-
Flights
a few aeronauts made daring, uncontrolled flights in lighter-than-air balloons, filled with either hot air or hydrogen gas. But this was hardly a practical way to fly. -
aeronauts
a few aeronauts made daring, uncontrolled flights in lighter-than-air balloons, filled with either hot air or hydrogen gas. But this was hardly a practical way to fly. -
Museam
This wing of the museum focuses on the early history of the airplane, from its conception in 1799 to the years just before World War I. -
Wright company
Because we are a museum of pioneer aviation, we don’t spend a great deal of time on those years after Orville Wright closed the doors of the Wright Company in 1916 -
aircraft
In 1940, a year before the United States entered World War II, Then President Franklin D. Roosevelt called on the aviation industry to produce 50,000 airplanes a year. -
United States
when United States aircraft production reached an all-time high, all double that number had been manufactured -
Department
Until the CAA, under the Department of Commerce, then they responsible for air safety, air-traffic control, operation of airways, aviation communications, and airport improvements -
airliners
there were about 5,800 airliners in the United States, aircraft totaled more than 220,000, or about 38 times as many.
