AV. Aviation

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Button depicting a high-winged monoplane above a city skyline with the slogan "Fly to Dayton" dated 1929.

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Letter written in French concerning arrangements made for the anniversary of the Wrights' flight at Le Mans, dated September 1969.

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Pamphlet regarding the services of Consulting Engineer E. W. Roberts, M.E.

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Information concerning the celebrations of the Centennial of Flight, 2003.

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Six articles describing the scientific work of the Wright Brothers, dating between 1918 and 1929.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of two copies of a translated account of a 9 year-old French boy who was present at a demonstration flight that Wilbur Wright did near Le Mans, France in 1908. The translation is an extract from “Journal of a Child of the Belle Epoque.” The journal is a manuscript of Roger Verdier who wrote of his account. Included in the translation is an introduction as well as commentary by Regis Pluchet a French Journalist who sent this information to the creator of the...

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Collection of photographs of various airplanes and aircraft. The photos are identified on the back, with more information than what is given in the item list below, including engine information.

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Collection consists of a photograph of a Curtiss Airplane from 1911which was given by Alice Hoffman to Wright State. The photo was taken by Alice’s father in 1911.

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Contains five issues of Flight Magazine dated 1909-1910.

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Photographs and negatives of Curtiss H-16 and Curtiss JN-4 airplanes.