Limited edition display featuring a 1.5˝ x 1˝ swatch of linen attributed to the original 1903 Wright Flyer, numbered 46/50, framed to an overall size of 19 x 13. The explanatory caption reads: "The 1903 Flyer was the first manned heavier-than-air powered and controlled aircraft—the first airplane—to fly. Designed and built by Orville Wright, it first flew from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on December 17th, 1903. The flyer was in storage in Dayton in 1913 when a flood damaged the machine's linen covering. Pending a tour of Europe, the Wrights recovered the flyer with all new material, but saved the original linen. In the 1930s, George B. Jarrett, owner and operator of the Steel Pier Amusement Company and The Jarrett Museum of World War History, obtained some of this original linen from Ivonette Wright Miller, who was the Wright family historian until her passing in 1995." A color copy of Jarrett's original transmittal letter, sending a larger section of Wright Flyer wing fabric, is affixed to the frame's backing. In fine condition.
