AIRCRAFT >> OTHER AIRCRAFT >> Antoinette
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Catalog Number:
1970.024
Location:
BLDG 266, ROOM N136
Description:
Orville Wright sits in the world's first clipped wing racing airplane at the 1910 Gordon Bennett Race at New York's Belmont Race Track. Overhead is a Henri Farman and on the ground is an Antoinette, both entered in the race. The artist, Collin Campbell, is former Air Force Chairman of the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, who spent much of his career with Walt Disney Enterprises.