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| Title |
Capable of flight: the saga of the 1903 Wright airplane |
| Personal
Name |
Crouch, Tom D. |
| Pages |
p.92-115, illus. |
| Notes |
27 chapter notes. |
| Publisher |
Smithsonian Institution Press |
| Publication
Year |
1997 |
| Language |
English |
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conference paper or compendium article |
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Washington, D.C. |
| Country |
United States |
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Term |
Wright-Smithsonian Institution Controversy ,Monuments and Museums -- Smithsonian Institution ,National Air and Space Museum ,Airplanes and Flights |
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Exhibiting dilemmas: issues of representation at the ,Smithsonian. Edited by Amy Henderson and Adrienne L. ,Kaeppler |
| Abstract |
Comprises a chapter in a book on issues of authenticity and ethics confronting curators at the Smithsonian Institution, on what and how to exhibit. Concise account of the Wright-Smithsonian controversy over whether the Samuel Langley Aerodrome was the first airplane capable of contolled powered manned flight even though the Wright Flyer was the first to actually fly. The author argues that the Wright flyer not only flew first but was indeed the first capable of flight, and well deserves its honored place in the National Air and Space Museum. |
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