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Business Wings

June 12, 1998 - July 17, 2000 (new closing date)

Museum: Air and Space Museum

Location: 1st Floor, West End Gallery, Gallery 104

A Cessna Citation 500 and a Beechcraft King Air 90 explore the role of aircraft in the business community saving business people time and providing flexibility. The exhibition tells the history of business aviation from open-cockpit biplanes used after World War I to the Lear jet.

- 5-minute video runs continuously
- 1 interactive allows visitors to locate airports across the country
- Another interactive shows the multitude of instruments and screens in a typical cockpit

Note: Portions of the exhibition were moved to the Air Transportation Gallery 102 after the exhibition closed.

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