Group of four flown fabric presentations created by the Smithsonian Institution National Air and Space Museum with fabric removed during restoration of historically important aircraft, each swatch measuring about 2 x 2 and affixed to a 15 x 20 informational poster. Includes: a brown swatch from Calbraith Perry Rodgers's Wright Brothers Vin Fiz, which made the first US transcontinental flight in 1911; a dark brown swatch from the Douglas World Cruiser 'Chicago' that made the first around-the-world flight in 1924; a brown swatch from the Curtiss NC-4 Flying Boat that made the first transatlantic flight in 1919; and a dark brown swatch from the Albatros D.Va No. 7161/17, a formidable German fighter which appeared in combat during World War I in the fall of 1917. In overall fine condition.
