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Early Flight

Air and Space Museum

Early Flight uses artifacts like the Lilienthal Glider, 1909 Wright Military Flyer, and the Blériot XI to explore how in one short decade people in America and around the world were pushing boundaries, setting records, participating in air shows, and turning the aircraft into a technology that would usher in the aerial age.

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Medal, Commemorative, Boston to Washington, D.C., July 1911

American Propeller and Mfg Co. Propeller, fixed-pitch, two-blade, wood

Requa Gibson Fixed-pitch, Two-blade, Wood Propeller

Model, Static, Johnson Monoplane, 1911

Plaque, Early Birds

Aeromarine Plane & Motor Co. Ground-Adjustable-Pitch Propeller

Model, Static, Boland Tailless

Plaque, James Gordon Bennett, 1909, Glenn Curtiss

Internal combustion engine consisting of lower crankcase and upper block. The cylinder banks are slightly offset and sit above the block. The cylinder heads house the intake and exhaust valves.

Curtiss B-8, V-8 Engine

Model, Static, Chanute Bi-plane Gliding Machine, 1896

Curtiss E-4, In-Line 4 Engine

Model, Static, 1:4 scale, Cayley 1804 Glider

American Propeller and Mfg Co. Propeller, fixed-pitch, two-blade, wood

Collier Plaque

Medal, Circuit de L'Est

Model, Static, Chanute Multiple Wing Gliding Machine, 1896

Medal, Aero Club of America Aviation Medal of Merit, Glenn Curtiss

Langley Propeller, fixed-pitch, two-blade, wood and fabric

Radial, five-cylinder engine, resembling a stylized star when viewed from the front.

Langley-Manly-Balzer Radial 5 Engine

Requa Gibson Propeller Co. Propeller, fixed-pitch, two-blade, wood

Hang glider with natural color fabric over exposed wooden framework. A white mannequin is set inside the frame ring highlighting the hand grip and backrest configuration.

Lilienthal Glider

Angled view of a silver model biplane with black wheels and a brown rectangle on the left side. Several strings are attached in between the struts.

Model, Static, Wright "Baby Grand"

Aerial view of a monoplane model with cloth wings, miniature wheels, and a propeller

Model, Static, Antoinette IV

Medal, Louis Bleriot

Minerva

Medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, Glenn Curtiss

Requa Gibson Propeller, fixed-pitch, two-blade, wood

Cup, Omaha World Herald

Simmons Propeller, fixed-pitch, two-blade, wood and metal

Model, Static, Henson Aerial Steam Carriage "Ariel"

Medal, Count von Zeppelin

Kelly Cup

Metal engine with 7 cylinders arranged in a circle around a central propeller shaft, on display stand.

Gnome Omega No. 1 Rotary Engine

Medal, A. Santos Dumont Pioneer of the Air

Baldwin Red Devil Propeller, fixed-pitch, two-blade, wood

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