Fall Discovery Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/29/2014
A booklet of documents, stapled at top, regarding a 'Request for Homologation of World Record'; this was a submission of documentation, along with witnesses, correspondence, and responses, in order to procure a World Record standing, specifically regarding an altitude with a useful load of 1,000 kilograms on a flight by a Lieutenant Rutledge Irvine on April 17th, 1923. Documentation includes a signed typed letter (TLS) from Orville Wright, who was an observer of the record flight. Documentation submitted on behalf of Irvine by the National Aeronautic Association of the U.S. to the French Aeronautique Internationale, or F.A.I., the world governing body on flight records. Dozen or so documents and letters range in size from letter (8"X1 0") to legal sized (8"x13"), with booklet itself measuring 9"x13". Booklet has some wear and tear, but letters inside in decent shape, and the Wright letter is superb. Fascinating historical collection of original documents regarding an early flight World Record
Orville Wright (World Record)
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