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Lindbergh Plane May Join Smithsonian Exhibit
Washington reports the Spirit of St Louis may join the Smithsonian’s aviation collection as Col. Lindbergh indicated he would place the famous monoplane in the museum. The display traces Langley and Wright pioneers, 1903 flights, and later military craft and modern aircraft.
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Smithsonian Institution
Atlantic
Charles A. Lindbergh
Samuel Pierpont Langley
Langley
Wright Brothers
Wilbur
Orville
War Department
Glen H. Curtiss
Hammondsport
N. Y
Kitty Hawk
D. C
Orville Wright
Wrights
Samuel Henson
England
John Cayley
Cayley
Emile Ber- Tiner
Henry
Wright
Army
United States
de Haviland
McReadey
Kelly
Chicago
Addie’ Rickenbacker