First, i would to talk about the museum overall. Visitors a 8 million year. Looking at the story of flight in the atmosphere, where i work in, we are looking at 500 aircraft and helicopters. About 67 are on display in the National Mall building. What supports these artifacts are up to 50,000 small and medium artifacts. Were going to talk about the story of higher, faster, brother. A bit of a cliche in the history of aviation but has a real meaning. We look at the people who made this quest of flying in the third dimension a reality. The idea of flying to the highest altitudes, faster speed, longest distances tells us a lot about the Technical Development of the airplane and the reinvention of what the right brothers did. Ight only the smithsonian can tell the story. Me,e, you see the behind you see the wright flyer. Oracle right, at the controls wrightlight orville takes flight. The first time. At the end of the day, after four flights, oracle orville and wilbur alternate. 30 Miles Per
You so much for being with us. The individual who runs this facility, the most Popular Museum in the smithsonian. Can i put in a plug . Absolutely. At 8 30 tonight were going to have an Opening Ceremony for our new exhibit, the boeing milestones of flight hall and its where where we are now open to the public and well stay open all night so if you havent got anything else to do, even if you do, come down, the weather is clearing here, were going to do it outside and have a grand time. And ill put a plug for cspan 3 American History tv because were carrying it live. Thanks for being with us. Well show you around this terrific facility, this museum and some of the artifacts, oneofakind items only here at the air and space museum. Behind me you see the wright flier, the worlds first airplane. On the morning of december 17, 1903 at 10 35 a. M. Orville wright at the controls takes flight in 120 feet. Thats the first time a man has entered the air in a fly magazine. At the end of four flight
Our guide is curator jeremy kinney, who shows us some of the museums rare and oneofakind artifacts to tell the quest to go higher, faster, and further during the first half century of aviation. Jeremy kinney hello. Were going to go through a tour of some artifacts that really stand out in terms of the story of higher, faster, and farther. First, i want to talk about the museum overall. The museum has over 8 million visitors a year. Looking at the story of flight in the atmosphere, where i work in, we are looking at 500 aircraft and helicopters. Of those aircraft, about 67 are on display in the National Mall building. What supports these artifacts is up to 50,000 small and medium artifacts. Were going to talk about the story of higher, faster, and farther which is seen as a cliche in the history of aviation but has a real meaning. We look at the people who made this quest of flying in the third dimension a reality. The idea of flying to the highest altitudes, fastest speeds, and longest
Up next, we visit the smithsonian air and space museu. Jeremy kinney is a curator who shows us some of the museums prayer and oneofakind artifacts. Hello. Were going to go through a tour of some artifacts that really stand out in terms of the story of higher, faster, and farther. First, i would to talk about the museum overall. It has over 8 million visitors a year. Looking at the story of flight in the atmosphere, where i work in, we are looking at 500 aircraft and helicopters. About 67 are on display in the National Mall building. What supports these artifacts are up to 50,000 small and medium artifacts. Were going to talk about the story of higher, faster, brother. A bit of a cliche in the history of aviation but has a real meaning. We look at the people who made this quest of flying in the third dimension a reality. The idea of flying to the highest altitudes, faster speed, longest distances tells us a lot about the Technical Development of the airplane and the reinvention of what
Cowling, what i mean is that theres a tight figtting metal covering and allows the air to flow over more efficiently. So, mark burket of the spanish Swiss Company has designed a very important series of automobile engines in the prewar era. He adapts this to the aeronautical application by taking two of his inline four engines, makes it into a v8, and what he does thats very unique is instead of having separate cylinders attached to the crank case, he casts a row of cylinders out of a solid piece of aluminum. And he has cooling packagssages those aluminum blocks that allows improved cooling and more power. So instead of a rotary engine, you know, doing 110, 120 horsepower, youre looking at 200 or 220 horsepower with these engines by the time theyre introduced in the spad xii. Theres always a technological pushpull over the western front in world war i, in which the germans have an advantage with their thick air foiled tubular steel fuselaged aircraft like the folker d 7 that you can se