RPPC - 1909 WRIGHT BROTHERS ALEXANDRIA, Va. First Military Airplane Test
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:2789286 | Modified Item: No |
| Type: Real Photo (RPPC) | Region: US - Virginia |
| Features: Historical |
Offered here is a very unusual real photo postcardIdentified on the front, it reads;OFF FOR ALEXANDRIA, JULY 30 1909
COPY'CT CRAMER {?}The image is of the test flight of
ORVILLE WRIGHT
with one passenger,
Lt. BENJAMIN FOULOIS
testing the
WRIGHT MILITARY FLIER
in front of President William Howard Taft and
7, 000 spectators.It was a 10 mile cross country flight from
Ft. Meyer, Virginia to Alexandria, Virginia and back
and averaging a speed of 42.583 mph....This flight completed a series of tests that concluded
in the U.S. Army purchasing the aircraft for a sum of
$30, 000, including a bonus for exceeding the required speed.It was on this aircraft that the first U.S. Army pilots learned
to fly at College Park, Maryland later that year, in October - November.The reverse, with November 22, 1909, Washington, D.C. cancellation,
has a personal note, and sent to Franklin, Kentucky.This came out a recently found photo album
and is in excellent condition, with some
cancellation ink on the front, center.{Please see photos.}
COPY'CT CRAMER {?}The image is of the test flight of
ORVILLE WRIGHT
with one passenger,
Lt. BENJAMIN FOULOIS
testing the
WRIGHT MILITARY FLIER
in front of President William Howard Taft and
7, 000 spectators.It was a 10 mile cross country flight from
Ft. Meyer, Virginia to Alexandria, Virginia and back
and averaging a speed of 42.583 mph....This flight completed a series of tests that concluded
in the U.S. Army purchasing the aircraft for a sum of
$30, 000, including a bonus for exceeding the required speed.It was on this aircraft that the first U.S. Army pilots learned
to fly at College Park, Maryland later that year, in October - November.The reverse, with November 22, 1909, Washington, D.C. cancellation,
has a personal note, and sent to Franklin, Kentucky.This came out a recently found photo album
and is in excellent condition, with some
cancellation ink on the front, center.{Please see photos.}
