List of Aircraft in the Smithsonian Institution: History
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The List of aircraft in the Smithsonian Institution includes aircraft exhibited in the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, 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.

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  • restoration

1. Aircraft Displayed at the National Air and Space Museum

 
Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis. https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?curid=1549377
 
Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis. https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?curid=1751533
 
Douglas DC-3. https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?curid=1750227

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 in Washington, D.C.[2] Most of the more famous artifacts in the collection are displayed here, including the Wright Flyer, Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, and the Apollo 11 Command Module Columbia.[2]

  • AAI RQ-7A Shadow[3]
  • Albatros D.Va[4]
  • Beechcraft C17L Staggerwing[5]
  • Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis[6]
  • Bell XP-59A Airacomet[7]
  • Bleriot XI[8]
  • Boeing 247D[9]
  • Boeing 747 – Nose Only[10]
  • Boeing F4B-4[11]
  • Boeing X-45A Elsie May[12]
  • Curtiss D-III Headless Pusher – Replica[13]
  • Curtiss R3C-2[14]
  • Curtiss Robin J-1 Ole Miss[15]
  • De Havilland DH-4[16]
  • Douglas A-4C Skyhawk[17]
  • Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket[18]
  • Douglas DC-3[19]
  • Douglas DC-7 – Nose Only[20]
  • Douglas SBD-6 Dauntless[21]
  • Douglas World Cruiser DWC-2 - Chicago [22]
  • Ecker Flying Boat[23]
  • Fairchild FC-2[24]
  • Fokker D.VII[25]
  • Fokker T-2[26]
  • Ford 5-AT Tri-Motor[27]
  • Grumman FM-1 Wildcat[28][29][30]
  • Hughes H-1 Racer[31]
  • Lilienthal Normalsegelapparat[32]
  • Lockheed F-104A Starfighter[33]
  • Lockheed Martin RQ-3 DarkStar[34]
  • Lockheed Model 8 Sirius[35]
  • Lockheed U-2C[36]
  • Lockheed Vega 5B[37]
  • Lockheed Vega 5C Winnie Mae[38]
  • Lockheed XP-80 Shooting Star Lulu Belle[39]
  • Macchi C.202 Folgore[40]
  • McDonnell FH-1 Phantom[41]
  • Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6/R3[42]
  • Messerschmitt Me 262 A-1a[43]
  • Mitsubushi A6M5 Model 52 Zero[44]
  • North American P-51D Mustang[45]
  • North American X-15[46]
  • Northrop 4A Alpha[47]
  • Northrop Gamma Polar Star[48]
  • Northrop M2-F3[49]
  • Pfalz D.XII[50]
  • Piper J-2 Cub[51]
  • Pitcairn Mailwing[52]
  • Pitts S-1S Special[53]
  • Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8[54]
  • Rutan Voyager[55]
  • Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis[56]
  • Sopwith Snipe[57]
  • SpaceShipOne[58]
  • SPAD S.XIII Smith IV[59]
  • Supermarine Spitfire HF. Mk. VIIc[60]
  • Voisin VIII[61]
  • Wittman Buster[62]
  • Wright EX Vin Fiz Flyer[63]
  • 1903 Wright Flyer[64]
  • 1909 Wright Military Flyer[65]

2. Aircraft Displayed at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

 
Boeing 367-80. https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?curid=1892879
 
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F-13. https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?curid=1543636
 
Dornier Do 335 Pfeil. https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?curid=1654910
 
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay. https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?curid=1835984
 
Concorde. https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?curid=1979702
 
Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?curid=1697611
 
Lockheed Vega Winnie May. https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?curid=1512725

Opened in 2003, the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, located near Washington Dulles International Airport in Fairfax County, Virginia,[66] features thousands of artifacts for which insufficient space could be found for display in the museum's National Mall building.[66] The James S. McDonnell Space Hangar, opened in 2004, is incorporated into the Udvar-Hazy Center.[66][67]

  • Aeronca C-2 Collegian[68]
  • Aichi M6A1 Seiran[69]
  • American Aerolights Double Eagle[70]
  • Arado Ar 234 B-2 Blitz[71]
  • Arlington Sisu 1A[72]
  • Arrow Sport A2-60[73]
  • Autogiro Company of America AC-35[74]
  • Baldwin Red Devil[75]
  • Beck-Mahoney Sorceress[76]
  • Bede BD-5B[77]
  • Beechcraft 35 Bonanza Waikiki Beech[78]
  • Beechcraft D18S[79]
  • Beechcraft King Air[80]
  • Bell 206L-1 LongRanger II Spirit of Texas[81]
  • Bell Model 30[82]
  • Bell H-13J[83]
  • Bell 47B[84]
  • Bell AH-1F[85]
  • Bell UH-1H Iroquois Smokey III[86]
  • Bell XV-15 TRRA[87]
  • Bellanca CF[88]
  • Benoist-Korn Type XII[89]
  • Bensen B-6 Gyroglider[90]
  • Bensen B-8M Gyrocopter Spirit of Kitty Hawk[91]
  • Boeing 307 Stratoliner Clipper Flying Cloud[92]
  • Boeing 367-80[93][94]
  • Boeing B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay[95][96]
  • Boeing FB-5 Hawk[97]
  • Boeing P-26A Peashooter[98]
  • Boeing-Stearman N2S-5 Kaydet[99]
  • Bowlus 1-S-2100 Senior Albatross Falcon[100]
  • Bowlus BA-100 Baby Albatross[101]
  • Bücker Bü 133C Jungmeister[102]
  • CASA 352L[103]
  • Caudron G.4[104]
  • Cessna O-1A Bird Dog[105]
  • Cessna 152[106]
  • Cessna 180 Spirit of Columbus[107]
  • Chance-Vought RF-8G Crusader[108]
  • Concorde[109]
  • Cosmos Phase II[110]
  • Curtiss 1A "Gulfhawk"[111]
  • Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk[112]
  • Curtiss JN-4D Jenny[113]
  • Curtiss KD2C-2 Skeet[114]
  • Curtiss Model E Flying Boat[115]
  • Curtiss N-9H[116]
  • Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk[117][118]
  • Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver[119]
  • DSI/NASA Oblique Wing RPV
  • Dassault Falcon 20[120]
  • De Havilland Canada DHC-1A Chipmunk[121]
  • Delta Wing Mariah M-9[122]
  • Delta Wing Model 162[123]
  • Delta Wing Phoenix VI.B[124]
  • Delta Wing Streak[125]
  • Delta Wing Viper 175[126]
  • Dornier Do 335A-1 Pfeil[127]
  • Double Eagle II Gondola[128]
  • Douglas M-2[129]
  • Eipper-Formance Cumulus 10[130]
  • Fairchild FC-2W2 Stars and Stripes[131]
  • Farman Sport[132]
  • Focke-Achgelis Fa 330 A-1[133]
  • Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F-8/R1[134]
  • Fowler-Gage Tractor[135]
  • Frankfort TG-1A[136]
  • Fulton Airphibian[137]
  • General Atomics MQ-1 Predator[138]
  • Globe XKD5G-1[139]
  • Globe Swift GC-1A[140]
  • Grob 102 Standard Astir III[141]
  • Grumman A-6E Intruder[142]
  • Grumman C-164 Ag-Cat[143]
  • Grumman F-14 Tomcat[144]
  • Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat[145]
  • Grumman F8F-2 Bearcat Conquest I[146]
  • Grumman G-21 Goose[147]
  • Grumman G-22 Gulfhawk II[148]
  • Grunau Baby II B-2[149]
  • Gyro 2000 Ikenga 530Z[150]
  • Gyrodyne QH-50C DASH[151]
  • Halberstadt CL.IV[152]
  • Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIC[153]
  • Heinkel He 219[154]
  • Hiller Flying Platform[155]
  • Hiller XH-44[156]
  • Hiller XHOE-1 Hornet[157]
  • Hiller YROE[158]
  • Horten Ho 229[159][160]
  • Horten H.IIIF[161]
  • Horten H.IIIH[162]
  • Horten VI V2[163]
  • Huff-Daland Duster[164]
  • Kaman K-225[165]
  • Kawanishi N1K2-Ja Shiden Kai[166]
  • Kawasaki Ki-45 Toryu[167]
  • Kellett XO-60[168]
  • Kreider-Reisner C-4C Challenger[169]
  • Kugisho MXY7 Ohka Model 22[170]
  • Kyushu J7W1 Shinden[171]
  • Laird-Turner Meteor LTR-14[172]
  • Langley Aerodrome A[173]
  • Lear Jet 23[174]
  • Lippisch DM-1[175]
  • Lockheed 1049F-55-96 Constellation[176]
  • Lockheed Martin X-35B Joint Strike Fighter[177]
  • Lockheed P-38J Lightning[178]
  • Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird[179]
  • Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star[180]
  • Loening OA-1A San Francisco[181]
  • Loudenslager Laser 200[182]
  • MacCready Gossamer Albatross[183]
  • Manta Pterodactyl Fledgling[184]
  • Martin B-26 Marauder Flak Bait[185][186]
  • Martin PTV-N-2 Gorgon IV[187]
  • McDonnell KDH-1 Katydid[188]
  • McDonnell F-4S Phantom II[189]
  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18C Hornet[190]
  • Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet[191]
  • Mignet HM.14 Pou du Ciel La Cucaracha[192]
  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15bis[193]
  • Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21F-13[194]
  • Mitchell U-2 Superwing[195]
  • Monnett Moni[196]
  • Monocoupe 110 Special Little Butch[197]
  • Mooney M-18C Mite[198]
  • Nagler-Rolz NR 54 V2[199]
  • Nakajima J1N1-S Gekko[200]
  • Nakajima Kikka[201]
  • Naval Aircraft Factory N3N[202]
  • Nelson BB-1 Dragonfly[203]
  • Nieuport 28 C.1[204]
  • North American F-86A Sabre[205]
  • North American F-100 Super Sabre[206]
  • North American P-51C Mustang Excalibur III[207]
  • North American Rockwell Shrike Commander 500S Sweetie Face[208]
  • Northrop N-1M[209]
  • Northrop P-61C Black Widow[210]
  • P-V Engineering Forum PV-2[211]
  • Pathfinder Plus[212]
  • Piper J-3 Cub[213]
  • Piper PA-12 Super Cruiser City of Washington[214]
  • Piper PA-18 Super Cub[215]
  • Piper PA-23 Apache[216]
  • Pitts Special S-1C Little Stinker[217]
  • Republic F-105D Thunderchief[218]
  • Republic P-47D Thunderbolt[219]
  • Robinson R22[220]
  • Robinson R44 Astro[221]
  • Rotorway Scorpion Too[222]
  • Rutan Quickie[223]
  • Rutan VariEze[224]
  • Ryan PT-22A Recruit[225]
  • SPAD XVI[226]
  • Schweizer SGU 2-22EK[227]
  • Sharp DR 90 Nemesis[228]
  • Sikorsky HH-52A Seaguard[229]
  • Sikorsky HO5S-1[230]
  • Sikorsky JRS-1[231][232]
  • Sikorsky YH-19A[233]
  • Sikorsky X2[234]
  • Space Shuttle Discovery[235]
  • Sportwings Valkyrie[236]
  • Stanley Nomad[237]
  • Stinson L-5 Sentinel[238]
  • Stits SA-2A Sky Baby[239][240]
  • Story Little Gee Bee[241]
  • Sukhoi Su-26M[242]
  • Travel Air D4D[243]
  • Ultraflight Sales Ltd. Lazair SS EC[244]
  • Verville Sperry Messenger[245]
  • Virgin Atlantic Global Flyer[246]
  • Vought F4U-1D Corsair[247]
  • Vought-Sikorsky OS2U-3 Kingfisher[248]
  • Vought-Sikorsky XR-4C[249]
  • Waterman Aerobile[250]
  • Weedhopper JC-24C[251]
  • Westland Lysander[252]
  • 1908 Wright Military Flyer-reproduction[253]

3. Aircraft at the Paul E. Garber Facility

 
Bachem Ba 349. https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?curid=1750099

Located in Suitland, Maryland, 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.[254] The Garber Facility's collection of aerospacecraft is in the process of being transferred to the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.[254] 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.[255]

  • Abrams P-1 Explorer[256]
  • Aichi B7A2 Ryusei[257]
  • Antonov An-2[258]
  • Applebay Zuni II[259]
  • Arado Ar 196 A-5[260]
  • Bachem Ba 349 B-1 Natter[261]
  • Bell Model 65 ATV (Air Test Vehicle)[262]
  • Bell P-39Q Airacobra[263]
  • Bell P-63A Kingcobra[264]
  • Bellanca 14-13[265]
  • Blohm & Voss BV 155 V2[266]
  • Boeing KC-97G Stratotanker – cockpit and rear fuselage only[267]
  • Bücker Bü 181 B-1 Bestmann[268]
  • Cessna O-2A[269]
  • Cierva C.8W[270]
  • Convair 240[271][272]
  • Convair XFY-1 Pogo[273]
  • Convair XF2Y-1 Sea Dart[274]
  • Culver TD2C-1[275]
  • Curtiss (NAF) TS-2/3[276]
  • Curtiss-Wright X-100[277]
  • Custer CCW-1[278]
  • de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito[279]
  • Douglas A-1H Skyraider[280]
  • ERCO Ercoupe 415-C[281]
  • Fairchild PT-19A Cornell[282]
  • Felixstowe F5L – hull only[283]
  • Focke-Wulf Ta 152 H-0/R11[284]
  • Goodyear Inflatoplane[285]
  • Grumman F9F-6 Cougar[286]
  • Grumman Tarpon I[287]
  • Heinkel He 162 A-2 Spatz[288]
  • Helio Courier[289]
  • Herrick HV-2A Vertaplane[290]
  • Helwan HA-200B Al-Kahira[291]
  • Ilyushin Il-2[292]
  • Junkers Ju 388 L-1[293]
  • J.V. Martin K.III Kitten[294]
  • Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu[295]
  • Kugisho P1Y1 Ginga[296]
  • Lockheed XC-35 Electra[297]
  • McDonnell RF-101C Voodoo – nose only[298]
  • McDonnell XHJD-1 Whirlaway[299]
  • McDonnell XV-1[300]
  • McDonnell F-4A Phantom II Sageburner[301]
  • Messerschmitt Me 410 A-3/U1[302]
  • Mitsubishi G4M3 Model 34 Betty – nose and fuselage section only[303]
  • Morane-Saulnier MS.500[304]
  • Nakajima B6N2 Tenzan[305]
  • Nakajima C6N1-S Saiun[306]
  • Naval Aircraft Modification Unit KDN Gorgon[307]
  • Noorduyn YC-64 Norseman IV[308]
  • North American FJ-1 Fury[309]
  • North American O-47A[310]
  • North American SNJ-4[311]
  • Northrop T-38 Talon[312]
  • Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet[313]
  • P-V Engineering Forum XHRP-X[314]
  • Platt-LePage XR-1[315]
  • Republic XP-84 Thunderjet – Forward fuselage only[316]
  • Republic RC-3 Seabee[317]
  • Saab J 29F Tunnan[318]
  • Schempp-Hirth Nimbus-2[319]
  • Sikorsky XR-5[320]
  • Stearman-Hammond Y-1S[321]
  • Stout Skycar[322]
  • Vertol VZ-2A[323]
  • Verville Sport Trainer AT[324]
  • Vultee BT-13A Valiant[325]
  • Waco 9[326]
  • Waco UIC[327]
  • Waterman Whatsit[328]
  • Windecker Eagle[329]
  • Yakovlev Yak-18[330]

4. 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, used to train Tuskegee Airmen at Moton Field.[331][332]

5. Aircraft on Loan

The content is sourced from: https://handwiki.org/wiki/Engineering:List_of_aircraft_in_the_Smithsonian_Institution

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