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1909 Charles F. Willard airplane flight...
1909 Charles F. Willard airplane flight...
Item # 678088
August 13, 1909
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Aug. 13, 1909
* Aviator pioneer Charles F. Willard - aviation
* Early airplane flight in Long Island - New York
The front page has a one column heading: "WILLARD MAKES RECORD FLIGHT IN AEROPLANE" with subhead. (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.
Complete with 10 pages, small library stamps within the masthead, some small binding holes along the spine, generally nice.
wikipedia notes: Charles Foster Willard (October 13, 1883 – February 1, 1977) was an American aviator, and engineer, who became known as the first barnstormer with his trick flights. In the history of aviation, Willard was also the first person to fly three passengers in the United States, and first to have his airplane shot out of the sky by a bullet— that of an annoyed farmer.
Category: The 20th Century
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