Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center View Full Site  An Arctic
Flight family guide is available at the entrance to this
exhibition. You also can download it here.   On view Feb. 9
through Aug. 11   The merchants sold tickets to the show: The
flight was considered nothing more than a spectacle. Those
Alaskans had no concept of how the technology of air would
completely alter life on the ground.  On the 100th anniversary
of that historic flight, the Anchorage Museum opens Arctic
Flight: A Century of Alaska Aviation, an exhibition that tells
compelling stories of survival, adventure and ingenuity. The
exhibition is co-curated by the Smithsonian Institution's
National Air and Space Museum and features objects from the
Smithsonian and several Alaska museums, including the Alaska
Aviation Museum and Pioneer Air Museum.  Historical artifacts,
video footage and photographs reveal the state's remarkable
aviation history, including its pioneer bush pilot era. From
their open-air cockpits, Alaska's early pilots faced som