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

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

Bastow-Page Ground-Adjustable-Pitch Airship Propeller

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

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

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

Wright Ex "Vin Fiz" Propeller, fixed-pitch, two-blade, wood

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

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

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

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

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