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.

Early Flight

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

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

Model, Static, Walden IX, 1911

Bleriot XI

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

Collier Plaque

Ecker Flying Boat

Model, Static, Walden III

Model, Static, Martin Bi-plane

Curtiss D-III Headless Pusher

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

Cup, Omaha World Herald

Wright 6-70, In-line 6 Engine

Kelly Cup

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

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