Object Details
- Manufacturer
- G. Harry Stine
- Summary
- This is a flying Thor missile model built by G. Harry Stine, one of the American pioneers in the field of flying rocket and missile models, during the late 1950s or early 1960s. It is based on the U.S. intermediate-range ballistic missile of the same name that was deployed overseas in the same time period. The model has a plastic parachute and a balsa body, fins, and nosecone. A solid propellant rocket motor propels the model, and then at the end of the vertical flight it forces the release of a parachute. The model is then retrieved and can be used again. The model is launched from a launch pad, with a hand-held launch controller being used to ignite the motor.
- It is not known whether the model was flown. It was donated by G. Harry Stine in 1973.
- Credit Line
- Gift of G. Harry Stine
- Inventory Number
- A19930828000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- Wood
- Paint
- Adhesive
- Aluminum
- Cotton
- Rubber
- Steel
- Plastic
- Balsa w/plastic parachute
- Dimensions
- Other: 1 1/2 x 12in. (3.8 x 30.5cm)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19930828000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv991a1f0f0-4752-4639-9289-d9bcc37f1f1c
