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Hidden Gems
It is hard to imagine how one can find anything amongst the thousands of photographs located at the National Archives in College Park, Maryland. In many cases, these are buried deep within a box...
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The Critter Files
A girl, her pony, and a Piper J-3C Cub. Photograph by Hans Groenhoff, NASM HGC-1117 Museum intern Thomas Paone’s fascinating post on the funeral of Skippy, mascot of Navy Hedron 12, reminded me of my...
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Look! In the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…a flying beer keg?
This T-Hawk was donated to the National Air and Space Museum by the Honeywell International Corporation for use in the Time and Navigation exhibition, scheduled to open in March of 2013. Well, not...
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Shiny Delivery this Holiday Season for the Time and Navigation Exhibition
NTS-2 Satellite Preparation of the upcoming Time and Navigation exhibition is in full swing, and objects are being installed in cases throughout the gallery. In fact, the gallery became a little more...
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Plans for the Little Known Confederate Helicopter
As my colleague Dr. Tom Crouch referenced in a previous post, our nation is currently in the midst of commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War (or sesquicentennial for you Latin...
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The Most Fashionable Balloon of the Civil War
Although the collection of the National Air and Space Museum contains some of the best air- and spacecraft, it also has one of the best collections of artifacts from the often forgotten days of...
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(Almost) True Comics!
For many people, sitting down and reading a thick history book is not the most exciting proposal. I have had more than one relative question my choice to study history, and inform me that it was...
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More than Just a Map
You never know what you’ll uncover once you do a little digging. Museum Technician Tom Paone discovered something quite remarkable from what at first appeared to be a simple map. It is sometimes hard...
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