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The 1903 Wright Flyer is lifted to the second floor of the National Air and Space Museum's flagship building, in Washington, Sept. 24, 2003. The Flyer was moved in preparation for "The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age," which opened Oct. 11.
Image Number: WEB10032-2003
Credit: Photo by Chuck Moore
Copyright: Smithsonian Institution
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The 1903 Wright Flyer is lowered from its hanging position in the National Air and Space Museum's Milestones of Flight Gallery, Sept. 24, 2003. The world's first airplane was moved upstairs to be the centerpiece of "The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age," which opened Oct. 11.
Image Number: WEB10031-2003
Credit: Photo by Chuck Moore
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Letter the Wright brothers wrote to the Smithsonian Institution on May 30, 1899, asking for information about flight. (Page 2 of 2)
Image Number: 210-L3-S3a
Credit: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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A piece of fabric and wood from the Wright Flyer taken to the surface of the Moon by the crew of Apollo 11, the first lunar landing mission, in July 1969.
Image Number: 430-L1-S1
Credit: Photo by Mark Avino/NASM, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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A rare door-size poster from the 1910 Belmont Park aviation meet held in New York.
Image Number: 342-L3-S3
Credit: Photo by Eric Long/NASM, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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Original Wright brothers-built bicycle, one of only five in the world.
Image Number: 2006-28254
Credit: National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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One of the original propellers that was on the Wright Flyer when it flew at Kitty Hawk in 1903.
Image Number: SI2003-19525
Credit: Photo by Eric Long/NASM, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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Curator Peter Jakab and designer Barbara Brennan on the front porch of the reproduced Wright family home built for the National Air and Space Museum exhibition, "The Wright Brothers & The Invention of the Aerial Age," which opens to the public Oct. 11.
Image Number: SI2003-29125
Credit: Photo by Carolyn Russo/NASM, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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A 1909 postcard depicting Orville and Wilbur Wright.
Image Number: SI2003-29079
Credit: Illustration by C.M. Sax, via National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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With Orville Wright at the controls and Wilbur Wright mid-stride, right, the 1903 Wright Flyer makes its first flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C., Dec. 17, 1903.
Image Number: SI2003-3463
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A view between the wings of the 1903 Wright Flyer shows the pilot's hip cradle, center, which controls wing-warping and the coupled rudder; the elevator control, center left; the elevators, above center; and part of the engine, right.
Image Number: SI2001-116
Credit: Photo by Eric Long/NASM, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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The stopwatch used by the Wright brothers to time their flights on Dec. 17, 1903.
Image Number: SI97-16653
Credit: Photo by Eric Long/NASM, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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Wilbur, left, and Orville Wright sit on the porch steps of their Dayton, Ohio, home in June 1909.
Image Number: SI2002-16615
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The 1903 Wright Flyer sits with a broken forward elevator frame after the last of its four flights at Kitty Hawk, N.C., on Dec. 17, 1903
Image Number: SI2003-27872
Credit: Library of Congress, courtesy National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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With Wilbur Wright at the controls, Dan Tate, left, and Edward C. Huffaker launch the 1901 Wright Glder at Kitty Hawk, N.C.
Image Number: SI86-3018
Credit: Library of Congress, courtesy National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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The 1903 Wright Flyer, piloted by Orville Wright, at the end of the airplane's third of four flights at Kitty Hawk, N.C., on Dec. 17, 1903.
Image Number: SI85-3314
Credit: Library of Congress, courtesy National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
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Wright 1902 glider in flight at Kitty Hawk, NC.
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