Display Status:
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Collection Item Summary:
"Christening of Plane 'America'." [Close-up three-quarter right front view of aircraft surrounded by a crowd. John C. Porte (left) is standing by the nose George E. A. Hallett and Catherine Masson (on platform) who is prepared to christen the aircraft with a bottle of Great Western Champagne.]
Collection Item Long Description:
Topic
- Aeronautics, Airplanes
- Air pilots