BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 107: (a) Early Flight

DC -- Natl Air and Space Museum -- Gallery 107: (a) Early Flight:

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1. GAL107_101219_007.JPG: La Minerve: The interest in balloons which swept across Europe in the 18th century had many expressions. La Minerve was designed by the French aeronaut Etienne Robertson in 1803. Completely fanciful, Robertson's self-contained aerial community represents the hopes which many Europeans held for the bright future of air travel. This is a modern model of Robertson's conception.
2. GAL107_101219_057.JPG: The 1905 Wright Flyer: The World's First Practical Aeroplane: The Wrights' third powered aircraft, the Wright Flyer of 1905, truly represented the final step in the invention of the aeroplane. This was the first aircraft in history that could stay aloft for extended periods, bank, turn, make circles, and perform figures-of-eight, all under the complete control of the pilot. The 1905 Wright Flyer was the world's first practical aeroplane. It was first flown from a cow pasture named Huffman Prairie near the Wright home in Dayton, Ohio, in June 1905. More than 40 flights were made with this aeroplane, one of which lasted over 38 minutes. Because of the lack of steady winds at their new Dayton flying site, the Wrights devised a catapult launching system to aid in getting their flying machine airborne. Having completed the experimental phase of their aeronautical work, the Wright brothers turned their attention to the sale of their invention. The Secret of the Wright's Success: The inventive work of the Wright brothers was characterized by systematic experimentation based on sound engineering principles and techniques. Their work incorporated many original and significant ideas, and showed a strong continuity in design. Each succeeding aircraft, beginning with the simple kite of 1899, followed by the three full-sized gliders, and then the three powered aeroplanes, was a step by step advancement of a single basic design. These aspects of the Wrights' approach to invention set them apart and were at the root of their success.
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Description of Subject Matter: Early Flight
March 26, 1980 – July 8, 2019
Early Flight celebrates the first decade of flight by evoking the atmosphere of an aviation exhibition from that period: the fictitious Smithsonian Aeronautical Exposition of 1913. The gaily decorated gallery is crammed with fabric-covered aerial vehicles, some fanciful, most real, along with trade show–style exhibits featuring cutting-edge technology of the day.
Gracing the gallery is a rare 1894 Lilienthal glider, along with Samuel P. Langley's Aerodrome #5 and Quarter-Scale Aerodrome, powered, unmanned vehicles that successfully flew in 1896 and 1903. Early Flight also features the most original and complete of the Museum's three Wright airplanes, the 1909 Wright Military Flyer, the world's first military airplane. Other treasures include a Curtiss Model D "Headless Pusher," an Ecker Flying Boat, and a Bl�riot XI monoplane.
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