Transmitter, Spark, Oscar Roesen, 1911 McCurdy Early Airplane Radio Experiment
Object Details
- Physical Description
- Tested by J.P.D.McCurdy, home-built
- Summary
- Designed and built by Oscar C. Rosen in 1911, this wireless transmitter is the oldest known surviving example of airborne radio. It was carried aboard a Curtiss aircraft piloted by J.A.D. McCurdy. The airplane could not carry the additional weight of Rosen, so the telegraph key was attached to the control wheel, and McCurdy sent the message.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Wood Newspaper Machinery Corporation
- Data Source
- National Air and Space Museum
- Date
- 1911
- Inventory Number
- A19450007000
- Manufacturer
- Hickley
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- AVIONICS-Communication
- Materials
- Wood and metal
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 81.3 x 24.8 x 35.6cm, 11.5kg (32 x 9 3/4 x 14 in., 25 3/8lb.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Exhibit Station
- Pre-1920 Aviation
- Record ID
- nasm_A19450007000
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