Second World War and in that capacity made the first flight in the Bell XP-59, the first jet-powered aircraft produced in the USA. Stanley's wife, Katherine N. Stanley, donated the aircraft to the National Air and Space Museum in 1978 after Stanley's death in 1977. For a time in the 1980s it was on loan to the National Soaring Museum, but in 2011 was on display and suspended from the ceiling of the Boeing Aviation Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Aircraft on display National Air and Space Museum Specifications (Nomad) See also References External links Photo of the Nomad in the NASM NACA 23-018 airfoil NACA 23-012 airfoil 1930s United States sailplanes Homebuilt aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1938 V-tail aircraft