL.IV as a replacement for the CL.II. As the CL.II had proven ...

Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIC The Hawker Hurricane is a British single-seat fighter aircraft of the 1930s–40s which was designed and predominantly built by Hawker Aircraft Ltd. for service with the Royal Air Force (RAF). It was overshadowed in the public consciousness by ...

* Heinkel He 219 *

Hiller Flying Platform The Hiller VZ-1 Pawnee (U.S. Army designation; earlier Army designation: HO-1) was a unique direct-lift rotor aircraft, using contra-rotating ducted fans for lift inside a platform upon which the single pilot shifted body weight for directional c ...

Hiller XH-44 The Hiller XH-44 Hiller-Copter (''Experimental Hiller, 1944'') is an American experimental helicopter designed by Stanley Hiller. Design and development Stanley Hiller became interested in helicopters in the late 1930s, when he saw pictures of ...

* Hiller XHOE-1 Hornet * Hiller YROE * Horten Ho 229 * Horten H.IIIF * Horten H.IIIH * Horten VI V2 * Huff-Daland Duster * Kaman K-225 * Kawanishi N1K2-Ja Shiden Kai *

Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu The Kawasaki Ki-45 ''Toryu'' (屠龍, "Dragonslayer") was a two-seat, twin-engine heavy fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. The army gave it the designation "Type 2 Two-Seat Fighter"; the Allied reporting name was "Nick ...

* Kellett XO-60 * Kreider-Reisner C-4C Challenger * Kugisho MXY7 Ohka Model 22 * Kyushu J7W1 Shinden *

Laird-Turner Meteor LTR-14 The Laird-Turner RT-14 Meteor, also called the Turner TR-14, Ring Free Meteor, PESCO Special, Miss Champion, Turner Special and the Turner Meteor was the winning aircraft of the 1938 and 1939 Thompson Trophy races. Design and development The ai ...

* Langley Aerodrome A * Lear Jet 23 * Lippisch DM-1 * Lockheed 1049F-55-96 Constellation * Lockheed Martin X-35B Joint Strike Fighter * Lockheed P-38J Lightning * Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird *

Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star The Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star (or T-Bird) is an American subsonic jet trainer. It was produced by Lockheed and made its first flight in 1948. The T-33 was developed from the Lockheed P-80/F-80 starting as TP-80C/TF-80C in development, then d ...

* Loening OA-1A San Francisco * Loudenslager Laser 200 * MacCready Gossamer Albatross * Manta Pterodactyl Fledgling * Martin B-26 Marauder ''

Flak Bait ''Flak-Bait'' is a Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft that holds the record within the United States Army Air Forces for the number of bombing missions survived during World War II. Manufactured in Baltimore, Maryland as a B-26B-25-MA, by Martin, it w ...

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Martin PTV-N-2 Gorgon IV The PTV-N-2 Gorgon IV was a subsonic ramjet-powered missile developed by the Glenn L. Martin Company for the United States Navy. Originally intended as an air-to-surface weapon, it materialized as a propulsion test vehicle, and between 1947 and 19 ...

* McDonnell KDH-1 Katydid * McDonnell F-4S Phantom II * McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet * Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet * Mignet HM.14 Pou du Ciel ''La Cucaracha'' *

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (russian: Микоя́н и Гуре́вич МиГ-15; USAF/DoD designation: Type 14; NATO reporting name: Fagot) is a jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union. The MiG-15 was one of ...

bis * Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F-13 * Mitchell U-2 Superwing *

Monnett Moni __NOTOC__ The Monnett Moni is a sport aircraft developed in the United States in the early 1980s and marketed for homebuilding. Designed by John Monnett, who coined the term "air recreation vehicle" to describe it, it is a single-seat motorglid ...

* Monocoupe 110 Special ''Little Butch'' * Mooney M-18C Mite * Nagler-Rolz NR 54 V2 * Nakajima J1N1-S Gekko *

Nakajima Kikka The was Japan's first jet aircraft. It was developed late in World War II and the first prototype had only flown once before the end of the conflict. It was also called . Design and development After the Japanese military attaché in Germany w ...

* Naval Aircraft Factory N3N * Nelson BB-1 Dragonfly * Nieuport 28 C.1 * North American F-86A Sabre * North American F-100 Super Sabre *

North American P-51C Mustang Over twenty variants of the North American P-51 Mustang fighter were produced from 1940, when it first flew, to after World War II, some of which were employed also in the Korean War and in several other conflicts. Allison-engined Mustangs N ...

''Excalibur III'' * North American Rockwell Shrike Commander 500S ''Sweetie Face'' *

Northrop N-1M The Northrop N-1M (''Northrop Model 1 Mockup''), also known by the nickname "Jeep", is a retired American experimental aircraft used in the development of the flying wing concept by Northrop Aircraft during the 1940s. Design and development J ...

* Northrop P-61C Black Widow *

P-V Engineering Forum PV-2 The Piasecki PV-2 was a helicopter designed by Frank Piasecki. The PV-2 is best known for being one of the first successful helicopters flown in the United States. The PV-2 first flew on April 11, 1943.Pathfinder Plus * Piper J-3 Cub *

Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser The Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser is an American three-seat, high wing, single-engine conventional landing gear-equipped light aircraft that was produced by Piper Aircraft between 1946-48. The PA-12 was an upgraded and redesignated Piper J-5.Plane a ...

''City of Washington'' * Piper PA-18 Super Cub *

Piper PA-23 Apache The Piper PA-23, named Apache and later Aztec, is an American four- to six-seat twin-engined light aircraft aimed at the general-aviation market. The United States Navy and military forces in other countries also used it in small numbers. Origin ...

* Pitts Special S-1C ''Little Stinker'' *

Republic F-105D Thunderchief The Republic F-105 Thunderchief is an American supersonic fighter-bomber that served with the United States Air Force from 1958 to 1984. Capable of Mach 2, it conducted the majority of strike bombing missions during the early years of the Vi ...

* Republic P-47D Thunderbolt * Robinson R22 * Robinson R44 Astro * Rotorway Scorpion Too * Rutan Quickie * Rutan VariEze * Ryan PT-22A Recruit *

SPAD XVI SPAD may refer to: In aircraft manufacture * Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés, also Société Provisoire des Aéroplanes Deperdussin and Blériot-SPAD, French aircraft manufacturer (1912–1921) * SPAD VII, SPAD S.XII and SPAD S.XIII, ...

* Schweizer SGU 2-22EK * Sharp DR 90 Nemesis * Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard * Sikorsky HO5S-1 * Sikorsky JRS-1 * Sikorsky YH-19A *

Sikorsky X2 The Sikorsky X2 is an experimental high-speed compound helicopter with coaxial rotors, developed by Sikorsky Aircraft, that made its first flight in 2008 and was officially retired in 2011. Design and development Sikorsky developed the X2 heli ...

* Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' * Sportwings Valkyrie * Stanley Nomad *

Stinson L-5 Sentinel The Stinson L-5 Sentinel is a World War II-era liaison aircraft used by the United States Army Air Forces, U.S. Army Ground Forces, U.S. Marine Corps and the British Royal Air Force. It was produced by the Stinson Division of the Vultee Aircr ...

Stits SA-2A Sky Baby The Stits SA-2A Sky Baby was a homebuilt aircraft designed for the challenge of claiming the title of "The World's Smallest". Design and development The Sky Baby was designed by Ray Stits and built with Robert H. Starr as a follow-on to the Sti ...

* Story Little Gee Bee * Sukhoi Su-26M * Travel Air D4D * Ultraflight Sales Ltd. Lazair SS EC * Verville Sperry Messenger * Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer * Vought F4U-1D Corsair * Vought-Sikorsky OS2U-3 Kingfisher * Vought-Sikorsky XR-4C * Waterman Aerobile *

Weedhopper JC-24C The Weedhopper is an American high-wing, tractor configuration, tricycle gear, two-axis control ultralight aircraft originally developed by John Chotia during the height of the 1970s ultralight boom and introduced in 1977. When it was in prod ...

* Westland Lysander * 1908 Wright Military Flyer-reproduction

Aircraft at the Paul E. Garber Facility

Located in

Suitland, Maryland Suitland is an unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, approximately one mile (1.6 km) southeast of Washington, D.C. As of the 2020 census, its population was 25,839. Prio ...

, the Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility is a 32-building complex used for storage and restoration of aircraft and spacecraft in the National Air and Space Museum collection.Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration, and Storage Facility
''National Air and Space Museum website''. Accessed 2010-10-29. The Garber Facility's collection of aerospacecraft is in the process of being transferred to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. It is planned that in the future, all restoration work performed by the NASM on its exhibits will be conducted at the Udvar-Hazy Center.Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center - Looking Ahead
, ''National Air and Space Museum website''. Accessed 2010-10-29. * Abrams P-1 Explorer * Aichi B7A2 Ryusei *

Antonov An-2 The Antonov An-2 ("kukuruznik"—corn crop duster; USAF/DoD reporting name Type 22, NATO reporting name Colt) is a Soviet mass-produced single-engine biplane utility/agricultural aircraft designed and manufactured by the Antonov Design Bure ...

* Applebay Zuni II * Arado Ar 196 A-5 * Bachem Ba 349 B-1 Natter * Bell Model 65 ATV (Air Test Vehicle) * Bell P-39Q Airacobra * Bell P-63A Kingcobra *

Bellanca 14-13 The Bellanca 14-13 Cruisair Senior and its successors were a family of light aircraft that were manufactured in the United States by AviaBellanca Aircraft after World War II. They were a follow-up to the prewar Bellanca 14-7 and its derivat ...

* Blohm & Voss BV 155 V2 *

Boeing KC-97G Stratotanker The Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighter is a four-engined, piston-powered United States strategic tanker aircraft based on the Boeing C-97 Stratofreighter. It replaced the KB-29 and was succeeded by the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker. Design and developm ...

– cockpit and rear fuselage only * Bücker Bü 181 B-1 Bestmann *

Cessna O-2A The Cessna O-2 Skymaster (nicknamed "Oscar Deuce") is a military version of the Cessna 337 Super Skymaster, used for forward air control (FAC) and psychological operations (PSYOPS) by the US military between 1967 and 2010. Design and develo ...

* Cierva C.8W * Convair 240 * Convair XFY-1 Pogo * Convair XF2Y-1 Sea Dart * Culver TD2C-1 * Curtiss (NAF) TS-2/3 *

Curtiss-Wright X-100 The Curtiss-Wright X-19, company designation Model 200, was an American experimental tiltrotor aircraft of the early 1960s. It was noteworthy for being the last aircraft of any kind manufactured by Curtiss-Wright. Design and development In Marc ...

* Custer CCW-1 *

de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito is a British twin-engined, shoulder-winged, multirole combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. Unusual in that its frame was constructed mostly of wood, it was nicknamed the "Wooden Wonder", or " ...

* Douglas A-1H Skyraider * ERCO Ercoupe 415-C * Fairchild PT-19A Cornell *

Felixstowe F5L The twin-engine F5L was one of the Felixstowe F series of flying boats developed by John Cyril Porte at the Seaplane Experimental Station, Felixstowe, England, during the First World War for production in America. A civilian version of the airc ...

– hull only * Focke-Wulf Ta 152 H-0/R11 *

Goodyear Inflatoplane The Goodyear Inflatoplane was an inflatable experimental aircraft made by the Goodyear Aircraft Company, a subsidiary of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, well known for the Goodyear blimp. Although it seemed an improbable project, the finished a ...

* Grumman F9F-6 Cougar * Grumman Tarpon I * Heinkel He 162 A-2 Spatz *

Helio Courier The Helio Courier is a cantilever high-wing light STOL utility aircraft designed in 1949. Around 500 of these aircraft were manufactured in Pittsburg, Kansas, from 1954 until 1974 by the Helio Aircraft Company. The design featured four lead ...

* Herrick HV-2A Vertaplane * Helwan HA-200B Al-Kahira * Ilyushin Il-2 * Junkers Ju 388 L-1 * J.V. Martin K.III Kitten *

Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu The Kawanishi N1K ''Kyōfū'' (, "Strong Wind", Allied reporting name "Rex") is an Imperial Japanese Navy floatplane fighter. The Kawanishi N1K-J ''Shiden'' (, "Violet Lightning") was an Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service land-based version of ...

* Kugisho P1Y1 Ginga * Lockheed XC-35 Electra *

McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo The McDonnell F-101 Voodoo is a supersonic jet fighter which served the United States Air Force (USAF) and the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). Initially designed by McDonnell Aircraft Corporation as a long-range bomber escort (known as a '' ...

– nose only * McDonnell XHJD-1 Whirlaway * McDonnell XV-1 * McDonnell F-4A Phantom II ''Sageburner'' * Messerschmitt Me 410 A-3/U1 * Mitsubishi G4M3 Model 34 Betty – nose and fuselage section only *

Morane-Saulnier MS.500 The Fieseler Fi 156 ''Storch'' (, "stork") was a German liaison aircraft built by Fieseler before and during World War II. Production continued in other countries into the 1950s for the private market. It was notable for its excellent short fiel ...

* Nakajima B6N2 Tenzan * Nakajima C6N1-S Saiun *

Naval Aircraft Modification Unit KDN Gorgon The Naval Aircraft Modification Unit KDN Gorgon, originally designated TD2N, was an early jet-powered target drone developed by the Bureau of Aeronautics and constructed by the Naval Aircraft Modification Unit for use by the United States Navy. F ...

* Noorduyn YC-64 Norseman IV *

North American FJ-1 Fury The North American FJ-1 Fury was the first operational jet aircraft in United States Navy service, and was developed by North American Aviation as the NA-135.North American O-47A * North American SNJ-4 * Northrop T-38 Talon * Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet * P-V Engineering Forum XHRP-X *

Platt-LePage XR-1 The Platt-LePage XR-1, also known by the company designation PL-3,Francillon 1990, p.49. was an early American transverse rotors helicopter, built by the Platt-LePage Aircraft Company of Eddystone, Pennsylvania. The winner of a United States Ar ...

* Republic XP-84 Thunderjet – Forward fuselage only * Republic RC-3 Seabee * Saab J 29F Tunnan *

Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-2 The Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-2 is an Open Class glider built by Schempp-Hirth during the 1970s. The Nimbus-2 first flew in April 1971 and a total of over 240 examples of all subtypes have been built until the beginning of the 1980s. It replaced the ...

* Sikorsky XR-5 * Stearman-Hammond Y-1S * Stout Skycar * Vertol VZ-2A * Verville Sport Trainer AT *

Vultee BT-13A Valiant The Vultee BT-13 Valiant is an American World War II-era basic (a category between primary and advanced) trainer aircraft built by Vultee Aircraft for the United States Army Air Corps, and later US Army Air Forces. A subsequent variant of the B ...

* Waco 9 *

Waco UIC The Waco Standard Cabin series is a range of United States, American single-engine 4–5 seat fabric covered cabin biplanes produced by the Waco Aircraft Company beginning in 1931 with the QDC and continuing until 1942 when production ended for th ...

* Waterman Whatsit *

Windecker Eagle The Eagle AC-7 Eagle 1 (USAF designation YE-5) is an aircraft that was manufactured by Windecker Industries. It was the first composite airplane (foam and fiberglass construction) to receive FAA certification in December 1969 at a reported de ...

* Yakovlev Yak-18

Aircraft at the National Museum of African American History and Culture

The National Museum of African American History and Culture has on display a restored World War II-era PT-13 Stearman

biplane A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While ...

, used to train Tuskegee Airmen at

Moton Field Moton may refer to: People Given name * Moton Hopkins (born 1986), American professional gridiron football player Surname * LeVelle Moton (born 1974), American college basketball coach * Robert Russa Moton (1867–1940), African American educator a ...

Aircraft on loan

* Akerman Tailless * Berliner Helicopter No. 5 * Curtiss NC-4 * Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender *

Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina The Consolidated PBY Catalina is a flying boat and amphibious aircraft that was produced in the 1930s and 1940s. In Canadian service it was known as the Canso. It was one of the most widely used seaplanes of World War II. Catalinas served wit ...

* de Havilland DH.4 (replica) * Douglas VB-26B Invader * Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9 * Kugisho MXY7 K-2 Ohka * Martin PBM-5A Mariner * Mitsubishi A6M7 Model 63 Zero *

Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa The Nakajima Ki-43 ''Hayabusa'' (, "Peregrine falcon", "Army Type 1 Fighter" ) is a single-engine land-based tactical Fighter aircraft, fighter used by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Service in World War II. The Allied World War II Allied nam ...

* Nakajima Ki-115 Tsurugi *

Piper L-4 Grasshopper The Piper J-3 Cub is an American light aircraft that was built between 1938 and 1947 by Piper Aircraft. The aircraft has a simple, lightweight design which gives it good low-speed handling properties and short-field performance. The Cub is P ...

Ryan X-13 Vertijet The Ryan X-13 Vertijet (company designation Model 69) was an experimental vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) jet aircraft built by Ryan Aeronautical and flown in the United States in the 1950s. The main objective of the project was to demons ...

* Stinson SR-10F Reliant *

Vought V-173 The Vought V-173 "Flying Pancake" was an American experimental test aircraft built as part of the Vought XF5U program during World War II. Both the V-173 and the XF5U featured an unorthodox "all-wing" design consisting of flat, somewhat disk-sha ...

* Wiseman-Cooke

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Aircraft In The Smithsonian Institution Aerospace museums in Washington, D.C. * Smithsonian Institution