Wonders of Early Aviation

Journey through the early days of aviation from Orville and Wilbur Wright, the wild barnstorming days with Glenn Messer and Bessie Coleman, and legendary aviation firsts of Charles Lindbergh and Amelia Earhart.  The gallery will feature aircraft, transportation vehicles and memorabilia from 1910 through WWI and into the late 1920s.

The Southern Museum of Flight Is one of the largest aviation museums in the Southeast, is dedicated to presenting civilian, military, and experimental aircraft and memorabilia from the earliest history of powered flight.

The 75,000 square foot facility houses over 100 aircraft, as well as engines, models, artifacts, photographs, and paintings. In addition, the Southern Museum of Flight is home to the Alabama Aviation Hall of Fame with over 70 biographical plaques presenting Alabama aviation history through collective biography