Camera, Aerial, Fairchild F-1, U.S. Navy
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Fairchild Aerial Camera Corp.
- Physical Description
- 17 x 11 x 8in.; with post and crosshair sight; Carl Zeiss Tessar 4-5 lens; 1 filter missing. Backplate, 6 roll film magazines, 2 5x7 cut film magazines, 2 filters;1935
- Summary
- This rapid-action, moderately priced automatic camera was used for oblique spotting photography by commercial and military photographers. It used three different length lenses. On the lens is a yellow filter; also displayed are a red filter, film magazine, and empty roller.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the U.S. Navy
- Inventory Number
- A19710962000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- EQUIPMENT-Photographic
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 41 x 31 x 44cm (16 1/8 x 12 3/16 x 17 5/16 in.)
- Other (Filters): 4 3/16in. (10.7cm)
- Other (Film Spools): 2 5/8 x 7 3/16in. (6.6 x 18.2cm)
- Other (Plate Magazines): 10 1/4 x 2 9/16 x 6 5/16in. (26 x 6.5 x 16cm)
- 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
- Hangar
- Boeing Aviation Hangar
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19710962000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv941152f40-24ef-478e-b51e-c71c46cf9c05
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