Compléter Wide Angle 3 Unit 6.1Version en ligne Listening for specific information par Guadalupe Soto Reyes 1 137 30 25 quickly million eye 9 267 million 12 first original minutes 194 million 1918 78 100 dangerous The Smithsonian's Strangest Flying Object In the early 1980 , curators at the Smithsonian Institution realized that they had no idea how many objects they had . So museum curators began to count everything they had in all of their museums . But what they thought to be around objects turned to be over when the " Great Count " was finished . Today , the Smithsonian is home to over objects . Some of these objects are impressive and some of them are a little strange . The National Air and Space Museum holds a collection over , 000 aviation and , 000 space objects . The highlights of the collection include famous objects such as the 1903 Wright Flyer , the world's airplane , and aircraft from both World Wars . But less known , perhaps , is the Smithsonian smaller , feathered flying aircraft , Cher Ami . Cher Ami was a carrier pigeon who flew missions during the First World War . Pigeons played an important role in the war , carrying messages through territory . On his last flight in , Cher Ami is said to have saved lives with his heroic service . He arrived , injured , with just one , but he'd managed to carry a very important message miles in just 25 . Today his stuffed body has a special place among Smithsonian treasures .