On this day in 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright achieved the world’s first successful flight of a powered airplane. ✈️ In this clip from Seriously Amazing Objects: Trailblazers, you can visit the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution and get an up-close look at the famous plane. For more like this, follow Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation. https://bit.ly/3pNech8 | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation
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On this day in 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright achieved the world’s first successful flight of a powered airplane. ✈️ In this clip from Seriously Amazing Objects: Trailblazers, you can visit the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution and get an up-close look at the famous plane. For more like this, follow Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation. https://bit.ly/3pNech8 | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation
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Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution houses one of the 700 F-14s that flew during a 30-year period, and coincidentally the NASM Deputy Director Chris Browne flew this aircraft as a Top Gun pilot himself. This new episode of This Object in History takes a closer look at the Top Gun movie and the F-14. #TopGun #Smithsonian80s | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation
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Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution houses one of the 700 F-14s that flew during a 30-year period, and coincidentally the NASM Deputy Director Chris Browne flew this aircraft as a Top Gun pilot himself. This new episode of This Object in History takes a closer look at the Top Gun movie and the F-14. #TopGun #Smithsonian80s | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation
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TONIGHT: Go behind the headlines and hop into the cockpit of the B-29 Superfortress, the aircraft that revolutionized WWII-era bombers. Air Warriors: B-29 Superfortress premieres at 8PM. http://bit.ly/38FHWWX | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation
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Since the 1950s, the B-52 Stratofortress has been one of the most recognizable aircraft in the world. Think you’re a B-52 expert? Test your knowledge tonight at 8PM on Air Warriors: B-52. ✈️ http://bit.ly/2lgMAUi | Smithsonian Channel
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Since the 1950s, the B-52 Stratofortress has been one of the most recognizable aircraft in the world. Think you’re a B-52 expert? Test your knowledge tonight at 8PM on Air Warriors: B-52. ✈️ http://bit.ly/2lgMAUi | Smithsonian Channel
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One of the most recognizable aircraft in the world - the Lockheed SR-71. Incredibly, this aircraft was busting Mach 3 back in the mid-1960s…. who knows what is being done now? 😉#warbirds #blackbird #habu #sr71 #smithsonian | Daniel J Wheatcroft
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The Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress dominated the skies during WWII. The Memphis Belle was one of the first to survive 25 missions during the war. 🇺🇸 Meet this ferocious aircraft tonight at 9PM on Memphis Belle in Color. http://bit.ly/2P00TKa | Smithsonian Channel
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It was one of the deadliest warplanes of WWII. With its huge, in-line engines and super turbo charger, this aircraft reached speeds of over 400 mph. See it in action tonight at 8PM on Air Warriors: P-38 Lightning. 🛩️ http://bit.ly/AirWarriorsMarathon | Smithsonian Channel
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The F-111 was the largest fighter bomber in the US arsenal, flexible enough to deliver both low-altitude flight and supersonic speed. But it was its distinctive shape that stood out–flight crews dubbed it the ""Aardvark."" 🎥Air Warriors | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation
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These ‘Wild Weasel’ pilots were ready to make the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam. 🇺🇸 Start your week off with true stories and vintage footage from 100 Missions: Surviving Vietnam. For more tales from the cockpit, follow Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation. http://bit.ly/AVNationSC | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation
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The Supermarine Spitfire held its own against the German Luftwaffe. Meet this British fighter aircraft tonight at 10PM on Air Warriors: Spitfire ✈️ http://bit.ly/AirWarriorsMarathon | Smithsonian Channel
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Did you know? The USS Carl Vinson can carry more than 5,000 crew members. That’s the size of a small town! Tonight, get a first-hand look at what life is really like on board a massive aircraft carrier. Inside Mighty Machines: Aircraft Carrier airs at 9PM. https://bit.ly/2PN4ryw | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation
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The F-16 Fighting Falcon has a take-off weight of just 20,000-pounds, less than half the weight of the F-15. But as aerial opponents soon discover, lighter doesn't mean lesser. Air Warriors: F-16 airs tonight at 10 PM. 🎥Air Warriors | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation
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