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Catalog Number:
1969.055
Location:
BLDG 262, 1ST FLOOR, NORTH HALLWAY
Description:
First Commissioned Airplane By Our Government For The Formation Of Our New Air Service--The Air Signal Corp.. The Airplane Was A Modified Wright Brothers Plane. Two Air Corp. Men Were Trained To Fly This First Air Service Plane. The Air Service Did Not Build Up As Fast, As Some Men Had Hoped For, But At Last, The Air Corp. Was Now A Special Service Of Its Own.