Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: An Autobiography

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: An Autobiography

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This photograph, perhaps the most famous in aviation history, was taken at about 10:35 on the morning of December 17, 1903. It shows the worldâ€™s first airplane taking off for the first time. Orville Wright is piloting the machine, while Wilbur runs along beside. (Smithsonian Institute, p. 101)	U.S. Air Mail pilot William C. â€œWild Billâ€ Hopson strikes a cocky pose before a flight from Omaha to Chicago in 1921. Hopson earned a reputation for disobeying Post Office flight regulations. (Smithsonian Institute, p. 117)	The Aquabelles from the New York Worldâ€™s Fair of 1939 and Army Air Corps officers pose on the wing of Boeingâ€™s experimental XB-15 bomber. (Smithsonian Institute, p. 157)	Robert Goddard shows off one of his A-series rockets in front of his workshop in Roswell, New Mexico, in the mid-1930s. He gave the Smithsonian a rocket almost identical to this one in 1935. (Smithsonian Institute, p. 174)


Three U.S. military rockets stand on display before the Smithsonian Institutionâ€™s Arts and Industries Building, circa 1960. In those days, the area outside the museum building became known as Rocket Row. (National Air and Space Museum, p. 198)	The Rutan SpaceShipOne is in the museumâ€™s collection. (Dane A. Penland, p. 266)	Not designed to be disassembled, the B-29 Enola Gay posed interesting problems during restoration, which took more than 300,000 man-hours. (National Air and Space Museum Collections Management, p. 362)	Nearly a decade after its opening, almost 200 aircraft can be viewed each day at the Boeing Hangar. (National Air and Space Museum Collections Management, p. 368)

Country USA
Brand NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Manufacturer National Geographic
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber new-Nov09usbook-2017-c029307
ReleaseDate 2010-10-26
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781426206535

Country	USA
Brand	NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
Manufacturer	National Geographic
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	new-Nov09usbook-2017-c029307
ReleaseDate	2010-10-26
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781426206535

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: An Autobiography

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