• Two lifts are employed so that Museum employees can securely move the Bell X-1, an orange monoplane, from the ceiling to the floor of the Museum's Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall.
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    Staff use lifts to assist them in lowering the Bell X-1 "Glamorous Glennis" to the floor of the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall. The aircraft will be lowered and conserved as part of a larger project to renovate the Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall in time for the Museums 40th anniversary in 2016. 

  • Two lifts are employed so that Museum employees can securely move the Bell X-1, an orange monoplane, from the ceiling to the floor of the Museum's Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall.

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April 28, 2015

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Mark Avino

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NASM2015-02949

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