Auction Date:2013 Mar 13 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : 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
Astounding and important vintage 5.25 x 3.25 postcard photo by photographer Jules Garczynski of Wright in the air in his Wright Flyer, during his record-breaking distance and duration flight on September 16, 1908, at Camp d’ Auvours, near Le Mans, signed in fountain pen, “16 Sept. 1908, Wilbur Wright.” In fine condition, with last two letters of date quite faint, and mild silvering to edges. Accompanied by two unsigned 4.5 x 3.25 vintage photos, one of the flyer being brought out for take-off, and one of the flyer in the air.
In the course of delivering his Wright Flyer to a French syndicate, Wilbur traveled to Le Mans to perform a series of flights that would prove his plane’s capabilities. On September 16, 1908, he set a new world record for distance and duration, flying 15.2 miles in 39 minutes. (The previous record, set ten days prior by Leone Delagrange, was 15.2 miles in 29 minutes and 53 seconds at Issy-les-Moulineaux.) Later that day he marked another first, flying his first passenger, French balloonist Ernest Zens. Accompanied by two additional photos of the flight, this is a magnificent piece of aviation history.
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