![]() ![]() She noted that there are about 200 museums and another nine historical research facilities nationwide that have affiliations with the Smithsonian, and because of this, it's all but impossible to change the status quo. "If the Smithsonian can sell the Wright's a place in history, what other deals do they have? People need to know about this contract. "I would love to see other people get on board with this," she said. ![]() She said the she intentionally left Whitehead's name out of her demand. "If they break that contract, the Wright Flyer would revert to the heirs." ![]() ![]() "They've got to be looking a history objectively," Brinchman said. The Smithsonian Agreement "Neither the Smithsonian Institution or its successors, nor any museum or other agency, bureau or facilities administered for the United States of America by the Smithsonian Institution or its successors shall publish or permit to be displayed a statement or label in connection with or in respect of any aircraft model or design of earlier date than the Wright Aeroplane of 1903, claiming in effect that such aircraft was capable of carrying a man under its own power in controlled flight." See More Collapse ![]()
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