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Gossamer Condor, the Mylar-winged aircraft
that won the $95,000 Kremer Prize for the first
successful human-powered flight, is donated to the
Museum by Paul B. MacCready Jr., designer of the
aircraft and director of the project. |
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Michael Collins, director of the Museum, steps down
to assume the post of undersecretary of the Smithsonian
Institution. Deputy Director Melvin Zisfein is appointed
acting director of the Museum. |
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The General Aviation gallery opens, displaying training
simulators, a Learjet 23 and the Cessna
180 in which Jerrie Mock became the first woman
to fly around the world. |
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"Exhibition Flight: Air Racing, Barnstorming
and Aerobatics," the first traveling exhibition
developed from the collections of the Museum and
organized by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling
Service, begins a two-year national tour of U.S.
and Canadian museums. |
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