In support of an official event 

The Museum will be closed Sunday, May 25
In addition, the Fourth Hangar will be closed Saturday, May 24

Access to the Presidential Gallery will be limited from May 15 to June 5
 

Wright R-790

The 225-hp R-790 was a standard U.S. Air Corps radial engine used in several types of airplanes during the 1920s and 1930s. Some significant long-distance flights during that era featured R-790s.

The engine on display at the museum is one of three Wright R-790s that powered to Fokker trimotor Bird of Paradise during its non-stop flight from the United States to Hawaii in 1927. The civilian version of the R-790, the Wright J-5 Whirlwind, powered Mr. Charles A. Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis during his historic 1927 New York-to-Paris flight.

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