Curtiss-Wright X-100 , N853 / 1, National Air and Space Museum (USA)
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Registration: N853
Construction Number: 1
Model Curtiss-Wright X-100
Operator: National Air and Space Museum (USA)
Airport: Silver Hill, NASM Restoration Centre, USA - Maryland
Photographer: Chris England
Date Taken: 02/2001
Date Submitted: 13/02/2011
One-off experimental tilt-prop aircraft built in 1958. Transferred to NASA at Langley Research Center 10/60 and used for tests until 10/61 when the aircraft was donated to the Smithsonian Institution.
Picture ID:1275677