• An image from inside the early flight exhibit. A panel says "The Roar of the Crowd" and there is a photo of Harriet Quimby. Propellers are hung on the wall.
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    The "Early Flight" exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC, looks at the public enthusiasm for aviation and highlights the men and women who flew ever higher, faster, and farther emerged as the great heroes of the era.

  • An image from inside the early flight exhibit. A panel says "The Roar of the Crowd" and there is a photo of Harriet Quimby. Propellers are hung on the wall.

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