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Wilbur Wright’s Record Flight

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Wilbur Wright’s Record Flight

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Auction Date:2013 Nov 21 @ 18:00 (UTC-5 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Manuscript testimonial in French of Paul Tissandier, Boutticaux, and Gasnier confirming details of Wright’s flight, one page, 5.25 x 8, October 10, 1908; and a TLS in French to Tissandier from a fact-checking journalist, one page, 8.25 x 10.5, Le Temps letterhead, October 12, 1908. Also includes four period 6.5 x 4.5 photos of the flight, inkstamped on the reverse by M. Rol, Jaques Boyer, and Photographie de Journal. In overall fine condition. On October 10, Wright set a new distance and duration record for flight with a passenger, remaining aloft for one hour and nine minutes with mathematician and flight theorist Paul Painleve on board. An outstanding collection of journalistic items from this historic flight and groundbreaking moment in French aviation.