Gallaudet Hydroplane Installed in A&I

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Summary

Recently installed in the East Hall of the Arts and Industries Building is the original experimental hydroplane made by Edson F. Gallaudet, son of the founder of Gallaudet University, and chair of the board of the Gallaudet Aircraft Corporation. The hydroplane incorporated in it means for lateral control and wing warping.

Subject

  • Gallaudet, Edson F
  • Arts and Industries Building)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 298, Box 1, "Local Notes," 10/6/1921, p. 3.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1921

Topic

  • Airplanes
  • Architecture
  • Exhibitions
  • National Collections
  • Buildings

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