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

Model, Static, Henri Farman, 1909

Model, Static, Curtiss Hydroaeroplane

Model, Static, Curtiss 1914, "Little Looper"