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Bessie Coleman

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How Did Air Mail Pilots Find Their Way?

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The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics

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Open daily 10:00 am – 5:30 pm

National Air and Space Museum

650 Jefferson Drive SW
Washington, DC

202-633-2214

Free Timed-Entry Passes Required

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center

14390 Air and Space Museum Parkway
Chantilly, VA 20151

703-572-4118

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