Balloon Basket
Captain Gray
Thomas Benoist Flight City:  St. Louis Takes to the Air Missouri Historical Society
Model Airplane
Trophy
Autograph Book
The following artifacts are just a few examples of the hundreds of artifacts on display in the Flight City exhibit.
Please click on the pictures below to get a closer view of the artifacts and to learn about their histories.
Basket from City of St. Louis
Manufactured by Skypower, 1980, registered 'N77NC'
Captain Hawthorne Gray before his ascension, November 4, 1927
Captain Hawthorne Gray before his ascension, November 4, 1927
Pioneer St. Louis aviator and aircraft builder Thomas W. Benoist at the Kinloch Field Air Meet in October 1910
Pioneer St. Louis aviator and aircraft builder Thomas W. Benoist at the Kinloch Field Air Meet in October 1910
Free-flight model airplane used by Angela Pagones Cunnyngham at the 1936 Mississippi Valley Competition
Free-flight model airplane used by Angela Pagones Cunnyngham at the 1936 Mississippi Valley Competition
Silver trophy awarded to Harry E. Honeywell at the 1922 James Gordon Bennett Cup International Balloon Race
Silver trophy awarded to Harry E. Honeywell at the 1922 James Gordon Bennett Cup International Balloon Race
McDonnell space book with autographs collected by Rose Church
McDonnell space book with autographs collected by Rose Church
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