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OBJECT TYPE: lithograph
DATE: 1967
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1991.0759.001

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: First of the Flying Tankers, The
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 35.7 cm
Width: 28.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Aviation
Category: Commemorative
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Corning
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: DISPLAY
Technical: Unknown
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: lettering printed below image reads: "THE FIRST OF THE FLYING TANKERS/From a painting in the LEACH CORPORATION HERITAGE OF THE AIR COLLECTION/C 1967 LEACH CORPORATION LITHO IN U.S.A."; continued on back: "The event was, for November 11, 1921, newsworthy. A nearby plane/even took photographs as the two planes lapped wings and Wes May/reached from the Lincoln Standard to grab the left skid of the JN-4/above him. Where a parachute should be, hung a chunky fifty pound/can of fuel. It pulled his body back as he climbed out, then pulled him-/self hand-over-hand, toward the Jenny's fuselage./One hand clutched the plane as the other tipped *
Missing: N/A
Finish: COLOUR IMAGE
Decoration: IMAGE OF A LINCOLN STANDARD AND A JN-4'S PARTICIPATING IN THE FIRST AIR-TO-AIR REFUELLING IN 1921

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Unknown Manufacturer, Print, 1967, Artifact no. 1991.0759, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1991.0759.001/

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