The Narrative of the Exhibit uses a selection of the significant Pioneers and their Projects and the Design Methodology they used.
- First in Flight.
- Glenn Curtiss and the Jenny
- Early Pioneers.
- War and Industry.
- Women in Aviation.
- The Sound Barrier.
- Hypersonic!
- X-Planes.
- Rotary wing flight.
- The Space Shuttle Challenger.
- Pioneers in Private Aviation.
- Space Timeline.
Each display will have a connection to the next. This will include the Designers, Pilots, Companies and the processes of the time. Some include:
- Wright Aircraft Wilbur and Orville Wright
- Wehrner Von Braun NASA
- Boeing William E. Boeing is born in Detroit, Mich. 1892 April 6:
- Donald Wills Douglas is born in Brooklyn, N.Y. 1895 May 8:
- James Howard “Dutch” Kindelberger is born in Wheeling, W.Va. 1899 April 9:
- James Smith McDonnell is born in Denver, Colo.
- North American Aviation Edgar O. (Ed) Schmued
- Lockheed Kelly Johnson
- Northrop Jack Northrop
- AeroVironment Paul MacCready
- Scaled Composites Burt Rutan
- SpaceX Elon Musk