Pioneering Naval Aviation in the 1920s and 1930s
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National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Free
Jeremy Kinney
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The Barron Hilton Pioneers of Flight Gallery, located in the National Mall building, is an exhibition about the growth and influence of aviation and rocketry during the 1920s and 1930s. The fully-renovated gallery will open to the public Nov. 19, 2010.
Aircraft in this image: the Douglas World Cruiser "Chicago," the Curtiss R3C-2 Racer, the Fokker T-2, Amelia Earhart's Lockheed 5B Vega and the Lindberghs' Lockheed 8 Sirius "Tingmissartoq."
National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
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