The 1st flight...........Sam L hall on the 1st floor..............................has an exhibit on the history of human being's attempts at sustained flight...........they had gliders in medieval Italy and other places.........the Wright Flyer had an engine.............so it could stay up.....

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Museums, Smithsonian Institution, NAM/NASM, Exhibits, Arts & Industries Bldg (A&I), East Hall; Langley (Samuel P.) Aerodrome No 5 (1895-96); Langley (Samuel P.) ... National Air and Space