Vehicle, unmanned aerial
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- OBJECT TYPE
- TARGET
- DATE
- 1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1970.1504.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Ryan Aeronautical Co.
- MODEL
- Firebee 49A KDA-4 Target Drone
- LOCATION
- San Diego, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- KD-4788
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- UAV; Drone
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Unknown
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 473.0 cm
- Width
- 72.0 cm
- Height
- 120.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Aircraft
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Ryan
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- San Diego
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfg's plate on inside reads: 'RYAN/RYAN AERONAUTICAL CO./SAN DIEGO/CALIFORNIA/MODEL 49A KDA4/SER.NO. KD4788/CONTRACT NO. NO1653114/DATE ACCEPTED 5 27 59/U.S.'/On both sides of fuselage is: 'KDA-4/KD-4788'/On both sides of fusel age and wings is RCAF roundel.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Drone is painted red with white wings.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Ryan Aeronautical Co., Vehicle, unmanned aerial, circa 1959, Artifact no. 1970.1504, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1970.1504.001/
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