ORVILLE WRIGHT - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 10/01/1935 - HFSID 11222
Sale Price $680.00
Reg. $800.00
ORVILLE WRIGHT
Check filled out and signed!
Autograph Signed Check: "Orville Wright", endorsed on verso: "Carrie Grumbach", 7½x3. Dayton, Ohio, 1935 October 1. Check payable to "Carrie Grumbach" for "$33.79". Drawn on The Winters National, Dayton, Ohio. Orville Wright (1871-1948) and his brother, Wilbur (1867-1912), had made aviation history with their Flyer in Kitty Hawk, on North Carolina's Outer Banks, on December 17, 1903. While the Wrights had been testing their gliders on Kill Devil Hill for a number of years, that day was different. At 10:35 a.m., Orville was at the controls of the 21-foot biplane with the 40.3-foot wingspan. The 605-pound craft, powered by a 12-horsepower engine that had four piston cylinders and revved to 1,090 rpm, left the ground, staying aloft for 12 seconds and covering 120 feet at an altitude of ten feet. Later that day, during one of their three test flights, Wilbur also manned the controls, traveling 852 feet in 59 seconds. The Wright brothers were granted the first U.S. patent for the Flying Machine in May 1906. After Wilbur's death from typhoid fever in 1912, Orville continued to be an innovator in the aviation field. Cancellation holes. Center fold through check. Hole near Pay to the Order of line. Otherwise, fine condition.
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