Aircraft & Rockets

The Wright EX Vin Fiz

Image: 
Short Caption: 

The Vin Fiz was the first airplane to cross the United States from coast to coast.

Description: 

The Wright EX was a single-seat airplane for exhibition flying manufactured and sold by the Wright brothers. The Vin Fiz was the first airplane to cross the United States from coast to coast. It was rebuilt so many times during its historic cross-country flight that almost every part was replaced along the way.

Credit: 

Photo by Eric Long, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum (NASM 2011-02989).

Accession Number: 
A19340060000
Photo Number: 
NASM 2011-02989
Full Size Image: 
Date: 
2011
Media Type: 
Artifact

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - Aircraft & Rockets