Celebrating A Century of Airmail: A Discussion of the Wiseman Cooke Flight with Smithsonian Curators
662 views · Published 13 May 2011 · 59:49 · Indexed 6 November 2026
Channel: Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum · 2011 · Education
This lecture was presented on Saturday, February 19, 2011 at the National Air and Space Museum's National Mall building. The program commemorates the 100th anniversary of the first airmail flight, piloted on February 17 and 18, 1911 by Fred Wiseman. Wiseman took off from Petaluma, California and flew 25 miles to Santa Rosa with three letters. Wiseman's plane, a pusher biplane similar to the type developed by Glenn Curtiss, is part of the National Air and Space Museum's collection and is currently on display at the National Postal Museum in Washington, D.C. The lecture was delivered by National Air and Space Museum Senior Curator Tom Crouch and National Postal Museum Curator Nancy Pope.
More from this channel
-
7:48
America by Air Webisode 1 - Airplanes
-
5:49
America by Air Webisode 3 - Transportation
-
2:56
Jenny JN-4D Installation in America by Air Exhibition
-
1:02:02
Where Have All the Forests Gone? - 2006 Exploring Space Lecture
-
1:12:48
Our Home in Space - 2006 Exploring Space Lecture
-
0:19
Unrolling The Mural for Conservation Assessment - "A Lunar Landscape" Bonestell Mural
-
2:03
Host Your Corporate Event at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Udvar-Hazy Center
-
9:56
Ask an Expert -- Painting the Future: The Art and Craft of Bob McCall