Paper Pilot

Build 24 beautifully scaled paper models of the most distinctive jets and planes, including the F-15 Eagle and the P-38 Lightning. Packed with historical facts and a nostalgic review of model-plane building, this kit includes twelve folded projects on perforated pages, twelve complex die-cut models ready to be punched out and assembled with your own glue, and a four-page foldout runway. Step-by-step instructions.  Paperback, 144 pages. 10" x 8".

Museum Provenance

Our National Air and Space Museum, along with the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, displays spacecraft, space-related artifacts, and even sci-fi items.

Every Smithsonian purchase will arrive with a museum provenance card explaining how it is adapted from or inspired by an object or objects in our collection.