On June 3, 1911 Frank and Jules VanDersarl completed a two year build of their version of the Bleriot XI. The VanDersarl brothers did not have any factory support during their work to build their clone of the revolutionary Bleriot XI (which was the first aircraft to cross the English Channel in 1909). Years after the brothers had completed this aircraft and flew it the family stored it until the 1960's when they started the restoration process. This was paused in 1983 when Jules passed away. In 2008 its restoration was completed and it was made airworthy again.

On February 17, 1986, Robert Harris flew this Grob 102 Standard Astir III and set a world altitude record of 14,899 m (49,009 ft).

The Caudron G.4 in the NASM collection, serial # C4263, was built by the Eugene firm and left the factory on December 12, 1916. The marking "12_16" appears on the leading edge of each individual wing section and some other major components of the aircraft, confirming the manufacturing date acquired from archival sources. Its acceptance flight was made at Issy-les-Moulineaux on December 27, 1916. The pilot's name was Gerviès and it was reported that the airplane climbed to 1000 m (3,281 ft) in 7 minutes. The airplane had full radio and photographic equipment, characterized by the A2 reconnaissa

The Curtiss N-9H was a seaplane version of the famous Curtiss JN-4D trainer used by the U.S. Air Service during the First World War. During the war, 2,500 Navy pilots were trained on the N-9H. In addition to training a generation of Navy pilots, the N-9H was used to develop tactics for ship-borne aircraft operations in 1916 and 1917, using catapults mounted on armored cruisers. After the war, an N-9 was again employed to successfully demonstrate a compressed air turntable catapult.

The Stanley Nomad was the first sailplane known to use a V-tail configuration. It was designed and constructed by Robert M. Stanley in 1938.

From 1968 to 1971, this Army "G" model flew 2,100 combat hours in Vietnam with D Company, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division; C Battery, 2nd Battalion, 20th Artillery (Aerial Rocket); and D Company, 158th Assault Helicopter Battalion. While flying this aircraft on August 15, 1971, Capt. Allen Butler held off enemy forces attempting to overrun South Vietnamese Marines and received the Silver Star. It also undertook heavy combat during 1993-1994 in Somalia with Task Force Raven as part of Operation Continue Hope.