In Depth: The Engine
Odyssey Creation Exhibition and Exile Return Restoration
What's next?

The Flyer is on permanent display in the Milestones of Flight Gallery at the National Air and Space Museum, which has prepared a website about the conservation. The Flyer will be the subject of a special Centennial exhibit in 2003.

The Wright Story
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Resources

2003 will mark the Centennial of the First Flight. Celebrations will be ongoing all year. For more information, visit the U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission.

The Smithsonian Conservation: 1985

The National Air and Space Museum gave the Flyer its most scientific and meticulous conservation ever. The images below, taken during the process, provide a detailed look at its many unusual parts.

canard detail
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Canard assembly
strut fitting
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Strut fitting
Spar hinge
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Spar hinge
flyer elevation drawing
wing warping linkage
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Wing warping linkage
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Fuel valve
wing ribs
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Wing ribs

©2002, The Wright Experience™

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