Flare, Drift, NC-3
date: label: Date
content: 1919
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Curtiss Airplane Co.
notes: label: Physical Description
content: Octagonal, filled with wax like substance, weighted end, gray, grooved at top
label: Summary
content: Aircrew forced down at sea used surface flares like this one from NC-3 to signal their position to rescuers.
place: label: Country of Origin
content: United States of America
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Air and Space Museum Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Sara Hargraves
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Air and Space Museum
identifier: label: Inventory Number
content: A19360009000
objectType: label: Type
content: INSTRUMENTS-Navigational
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Materials
content: Wood
label: Dimensions
content: 3-D: 60 × 6.5 × 6.5cm (23 5/8 × 2 9/16 × 2 9/16 in.)