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Group of eight flown fabric presentations created by the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum with fabric removed during restoration of historically important aircraft. Each swatch measures about 2 x 2 and is affixed to its respective 15 x 20 informational poster. The artifacts include: a brown swatch from Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Brothers Vin Fiz; a dark brown swatch from the Douglas World Cruiser 'Chicago' that made the first around-the-world flight in 1924; a dark brown swatch from Oakley Kelly and John Macready's Fokker T-2; a light brown swatch from Lt. Heinz von Beaulieu-Marconnay's Fokker D-VII 'U.10'; a light brown swatch from the Curtiss NC-4 Flying Boat that made the first transatlantic flight in 1919; a gray swatch from the Albatros D.Va No. 7161/17; a brown swatch from the Bleriot XI; and a dark brown swatch from the De Havilland DH-4 WWI bomber. In overall fine condition.
