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
One-of-a-kind original swatch of fabric from the Wright Brothers’ damaged Model A Flyer, approximately 4 x 4, signed in pencil, “Wilbur Wright” and “Hart O. Berg.” Reverse bears four of the original collector's ownership stamps, "Parmentier," and swatch is accompanied by a similarly-stamped tag notated in black ink, "W. Wright, Buche aux Hunaudieres, 13 Aout 1908." In very good condition, with overall soiling and heavy contrast to signatures.
When Wilbur Wright’s Model A Flyer made a crash landing on August 13, 1908—damaging a wing, some spars, ribs, and one skid runner—he decided that he would no longer fly above the Les Hunaudieres race course near Le Mans. According to Orville, his brother made a ‘wrong move of the lever controlling the lateral rudders that govern the equilibrium, just as the aeroplane reached the level of the ground, causing it to list and bring the end of the structure in violent collision with the earth.’ His uncertainty with the planes new controllers combined with the small, tree-lined configuration of Hunaudieres made for especially difficult demonstrations, and Wilbur decided that day that they would move to the French Army’s Camp d’Auvours artillery range for the remainder of his time there. Also signed by Hart Berg, the Wrights’ agent responsible for arranging the flying exhibitions at Le Mans, this swatch—originally from the collection of “Parmentier,” a member of the Aero-Club of France at the time—is the only piece of this flyer known to survive.
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