First Meeting of the "Early Birds" Group of Aviation Pioneers, December 17, 1928
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The "Early Birds," a group of pilots who started flying in the first ten years after the airplane's invention, met in 1928 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Wright brothers' historic 1903 flight. Marjorie Stinson represented pioneering female aviators. Stinson flew in early exhibitions and, at her family's flying school, trained pilots for the Allied Powers during World War I.
The "Early Birds," a group of pilots who started flying in the first ten years after the airplane's invention, met in 1928 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Wright brothers' historic 1903 flight. Marjorie Stinson represented pioneering female aviators. Stinson flew in early exhibitions and, at her family's flying school, trained pilots for the Allied Powers during World War I.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
17 December 1928
Keywords
United States, Illinois, Chicago
Chandler, Charles de Forest, 1878-1939
Fokker, Anthony H. G. (Anthony Herman Gerard), 1890-1939
Vilas, Logan A. (Jack), 1891-1976
Stinson, Marjorie Claire, 1896-1975
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
38.560.15
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ernest L. Jones.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 15 in
Width: 17 in
Inscriptions
on front: Group of Aerial Pioneers Who Piloted During The First Ten Years of Flight, Present at The Formatin of THE EARLY BIRDS Celebrating The Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of The Wright Brothers First Flight, December 17, 1903. . .
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