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, Johnson Monoplane, 1911

Model, Static, Boland Tailless

Model, Static, Wright Model D

Model, Static, Wright "Baby Grand"

Model, Static, Heinrich Monoplane

Model, Static, Ellehammer II

Model, Static, 1905 Flyer, Wright

Model, Static, Wright Glider, 1911

Model, Static, Wright C