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This nose section is from a Northwest Airlines Boeing 747-151, which visitors can enter from the second floor. Beneath it is an interactive luggage carousel, displays of flight memorabilia and photos representing "Then and Now," and jet engines.
Image Number: WEB10799-2007
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Photo by Eric Long/NASM
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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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In his office in New York, Pan American Airways founder and president Juan T. Trippe used this 19th century globe to plan routes around the world. The globe was featured prominently in Pan Am publicity.
Image Number: WEB10782-2007
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Photo by Eric Long/NASM
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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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Wild Bill
Image Number: WEB10780-2007
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Jennys from World War I became the first aircraft used in regular service by the U.S. Post Office Department.
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Photo by Eric Long/NASM
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The A320 was the first airliner equipped with a glass cockpit and digital fly-by-wire flight controls, which provide more information to the pilot while enhancing safety and efficiency.
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In the mid-1960s, Braniff Airways introduced imaginative new flight attendant uniforms created by famed fashion designer Emilio Pucci. The plastic bubble helmet, to protect hairdos on windy tarmacs, was an integral part of the Pucci-designed uniforms.
Image Number: WEB10777-2007
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Braniff Collection; University of Texas at Dallas
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The most successful airliner in history, the Douglas DC-3 dominated both commercial and military air transportation from its introduction in 1935 until after World War II.
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A 1950s Colonial Airlines flight attendant's uniform and air travel insurance vending machine from America by Air exhibition.
Image Number: 2007-9636
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The America by Air exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum's flagship building in Washington offers in sweeping detail the story of passenger air travel in the United States.
Image Number: WEB10733-2007
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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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