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PHOTO OF WILBUR'S WORLD RECORD-BREAKING FLIGHT SIGNED BY HIM (AVIATORS.) WRIGHT, WILBUR. Large Photograph dated and Signed, showing the Wright Flyer in silhouette, aloft among the clouds [near Le Mans, September 21, 1908]. Signed in the image at upper right. Inscribed by collector P. Parczyuski with a four-line poem, in French, on the mount at lower right. 12x15 3/4 inches (image), 15x18 1/4 inches overall; moderate dampstaining to mount overall (not affecting image), some silvering at edges. Np, 15 December 1908
The poem: "Like the king of the air, like a great black eagle, / In the purple of the azure melting until dawn, / Insensitive to the applause of the countless crowd, / He flies madly in the calm of the evening / P. Parczyuski / Sept. 1908." On September 21, 1908, Wilbur Wright flew a 1907 Model Wright Flyer over the artillery field of Camp d'Auvours near Le Mans, France. Setting a world record for endurance, this flight of 66 kilometers lasted one hour, 31 minutes and 25 seconds, winning the Aero Club of France prize.
