Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Missiles and Space Division
- Summary
- This is a plastic desktop model of the X-7 ramjet vehicle. Lockheed built these vehicles in the 1950s for the Air Force for engine and flight research. Carried aloft by a B-29 or B-50, the booster ignited after launch, was jettisoned, and the ramjet then took over. Assisted by parachutes, the X-7 eventually returned to Earth. The maximum speed reached by an X-7 was 2,000 mph.
- Lockheed made the model and donated it to the Museum in 1958.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lockheed
- Inventory Number
- A19580077000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- Plastic, paint
- Dimensions
- Approximate: 17.78 x 30.48 x 7.37cm (7in. x 1ft x 2 7/8in.)
- 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_A19580077000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv99eac064b-8246-4903-bac9-8eb8cc0aa7ad
