Smithsonian LOUIS BLERIOT XI Framed Print Original Aircraft Fabric 1909 for Sale

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Smithsonian LOUIS BLERIOT XI Framed Print Original Aircraft Fabric 1909 For Sale

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Smithsonian LOUIS BLERIOT XI Framed Print Original Aircraft Fabric 1909:
$99.99

Smithsonian from the Air & Space museums Relic Series. These were sold in the late 1970\'s-early 1980\'s from original fabrics of famous planes they were restoring. There were 8 prints in the series. This one is of the DE HAVILLAND D. H. 4 with a great 2\" x 2\" original swatch from that plane. Frame has a few scuffs. Print is in great condition. Please review all photos. Professionally framed - Measures approx 17 3/8\" x 22 3/8\". Have other prints from this issue in other sales. Few scuffs on frame.

EARLY FLIGHT GALLERY DISCOVERY Limited Edition Print Bleriot XI \"The Story of a Classic Aircraft\" FAMOUS AIRCRAFT OF THE NATIONAL AIR AND SPACE MUSEUM The Bleriot XI achieved immortality when the plane and its French designer, Louis Bleriot, made the first flight across the English Channel during the early morning hours of July 25, 1909. Between July 1909 and August 1914: Over 800 Bleriot machines were produced becoming the most recognizable of all pioneer aircraft. Later Flown by John Domenjoz, nicknamed the \"Upside Down Domenjoz.\" In 1915, he arrived in New York performed a series of loops over the Statue of Liberty. In 1979, his Bleriot XI was discovered in a Long Island barn, acquired by the Smithsonian and faithfully restored for exhibit in the Early Flight Gallery. A two-inch square piece of fabric, removed from the wing and fuselage during restoration, is affixed just beneath the aircraft image reproduced from gallery archival photos.