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THB1925 ORVILLE WRIGHT Signed Aviators Federation Aeronautique Pilots License
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1925 ORVILLE WRIGHT Signed Aviator's Pilot License for "Franklin G. Cowie" later becoming a Brigadier General
ORVILLE WRIGHT (1871-1948). Credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903.
1925-Dated, Yearly Aviator's Pilot License Signed, "Orville Wright", 4 pages, measuring 2.5" x 4", printed and Signed on official blue cardstock with "Federation Aeronatique Internationale / United States of America / Annual License" printed on the embossed seal front cover, Choice Very Fine. Some slight wear on the cover, but overall this license is in excellent condition. Wright's full signature is fully clear and readable written in steel-tip fountain pen at bottom of the first inside page. This "Annual License" was issued to, and also Signed by the pilot, "Franklin G. Cowie," who would later became a Brigadier General. Cowie's well-preserved period Photograph showing him wearing his pilots helmet and goggles is attached above his signature and his license number, 317, on the third page. This official aviation Document has been Signed by Orville Wright as Chairman of the Contest Committee on the second page. A very desirable early aviation document signed by Orville Wright. Accompanied by a Letter of Authenticity. One of the nicest quality, cleanest Orville Wright signed Aviator's Pilot License we have offered.
The Wright brothers-Orville (August 19, 1871 - January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 - May 30, 1912)-were two American aviation pioneers generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful motor-operated airplane.
They made the first controlled, sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft with the Wright Flyer on December 17, 1903, 4 mi (6 km) south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. In 1904-05, the brothers developed their flying machine to make longer-running and more aerodynamic flights with the Wright Flyer II, followed by the first truly practical fixed-wing aircraft, the Wright Flyer III. The Wright brothers were also the first to invent aircraft controls that made fixed-wing powered flight possible.
Marine Corps Second Lieutenant Cowie was designated Naval Aviator #2855 in 1919. In addition to service in the First World War as an enlisted Marine, Brigadier General Cowie saw service in the late 1920s in Nicaragua, as well as World War II.
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