Rocket, Flying Model, Parabee-1
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Capital Rockets, Inc.
- Summary
- This is a flying Parabee-1 rocket model built by Capital Rockets in the 1960s. It is not known whether it was flown. The model has a pasteboard body, balsa fins and nose, and a plastic parachute. 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. The model was donated by G. Harry Stine, one of the American pioneers in the field of flying rocket and missile models, in 1973.
- Credit Line
- Gift of G. Harry Stine
- Inventory Number
- A19930814000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MODELS-Missiles & Rockets
- Materials
- Wood
- Paint
- Plastic
- Adhesive
- Dimensions
- Other: 10 7/8in. x 2 3/4in. (27.62 x 6.99cm)
- 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_A19930814000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9adfba6d0-4bba-48fb-b9db-f57546146173
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