Keeping Aviation History Alive
America’s first pilots took to the air in fragile aircraft made of wood, wire and fabric. In those early days of flight, linen or muslin was used to cover the wings of aircraft – that original fabric is available here!
We are keeping aviation history alive by offering 4-square-inch swatches of the original wing fabric from aircraft now in the permanent collection of the National Air and Space Museum. The fabric swatches were preserved during restorations by the Smithsonian and are included with our seven historic relic prints.
One of the prints depicts a 1911 Wright brother’s biplane – famous as the first to fly coast-to-coast with 70 landings and 12 crashes en route from New York to California. Read about that amazing flight and the other six “aeroplanes” on this website.
►Our supply of the relic prints is limited to the fabric preserved when these aircraft were restored by the Smithsonian Institution.
