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1912 Aviation Meet Oakland CA Pennant

$ 52.8

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Used
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

    Description

    Note quality as found…see pics
    Nice color
    22” side to point
    I have found the following on google searches:
    February 17, 18, 22-25, Oakland Cal. Emeryville Race Track Aviation Meet
    Air pioneers there:
    Glenn Martin
    Phil Parmelee
    Blanche Scott
    Horace Kearney
    Farmin Fish
    Tom Gunn
    ————
    From Wikipedia: Emeryville Crash
    On February 22, 1912, Gunn's plane crashed at the Emeryville meet, dropping 150 feet to the ground.The plane was destroyed, and the building it crashed into was badly damaged.Gunn's manager, Warren S. Eaton, said the accident was due to the plane's motor stalling.
    The San Francisco Examiner reported that Gunn fell from a height of several hundred feet, saying "that he was not killed outright is little short of marvelous."Gunn's jaw was dislocated and his body was covered in severe lacerations. He was taken to the Oakland Central Hospital,where his doctor described his chance of recovery as good.
    ———aeronautics airplane California
    1912 Aviation Meet Oakland Pennant. Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS First Class.