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The Ta-154 was a wooden, fast twin-engined German night fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank and produced by Focke-Wulf during late WWII. It was plagued with numerous production problems, including engine suitability and supply issues as well as lamination failures. Rechlin-Lärz was the site for fly-off testing against the He 219A and the new Junkers Ju 388. The Ta-154 performance eventually proved disappointing and it was cancelled to allow all resources to be concentrated on the Me-262. This partial replica is on display at this very interesting museum.

powered 3:5 scale trials version of the Swiss N20 Aiguillon jet fighter.

The Flying Flea (Pou du Ciel literally "Louse of the Sky" in French) was a family of light homebuilt aircraft first flown in 1933. This one is a kind of replica without c/n and reg. It was given to Aeroscopia museum by Rodolphe Grunberg's family.

This Tracker never served as an airtanker, and was never officially registered. It is an S2F-1, ex BuA136745, which was delivered to the Japanese Navy on 12 Mar 1959 as 4146. In Oct 1983 it was acquired by Hemet Valley Flying Service as a spares aircraft and stored at at the Hemet-Ryan airtanker base. In 2001 it was restored and placed on display as a memorial. The text on the memorial plaque reads: "Dedicated in memory of Lloyd M. Venable - A pioneer in the aviation industry - Founder of Hemet Valley Flying Service - 1946. Born Oct 3, 1906 - Died Feb 1, 1991."

Biplane built in 1911 by the Stephens Engineering Co. It flew fitted alternatively with floats and with wheels before being retired pre WW1 and stored long-term. It is now being re-assembled for display. This view was taken down the fuselage frame structure before fitment of the engine.

On display at Gifu-Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum. As compared to A6M2 production models, several differences are visible in this replica of the prototype Zero that include a Sumitomo Hamilton constant speed two-blade propeller without spinner that would have been connected to a 780hp engine, no visible carburetor air intake in the cowling, a shallow oil cooling air intake under the engine and an antenna angled at 20 deg.

Built in 1920 by John F. Nixon and flown until 1926 powered by a Hall-Scott A-1 engine then stored until restored in 1957 for display. Wears "Colonial Air Lines Naugatuck CT" titles on its fin in this crowded museum workshop scene.

The 1912 Gage biplane in the NASM collection is referred to as the Fowler-Gage, in recognition of its owner and pilot, Robert G. Fowler. Beginning in October 1912, Fowler made numerous exhibition and passenger flights in California. He made his most famous flight in the airplane in 1913, flying ocean-to-ocean across Panama. With the Gage now on floats, Fowler started his Isthmus of Panama crossing with a takeoff from the Pacific side at 9:45 a.m. on April 27. Nevertheless, he completed the 83 km (52 mi) flight in one hour and 45 minutes. Full details: http://www.aviation-history.com/garber/vg

This CM-170 never flew with the Belgian Air Force, but is former French Air Force 208.

A free plane. FAI competition class: Hang glider class 2. The manufacturer developed and tested the Archaeopteryx in cooperation with the Zurich University of Applied Sciences as a hang glider. All airworthiness certificates were provided according to the German airworthiness requirements for aerodynamically controlled air sport devices up to 120 kg empty weight (LTF-L, formerly LFG). The Archaeopteryx does not need official approvals, there is no registration in the aircraft register. It is internationally recognized in deregulated classes.

C-47 fuselage stored at the Basler Turbo Conversions facility. Identification not certain, may also be c/n 34141. This and c/n 34386 were shipped to Basler for conversion to BT-67 in Sep 2001 and Aug 2003 respectively. But when conversion started they were found to be unsuitable, due to corrosion. There were replaced by other airframes, and Basler retained the two unsuitable ones.