National Air and Space Museum

The Hangar Sep 13, 2026

Flak Bait, the Martin B-26 Marauder, and the Smithsonian Restoration Bringing Two Hundred and Two Missions Home

Flak Bait, the most combat-experienced American bomber in the European Theater, completed 202 missions and bears over 1,000 field-repair patches - now being fully restored by the Smithsonian.

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The Hangar Aug 4, 2026

Glamorous Glennis, the Bell X One That Broke the Sound Barrier With a Sawed-Off Broomstick and Now Hangs Over the Front Door of the Smithsonian

How Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 on Oct 14, 1947 - with two cracked ribs and a sawed-off broomstick.

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