15 May 1947: First flight, at Muroc AFB. 4/48: TOS USAF. Used in extensive engine testing program with one engine being changed to a J47. When the clear plastic nose began to crack from variations in temperature at high and low altitudes, mechanics fashioned a durable replacement made from plywood, which is still on the plane. The plane flew in the test program until late 1953. 1954: Paul Garber Restoration Facility, National Air Museum, Silver Hill, MD. 2010: Transported to the National Museum of the USAF where it remains stored at the restoration facility.

14 June 1945: TOS USAAF and delivered to the 393rd Bomb Squadron/509th Composite Group. 24 & 26 July: Dropped "pumpkin" bombs on industrial targets at Kobe and Nagoya, Japan. 6 Aug: Dropped "Little Boy" atom bomb on Hiroshima. July 1946: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, for storage for the National Air Museum. Dec 1953: Flown to Andrews AFB, MD for storage. July 1961: Trucked dismantled to Paul Garber Facility, Silver Hill, Suitland, MD. By 2003 the plane was completely restored and displayed at the new Udvar-Hazy Center in Reston, VA.

14 June 1945: TOS USAAF and delivered to the 393rd Bomb Squadron/509th Composite Group. 24 & 26 July: Dropped "pumpkin" bombs on industrial targets at Kobe and Nagoya, Japan. 6 Aug: Dropped "Little Boy" atom bomb on Hiroshima. July 1946: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, for storage for the National Air Museum. Dec 1953: Flown to Andrews AFB, MD for storage. July 1961: Trucked dismantled to Paul Garber Facility, Silver Hill, Suitland, MD. By 2003 the plane was completely restored and displayed at the new Udvar-Hazy Center in Reston, VA.

14 June 1945: TOS USAAF and delivered to the 393rd Bomb Squadron/509th Composite Group. 24 & 26 July: Dropped "pumpkin" bombs on industrial targets at Kobe and Nagoya, Japan. 6 Aug: Dropped "Little Boy" atom bomb on Hiroshima. July 1946: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ, for storage for the National Air Museum. Dec 1953: Flown to Andrews AFB, MD for storage. July 1961: Trucked dismantled to Paul Garber Facility, Silver Hill, Suitland, MD. By 2003 the plane was completely restored and displayed at the new Udvar-Hazy Center in Reston, VA.

1931-built roadable twin-boom pusher engined aircraft with single fin. Two-seat tandem cabin. Corrugated metal skin. This was the first of four slightly varying examples of the Skycar built up to 1940 and is the last survivor.

An original SPAD S-XIII ordered by the USA towards the end of WWI.

1960-built two-seat training glider

1917-built Standard J-1 preserved wearing its original US Army Air Service markings.

Built as PQ-14A target drone for USAAF with serial 45-58816. Transferred to US Navy and designated Culver TD2C-1 with BuAer No. 120035. The type could be flown manned or un-manned, as each mission required.

Twin-seat amphibian fitted with secondary landing wheel in lower fuselage and powered by pusher engine between its wings. Built by Herman Ecker of Syracuse NY in 1912 and flown by him until its retirement in 1915.

1932-built Waco UIC executive cabin biplane.

Holder of the World Endurance Record of 653 hours non-stop refuelled flight set between June 4 and July 1 1935 by the Key Brothers circling above their home airport of Meridian, Mississippi. Flown to Washington by the brothers in 1955 and presented to the NASM for display.

Small two-seat utility helicopter built in 1951. The type was supplied to the US Navy and Army in small numbers for trials. This example is now exhibited in the Udvar Hazy center.

The CCW-1 was the single-seat development precursor of the larger CCW-5 Channel Wing aircraft. It first flew in November 1942 and is fitted with a T-tail. It is stored in the NASM Silver Hill MD facility.

Exhibited at the Silver Hill restoration centre of the NASM in 1982, this powered sailplane with pusher engine and three tail fins is now on display at the Udvar Hazy Center.

1925-built three-seat barnstorming biplane at the NASM Silver Hill restoration and storage facility

This early Phantom (original designation F4H-1F) set a low-altitude speed record, still unbeaten, on 28.8.61, when Lts Huntington Hardisty (pilot) and Earl De Esch (RIO) flew her at 903 mph over a 3 km low-altitude course at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The maximum altitude reached was only 125 ft, fully living up to the project name - Sageburner. 145307 is seen here at the NASM's storage facility with B-29 'Enola Gay'