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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060

Sources of Aircraft Drawings

Naval aircraft drawings formerly located at the National Air and Space Museum covering the period from 1912 to the early 1960s are now held by the National Archives. Some of these aircraft drawings are on microfilm. All of the paper records have been transferred to the National Archives and are located at their Archives II facility in College Park, Maryland.

Drawings for aircraft covering the 1960s to present are under the control of the Naval Air Systems Command and are maintained at the Records Center in Suitland, Maryland.

Addresses for these organizations are as follows: 
National Archives and Records Administration 
Special Media Archives Services Division (Cartographic) 
Archives II 
8601 Adelphi Road 
College Park, Maryland 20740-6001 
(301) 837-3200

Commander Naval Air Systems Command 
Public Affairs Office 
Building 440 
47122 Liljencrantz Road
Unit Number 7
Patuxent River, MD  20670-5440
(301) 757-1487 Ext. 43, 30, 12, 14, or 15
27 June 2003