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Auction archive: Lot number 20

SILVER DART, 1908.

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 20

SILVER DART, 1908.

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Group of 4 black and white photographs, 4½ x 6½ inches and smaller. The Canadian-born Douglas McCurdy joined Alexander Graham Bell's Aerial Experiment Association in 1907. The followng year, he helped another AEA member, Glenn Curtiss, set up the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. The Silver Dart was the culmination of the AEA's efforts. Tested in Hammondsport, NY, it was then shipped to Bras d'Or Lake in Nova Scotia where, on February 23, 1909, McCurdy became the first British subject to fly an aircraft in the British Empire. Comprising the Silver Dart at Hammondsport during testing, October, 1908; the same, November; another, probably November or December; a Curtiss aeroplane making an ocean flight at Atlantic City, SIGNED by MCCURDY.

Auction archive: Lot number 20
Auction:
Datum:
25 Mar 2013
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York 580 Madison Avenue New York NY 10022 Tel: +1 212 644 9001 Fax : +1 212 644 9009 info.us@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

Group of 4 black and white photographs, 4½ x 6½ inches and smaller. The Canadian-born Douglas McCurdy joined Alexander Graham Bell's Aerial Experiment Association in 1907. The followng year, he helped another AEA member, Glenn Curtiss, set up the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. The Silver Dart was the culmination of the AEA's efforts. Tested in Hammondsport, NY, it was then shipped to Bras d'Or Lake in Nova Scotia where, on February 23, 1909, McCurdy became the first British subject to fly an aircraft in the British Empire. Comprising the Silver Dart at Hammondsport during testing, October, 1908; the same, November; another, probably November or December; a Curtiss aeroplane making an ocean flight at Atlantic City, SIGNED by MCCURDY.

Auction archive: Lot number 20
Auction:
Datum:
25 Mar 2013
Auction house:
Bonhams London
New York 580 Madison Avenue New York NY 10022 Tel: +1 212 644 9001 Fax : +1 212 644 9009 info.us@bonhams.com
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