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Women's Aviation History: Richarda Morrow-Tait First Woman Pilot to Circumnavigate the Globe Original Press Photograph 1949

1949réf. 164751949. Original press photograph of British aviator Richarda Morrow-Tait 1923-1982 the first woman to pilot an aircraft around the world dated August 19 1949 the day she completed her historic circumnavigation at London's Croydon Airport. Departing Britain on August 18 1948 with navigator Michael Townsend Morrow-Tait undertook a journey that lasted one year and one day overcoming mechanical failures difficult weather conditions and a serious crash in Alaska. Initially flying a Percival Proctor IV named Thursday's Child she continued her journey in a replacement aircraft Next Thursday's Child a Vultee BT-13 Valiant after raising funds to resume the expedition. Her successful return established a landmark in women's aviation history during the early postwar expansion of civilian flight. Original black-and-white gelatin silver press photograph August 19 1949. Measures 7 x 8½ inches. Depicts Morrow-Tait seated in the cockpit of Next Thursday's Child. The original press caption printed beside the image reads: "British round-the-world flyer returned home 8/19 to Britain which she left just a year and a day ago. Her flight to London's Croydon Airport ended the 1st single-engine round-the-world flight by a woman at point where she started it." Pencil inscriptions and a press stamp appear on the verso documenting the photograph's circulation as editorial material. The caption dates the image to the completion of her flight and identifies both the aviation record and the airport at which she concluded her journey. Morrow-Tait began her circumnavigation at age 24 having accumulated approximately 85 hours of flying experience. Her route took her across Europe and Asia to Japan Alaska and North America before returning across the Atlantic to Britain. Following her crash in Alaska she spent several months securing financing and a replacement aircraft making the successful completion of her flight particularly notable. Her achievement followed the pioneering long-distance flights of women aviators such as Amelia Earhart whose attempted circumnavigation ended in disappearance in 1937. Contemporary press coverage frequently emphasized Morrow-Tait's marriage and motherhood alongside her flying accomplishments documenting the public expectations confronting women pursuing aviation records in the postwar period. Pencil annotations and press stamp on verso. In very good condition. An original dated press photograph recording the completion of the first aerial circumnavigation piloted by a woman. unknown books

Max Rambod Inc. · États-Unis120,00 $US≈ 107,41 €

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Aviation History and Wright Hydroaeroplane Testing Near Dayton Ohio circa 1912 to 1913

1912réf. 225241912. Unknown photographer Wright hydroaeroplane and early biplane models photo archive circa 1912 to 1913 documents early American seaplane experimentation during the period when the Wright Company adapted its pusher aircraft technology for water takeoff alighting and military use. The photographs capture a hydroaeroplane on or near water a dramatic water-impact or alighting scene and a hangar interior where men work over the open framework of a Wright-type machine providing visual evidence of experimental aircraft handling float design rigging and workshop adjustment. Wright State University's Wright Brothers Collection identifies a 1913 photograph of Orville Wright standing in the Miami River between the pontoons of a Wright Model CH Flyer confirming the Great Miami River as a documented site for Wright Model CH hydroaeroplane testing in this period. Six pieces total comprising three silver gelatin prints each approximately 7 x 5 inches and three contemporaneous negatives including two large-format film negatives and one smaller glass or film negative likely made in the Dayton Ohio area and a Wright Company hangar. The largest print shows a pusher-type biplane with forward elevator and floats partly submerged near a piling giving the aircraft an unmistakable hydroaeroplane profile. A second sepia-toned print captures a tall column of spray in open water as a small aircraft passes overhead or just beyond the splash likely recording a hard alighting water-impact or test-run sequence. A third print shows an interior hangar scene with two mechanics or engineers in caps and a man in a straw boater leaning over the exposed structure of a Wright machine; visible details include struts bracing wires control runs open framework and fittings along the central bay. The three negatives correspond to the water-impact and hangar views preserving additional technical detail of the rigging geometry float or skid attachments and pusher layout. The visual evidence aligns closely with Orville Wright's 1913 Model C-H hydroaeroplane work on the Miami River south of Dayton though attribution to a specific flight or photographer should remain cautious without inscriptions or provenance beyond the images themselves. Contemporary and local Wright histories describe the Model C-H as a hydroaeroplane tested by Orville on the Miami River in 1913 and one Dayton aviation history account states that in May 1913 he resumed testing the Model C-H at a secluded Miami River site and made 100 flights carrying up to 800 pounds of payload. The photographs matter because they show the Wright enterprise after Wilbur Wright's death in 1912 when Orville continued technical experimentation even as competitors especially Glenn Curtiss pressed forward in flying-boat development. Light edge creases and small corner bumps to the prints one print with faint silvering and toning negatives with light emulsion scuffing and edge tape remnants but strong density and detail very good overall. Focused early aviation archive preserving both river testing and workshop evidence from the moment Wright biplane design was being adapted to hydroaeroplane use on the eve of World War I. unknown books

Max Rambod Inc. · États-Unis450,00 $US≈ 402,79 €

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