Object Details
- Manufacturer
- David Taylor Model Basin
- Physical Description
- Cylindrical with nosecone and four fixed rectangular, cruciform fins at base, and mounts for attaching to aircraft; also has electrical wires attached for data pickup when tested in wind tunnel.
- Summary
- This is a 1/3 scale wind tunnel model of the High-Velocity Aircraft Rocket (HVAR). The wires were used to transmit data from the model while in the wind tunnel. The testing history of this model is unknown.
- Also designated the Holy Moses, the HVAR was an air-to-surface missile which was widely used by the Army Air Forces and Navy in World War II against both sea and land targets. The missile had a maximum velocity of 1530 km/h (950 mph) and a maximum range of about 5 km (3 miles). More than one million were built before production ended in 1955.
- The U.S. Navy transferred this model to the Museum in 1959.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the U.S. Navy
- Inventory Number
- A19590061000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Wind Tunnel
- Materials
- Wood and ferrous and non-ferrous metal
- Dimensions
- Approximate: 5.1 x 58.4cm (2 x 23 in.)
- 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_A19590061000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv94e134d9a-5744-4199-9d43-d69cb9bef985
