A Selection of Hallmark Ornaments: Airplanes

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Hallmark's ornaments -- with their original designs, increasing variety, and appeal to diverse customers -- have revolutionized Christmas decorating and led to the popularity of ornament collecting. Hallmark designers occasionally looked to the sky for ideas. This set features a selection of ornaments inspired by airplanes.

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Hallmark "Sky's the Limit Series: The Flight at Kitty Hawk" Christmas Ornament, 1997

Christmas tree ornament

Powered, controlled, heavier-than-air flight arrived on December 17, 1903, when Wilbur and Orville Wright flew their first airplane at Kill Devil Hills, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The Wrights' key breakthrough was their control system, effected by warping their airplane's wings to steer. The brothers' first flight covered 120 feet and lasted all of 12 seconds.