The Design Exhibit Concept

The Narrative of the Exhibit uses a selection of the significant Pioneers and their Projects and the Design Methodology they used.

  1. First in Flight.
  2. Glenn Curtiss and the Jenny
  3. Early Pioneers.
  4. War and Industry.
  5. Women in Aviation.
  6. The Sound Barrier.
  7. Hypersonic!
  8. X-Planes.
  9. Rotary wing flight.
  10. The Space Shuttle Challenger.
  11. Pioneers in Private Aviation.
  12. 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:

  1. Wright Aircraft Wilbur and Orville Wright
  2. Wehrner Von Braun NASA
  3. Boeing William E. Boeing is born in Detroit, Mich. 1892 April 6:
  4. Donald Wills Douglas is born in Brooklyn, N.Y. 1895 May 8:
  5. James Howard “Dutch” Kindelberger is born in Wheeling, W.Va. 1899 April 9:
  6. James Smith McDonnell is born in Denver, Colo.
  7. North American Aviation Edgar O. (Ed) Schmued
  8. Lockheed Kelly Johnson
  9. Northrop Jack Northrop
  10. AeroVironment Paul MacCready
  11. Scaled Composites Burt Rutan
  12. SpaceX Elon Musk